Wildhoney ( Album Review)

Album: Wildhoney
Band: Tiamat
Genre: Prog Metal with black metal overtones

Track List
1) Wildhoney
2) Whatever That Hurts
3) The Ar
4) 25th Floor
5) Visionaire
6) Kaleidoscope
7) Gaia
8) Do You Dream of Me
9) Planets
10) A Pocket Size Sun

Wildhoney was and remains Tiamat's finest hour. Released in 1994, nothing like this had been seen in the extreme metal scene. Pop this album into your stereo and after some time you will notice just how moody this album is. The sound of the album has been described as etheral,transcendent, otherworldly and eerie. Its the sort of music that you should listen with the curtains closed in absolute silence. The sounds contained in Wildhoney run the entire gamut from ambient forest noises, heavy crunching metal riffs, ethereal floating keyboard lines, haunting female choirs and so on. This album was clearly conceived to be some sort of creative masterpiece, its ambitious and it makes no apology for its pretentiousness. The music is slow, but slow does not mean light, its slow with menace, with malice intertwined in its very soul. The album contains about 4 short soundscapes, that alone do not amount to much, but in the grand scheme of things they are indispensiable. Vocals range from typical death metal style, to whispers, and conventional singing, no shrieks in this album, its far too dignified. Can be inaccesible to the casual pop music listener but give it your patience, and it will reward you with something far more than just pleasant sounds for your ear, this album may just take your mind places.


Rating: 92/100

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