AMIENSUS

 

Origen: E.E.U.U., Spokane, Rochester, St. Paul, Chicago.

Formados: 2010

Estilo: Black progresivo

Temática: Filosofía, mitología, psicología y teología.

Enlaces: Bandcamp, facebook y instagram.

Miembros:

• Alec Rozsa  Guitarra, teclados y voces
• Chris Piette Batería
• D. Todd Farnham Bajo
• James Benson Guitarra y voces
• Kelsey Roe Guitarra y voces

Discografía:

• The Last EP EP 2010  
• Restoration CD 2013
• Promethean Single 2013  
• Gathering Split 2013
• Wolfhead's Tree Single 2014  
• Ascension CD 2015
• Reflections Single 2016  
• All Paths Lead to Death EP 2017  
• Gathering II Split 2018  
• A Convocation of Spirits Single 2020  
• Adora Vivos / Amiensus Split 2020  
• Abreaction CD 2020
• Leaves Will Grow Anew Single 2021  
• Deeper than Blood (2022) Single 2022  
• Reclamation: Part 1 CD 2024

ABREACTION (2020)

Tercer larga duración para los estadounidenses en un álbum que ofrece un black metal de influencias atmosféricas y progresivas, capaz de recoger el sonido más clásico en su base y llevarlo o nuevos terrenos en una línea similar a lo ofrecido en la última época por bandas como Borknagar o Enslaved en donde el black se diluye en otras influencias del metal extremo. Lo primero que  llama la atención de este álbum es su musicalidad y emotividad, diferentes pasajes de influencias progresiva se van desgranando con un gusto por lo largos pasajes de guitarras que no dejan pasar oportunidad de ofrecer un buen número de riffs de corte melódico, interesantes cambios de ritmo que van transitando hacia terrenos atmosféricos cuando la intensidad se ve superada por un aporte extra de épica sin renuncia tampoco a un corte casi que sinfónico. Explosiones de intensidad se suceden con otros mucho más comedidos, alternando entre una mayor velocidad y contundencia y otros momentos más intimistas en donde se nota que la banda se mueve con mayor soltura. Las voces alternan también las partes más agresivas y directas, empleando un tono casi que desgarrado lleno de padecimiento y rabia, que se ven completas con otras más limpias que surgen en un segundo plano para completar la propuesta. En definitiva, Amiensus se nutre tanto de sonido clásicos dentro del black como de otros más actuales para crear un álbum repleto de matices, alejado de cualquier tipo de etiqueta y fluyendo libre hacia terrenos del metal extremo sin ningún tipo de complejos. (8,4).

Transcending Records

1. Beneath the Waves 05:11

In the oceans we sailed Weightless bodies Floating to our next Destination The sky The sun The heat of all our decision in our minds What do you know What do you feel Is all you know Really Even Real Cold swells Beneath, my feet Numbing entity White Sand, Warm Breath, Life Ends, Then Begins The sky The sun The heat of all our decision in our minds What do you know What do you feel Is all you know Really even real Blistering heat, beneath the waves White Sand, Warm Breath, Life Ends, Then Begins   

2. Divinity 05:52

As the moon steadily grows The shadows know my fate Fear no longer bound To this mortal soul Bring me fire Light this world Burning Desire For new growth As the sun, reaches noon Blinding rays, simple truths To this world, or the next My soul, will find its fix Bring me fire Light this world Burning Desire For new growth  

3. To the Edge of Life 05:39

   Burdened by his own fear

Burdened from the weight of many years

Carried within, his soul and mind

Stumbling across the mountain side

Master of his destiny

His fate within his grasp

Sworn to all

And sworn to none

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

The vision of the past

The vision of the future

Drawing us to what’s next

Scrutinized, objectified

A pedestal of society

Our blood was born

Our hate was torn

But we never lost sight

Death can bring us to the brink

Life can take us to the edge

Staring into a void

A visage is worn

The figure, the shadow, the nightmare

The vision of the past

The vision of the future

Drawing us to what’s next

Scrutinized, objectified

A pedestal, of society.

4. A Convocation of Spirits 06:23

In the midst of the night

I could feel the warmth

Ever longing

To be cared for

Always longing for the dark to subside

Wishful thinking

Couldn’t bring you

Couldn’t bring you

Back to life.

Where do you go now

Is there another life?

Can you still hear me

From the other side?

As I whisper your name

Do my thoughts reach you?

As i whisper your name

Do my thoughts reach you?

Listening for your answer

But i’ll listen forever

There’s nothing left here

But the cold dirt and your name

Where do you go now

Is there another life?

Can you still hear me

From the other side?

5. Euphorica 05:10

Below the castle lies A graveyard built on A thousand years of lies Blood that bathed the ground Hateful, inhuman screams abound Forgotten, abandoned by their own race How will we speak of the atrocities Performed by our own hands In the name of science and progress We thought We had created a better world We’re wrong All that is left is blood on our hands And now that atonement has come Will you sacrifice? The freedom to live our own lives That which we cannot forsake And now that your clemency arrives Will you remain the same With every day lost The memories begin to fade Unspoken, a scar in our conscience The loss of our humanity The freedom to live our own lives That which we cannot forsake And now that your clemency arrives Will we repeat the same mistakes  

6. Drowned 04:35

  The right of passage

Through the oceans mists

A siren that was sounding

A voice inside my head

I followed your every word

And left my cupboards bare

And into the ocean we sail

Drowned by the gods of despair

With each passing hour

My lungs are filled to the brim

Emotionless whispers

The scent of a maiden so fair

I followed your every word

And left my cupboards bare

And into the ocean we sailed

Drowned by the gods of despair

The darkened waters

Depths of hatred and toil

The pleas of the helpless

As they plummeted into hell

Drowned, deeper

Into the oceans trench

Drowned and feeble

Nothing can save me now

7. Cold Viscera 05:26

Drifting through the sky Holding onto the night With these dreams, I enter anew Realm which can be alight Honor and pride that which fuels the fire Born into this sacrifice Fodder for war, blood of kings and fathers Of the holy orthodoxy Shine, Bring forth your light Given unto the night With thine eyes, watch it unfold Looming towards the afterlife Corruption of mans weakened souls Stumbling in foolish naivety Devoured by his own lust Sworn to a life of depravity Heaven above hath these things foretold Majesty to thee ascribe Heaven above watch these things unfold I will put these nations to the sword Divine! Blessed with inordinate glory Bespoke sword of justice and will Given now, unto me with thy trust Enlisted to bring forth redemption Within waves of sorrow Bloodied blades will clash, decrying with fear The light shall be blinding And the heavens shall pronounce With glorious sounds Heaven above hath these things foretold Majesty to thee ascribe Heaven above watch these things unfold I will put these nations to the sword To the sword Cold viscera, segmented limbs Heaped upon the soil  

8. All That Is Unknown 05:13

   Wander, through thy dreams

Creation of a full moon sky

A vision within thy mind

Pictures flood

A withering garden

The vision unfolds behind my eyes

For now I see through a glass darkly

But here face to face;

As things are, and yet are not

Thoughts that were fragmented

And put away begin to assume personality

All that is unknown lay up in store with dragons

A yearning in my innermost being

To answer a call, leave the father’s house

And see the things I dread the most

Beholden to no one, I will crush them beneath my wrath

Consciousness is woven into the fabric of the universe

Planets formed and broken, skys erupt in flames, I am…

The Master of All

I am Sovereign

I am the king who reigns

Blood poured out, in worship

Reflect my coming Age

9. Iconoclasm 04:36

  What have I become

A leader of a tribe

A tribe who hates their God

Their countenance has fallen

A cold and bleak horizon stretched across our time

Am I real? Am I real?

The foundations of mountains are set ablaze, and the tongues of men confounded

I have left nothing alive of the enemy; their people are as a fading memory

Precious stones and pearls I have piled up with their bodies to be burned

Not one cattle, neither the vestiges of their Gods have I taken for the spoil

And yet my children rose up to play

Tempted away by such gilded nothings, the seeds of dissension were sewn from within

Wandering eyes found fixed upon the bust of the Whore of Babylon

A gradual pollution has caked the walls of their lungs

Breathing the fumes of dead flesh

Bones scattered in the ashes

They have sewn shut the mouths of prophets, urging them:

"Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,"

"Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Lord to cease from before us."

Rolling and writhing in the mud, like unto beasts

Sinking into the bottomless pit

10. A Convocation of Spirits (Acoustic) 06:41   instrumental

  54:46

Volcanic  ‎– Okkult Witch (picture disc) 11,99 €

Vinyl, 10", EP, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, Remastered. Limited to 500 copies