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Eluveitie - 2012 "Helvetios"
Eluveitie is still Eluveitie; I didn't hear anything new.
The album's composition is terrible (as usual) because there's no connection between the songs. You could listen to the album on shuffle and not notice this if it weren't for the pre- and postludes – the only compositional elements of the album. Orphaned Land does this brilliantly on "The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven"; one song flows smoothly into another. An instrumental piece transitions into a vocal composition, and even though the transition to the next instrumental piece is abrupt, it feels justified. But with Eluveitie, there's an abrupt ending to a song, a sudden vocal composition, and then suddenly, a metal blast again. As a result, you don't get invested in either.
The band's best album is still their first, "Spirit." And the composition is great there too: in the background of a good half of the album, you can hear nature – a river flows, birds sing, the wind rustles, and so on; it's very folky. True, there's no such transition between some of the songs for some reason, but nevertheless, these transitions are perceived normally.
Eluveitie is still Eluveitie; I didn't hear anything new.
The album's composition is terrible (as usual) because there's no connection between the songs. You could listen to the album on shuffle and not notice this if it weren't for the pre- and postludes – the only compositional elements of the album. Orphaned Land does this brilliantly on "The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven"; one song flows smoothly into another. An instrumental piece transitions into a vocal composition, and even though the transition to the next instrumental piece is abrupt, it feels justified. But with Eluveitie, there's an abrupt ending to a song, a sudden vocal composition, and then suddenly, a metal blast again. As a result, you don't get invested in either.
The band's best album is still their first, "Spirit." And the composition is great there too: in the background of a good half of the album, you can hear nature – a river flows, birds sing, the wind rustles, and so on; it's very folky. True, there's no such transition between some of the songs for some reason, but nevertheless, these transitions are perceived normally.