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Tarot (Re-issue)

Aether Realm

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Format: CD

Cat No: NPR966DP

Format Details: Re-Issue Creamy White

Release Date:  11 September 2020

Label:  Napalm Records Handels Gmbh / Napalm Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  840588136889

Genres:  Hard Rock & Metal  

Release Date:  11 September 2020

Label:  Napalm Records Handels Gmbh / Napalm Records

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  840588135387

Genres:  Hard Rock & Metal  

  • Description

    AETHER REALM's breakout oeuvre Tarot delivers one untouchable melodic metal masterpiece after another!It's no secret - AETHER REALM's 2017 release Tarot is the album that truly surged these melodic death heroes into the metalverse! The North Carolina, USA-based quartet's massive, now 12-track/70+ minute sophomore release (expanded with the addition of previous standalone single "The Magician" to the new physical edition) garnered notable underground appeal and cemented the band's mind-blowingly multi-faceted sound as their own - spurring prominent metal blogs such as No Clean Singing and Angry Metal Guy to dub the album as an "enormous accomplishment" and "spectacular", respectively. Boasting an evident auditory overhaul courtesy of producer Kile Odell and loosely based on the concept of tarot cards, Tarot begins the masterpiece to come with "The Fool" - beginning modestly, then ominously cascading into a black metal-meets-southern-fried riff inspired fury. Further setting the stage for the remainder of the opus, the incendiary title track "Tarot" leans heavier into what fans have now come to love from AETHER REALM - a confident, cinematic melding of spine-tingling symphonic elements, thrashy rhythms and mind-boggling guitar leads. Following folk metal anthem-turned-talent show "King of Cups" (featuring now-labelmate Christopher Bowes of pirate metal titans Alestorm), Tarot continues to blindingly-shine with tracks like the metallic ballad-echoed "Death" and sinister orchestral oeuvre "The Devil" - the latter of which should catch any competition shaking in their boots. The remainder of Tarot - capped by the nearly 20-minute heroic "The Sun, The Moon, The Star" - proves that it is indeed possible to flawlessly meld southern Americana-metal riffs with European-tinged symphonic soundscapes. Tarot is the album that every band wishes they could attempt by their second go-round, yet AETHER REALM have already achieved it and gaze triumphantly ahead.

    Description

    AETHER REALM's breakout oeuvre Tarot delivers one untouchable melodic metal masterpiece after another!It's no secret - AETHER REALM's 2017 release Tarot is the album that truly surged these melodic death heroes into the metalverse! The North Carolina, USA-based quartet's massive, now 12-track/70+ minute sophomore release (expanded with the addition of previous standalone single "The Magician" to the new physical edition) garnered notable underground appeal and cemented the band's mind-blowingly multi-faceted sound as their own - spurring prominent metal blogs such as No Clean Singing and Angry Metal Guy to dub the album as an "enormous accomplishment" and "spectacular", respectively.

    Boasting an evident auditory overhaul courtesy of producer Kile Odell and loosely based on the concept of tarot cards, Tarot begins the masterpiece to come with "The Fool" - beginning modestly, then ominously cascading into a black metal-meets-southern-fried riff inspired fury.

    Further setting the stage for the remainder of the opus, the incendiary title track "Tarot" leans heavier into what fans have now come to love from AETHER REALM - a confident, cinematic melding of spine-tingling symphonic elements, thrashy rhythms and mind-boggling guitar leads.

    Following folk metal anthem-turned-talent show "King of Cups" (featuring now-labelmate Christopher Bowes of pirate metal titans Alestorm), Tarot continues to blindingly-shine with tracks like the metallic ballad-echoed "Death" and sinister orchestral oeuvre "The Devil" - the latter of which should catch any competition shaking in their boots.

    The remainder of Tarot - capped by the nearly 20-minute heroic "The Sun, The Moon, The Star" - proves that it is indeed possible to flawlessly meld southern Americana-metal riffs with European-tinged symphonic soundscapes.

    Tarot is the album that every band wishes they could attempt by their second go-round, yet AETHER REALM have already achieved it and gaze triumphantly ahead.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Fool
      • 2. Tarot
      • 3. The Tower
      • 4. King of Cups (feat. Chris Bowes)
      • 5. Death
      • 6. The Chariot
      • 7. The Devil
      • 8. The Emperor
      • 9. Strength
      • 10. Temperance
      • 11. The Sun, the Moon, the Star

    Tracklisting

    1. Death
    2. The Chariot
    3. The Devil
    4. King of Cups (feat. Chris Bowes)
    2.1. The Sun, the Moon, the Star
    2.2. Strength
    2.3. Temperance