Eos/The Great Ascension/Brilliant Emperor Records/2020 Full Length Review

 

  Eos  are  a  band  from  Quebec,  Canada  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  an  atmospheric  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2020  album  "The  Great  Ascension"  which  will  be  released  in  December  by  Brilliant  Emperor  Records.

  A  very  dark  yet  heavy  sound  starts  off  the  album  while  the  vocals  are  mostly grim  yet  high  pitched  black  metal  screams.  When  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats  can  be  heard  which  also  gives  the  songs  more  of  a  raw  feeling  and  melodic  are  also  added  into  some  of  the  guitar  riffing.

  Throughout  the recording  you  can  also  hear  a  decent  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  while  the  solos  and  leads  are  also  done  in  a  very  dark  and  melodic  style.  On  some  of  the  tracks  the  vocals  also  get  deeper  along  with  the  music  also  having  its  atmospheric  moments  as  well  as  one  of  the  tracks  also  adding  in  a  brief  use  of  chants.  a  couple  of  songs  are  also  long  and  epic  in  length.

  On  this  recording  Eos  plays  a  style  of  black  metal  that  is  very  raw,  modern  an  atmospheric  sounding  as  well  as  being  very  guitar  driven.  The  production  sounds  very  raw  and  heavy  while  the  lyrics  cover  vivid,  nightmarish  visions  of  man  and  the  solemn  journey  through  spiritual  ecstasy,  blood  lust  and  pride.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  album  from  Eos  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  atmospheric  black  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Great  Ascension"  "Draugar"  and  "Illumination  And  Will".  8  out  of  10.

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Eos Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before can you tell us a little bit about the band? G. : We are just two guys who’ve played music together for a long time. We eventually concretised our ideas and formed Eos. V. Eventually joined the band last year as our new bass player.

2.Recently you have released a demo, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical sound that is presented on the recording? K. : Through many rehearsals, we’ve built songs with what sounded good to us. We wanted to do black metal but as we were building the songs, un-black metal ideas like dronish soudscape, more mid-tempo/clean part, and so on, came to our mind and we though it sounded good to mix it altogether.

3.Can you tell us a little bit more about the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music? G. : There wasn’t any specific topics or subjects in our lyrics for L’avalé. We’ve focused more on the musical content. We are currently working on it for the next release. K. : As he says, we were more focusing on the music though we’re working on something more specific for our our next release. Something more in the way of « Avalé »’s lyrics, which to me describe a strange way of thinking where our most meanful feeling even our casual act. The beauty and the ugly can be reduce to nothing and become useless.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Eos'? K. : Actually, it’s the title of an Ulver’s song on their album « Shadows of the Sun » which is related to the goddess of the dawn in the greek mythology, but in our case, it’s related to the Ulver song.

5.Has the band done any live shows yet or have any plans on doing shows in the future? G. :We are planing to do our first live rituals by the beginning of 2015. For now, we are rehearsing the songs on L’avalé.

6.A year back the band was a part of the 'Svn Okklt' compilation, what are your thoughts on the other bands that have participated on the compilation? G. : I really liked the compilation and discovered some great projects, such as Axis of Light, Death Fortress and Tardigraada. Each tracks were excellent. K. : Same here.

7.The demo was released on Fallen Empire Records, how did you get in contact with this label? G. : They’ve contacted me about the SVN OKKLT compilation. They wanted a Wendess’ track, but we didn’t had any track to contribute. I then suggested Eos since we were already in the process to record some demo tracks, which led to the Katharsis track on the compilation. Mike is a great guy to work with and we hope it will be a long partnership.

8. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been so far to your music by fans of black metal? K. :We’ve received many positive criticism and few negative comments and that’s fine. We didn’t expect that so much people were waiting for our release, considering we only had one song released yet.

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future? K. :We are not heading anywhere specific. We want it to keep it Black Metal, but we don’t want to put ourselves any boundaries. It will surely be darker and heavier. The future will tell us, we don’t want to look too far ahead.

10.What are some bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays? G. :Black metal, progressive music. Nowadays, I listen a lot to Swans, Deathspell Omega and The Ruins of Beverast. K. :Black metal, old prog, shoegaze, folk, drone, doom, noisy things, Sonic Youth.

11.What are some of your non musical interests? K. : Food, beer, dark movies, old obscure video games.

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts? G. : We appreciate the interest toward our project. We have a Facebook page if anyone wants to follow us. https://www.facebook.com/eosmetalnoir

Eos .

G. - Guitares K. - Batterie. Voix V. - Basse

Eos/L'Avale/Fallen Empire Records/2014 Demo Review

  Eos  are  a  band  from  Quebec,  Canada  that  plays  a  very  raw  and  atmospheric  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  demo  "L' Avale"  which  was  released  by  Fallen  Empire  Records.

  The  demo  starts  off  with  ambient  drones  and  grim  voices  and  a  few  seconds  alter  the  recording  goes  into  a  slow  black  metal  direction  along  with  spoken  word  parts  and  after  awhile  black  metal  vocals  are  added  into  the  music,  a  few  minutes  later  melodic  guitar  leads  are  added  into  the  songs  along  with  acoustic  guitars  and  atmospheric  synths.

  The  musical  instruments  on  this  demo  all  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  after  a  few  minutes  of  a  more  clean  and  atmospheric  sound  they  start  bringing  in  more  fast  black  metal  parts  along  with  a  small  amount  of  blast  beats  which  also  leads  up  to  the  band  bringing  in  a  mixture  of  both  clean  and  heavy  parts  and  at  times  the  vocals  have  a  very  deep  and  depressive  tone  to  them.

  As  the  demo  progresses  the  music  really  starts  going  for  more  of  an  atmospheric  black  metal  direction  while  focusing  on  the  more  raw  side  of  the  genre  while  the  melody  and  ambience  still  remain  in  the  tracks  tracks  that  are  presented  on  the  recording  and  on  the  last  track  more  early  90's  black  metal  elements  are  added  into  the  music  while  remaining  true  to  their  atmospheric  sound  and  bringing  in  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing  and  acoustic  guitars.

  Eos  brings  a  very  different  approach  to  atmospheric  black  metal  with  this  recording  mixing  in  more  raw  parts  along  with  some  very  long  and  epic  songs  that  have  a  very  dark,  heavy  and  raw  sound  as  well  as  lyrics  that  are  written  in  a  mixture  of  French  And  English  and  cover  dark  and  dystopian  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Eos  are  a  very  great  sounding  atmospheric  black  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "Dystopia".  8  out  of  10.

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