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MISSA ATROPOS

Gazpacho

 

Crossover Prog

3.78 | 412 ratings

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King Brimstone
5 stars - Review #24 -

The first time I heard about this band was back when their fourth album, Night, was released. One of my friends recommended me that five-track work while we were talking. I didn't like them, but for some reason I wanted them to click on me, they had a very defined style and their ambience truly had no comparison. So I listened it for a second time and I fell in love, not only with the album, but the band itself.

Since that day, Gazpacho have become one of my favorite modern bands. They're not technical, or a band of virtuosos, they just wanna make the listener fall in a trance of ambience and emotion. They also have one of the most consistent discographies I have ever seen. Not a single album they have made falls under four stars in my opinion.

For their sixth album, the band presents us a more diverse work. Unlike the two previous albums which had massive and lengthy tracks, Missa Atropos focuses much more on an album that works better as a full listen, its tracks flow from one to the other and the short interludes help when it comes to making a more involving experience.

Having absolutely phenomenal melodies and atmospheric sections, Missa Atropos manages a very strong tracklist that works by itself or when doing full listens, while also keeping a sense of direction all the way through. The title-track, Vera and Splendid Isolation work as the heavyweights of the album and their focus on trance is very reminiscent of Gazpacho's Night.

A quite inaccesible album, which explains the significantly low ratings, so you might have to give it a couple tries. Gazpacho manages an involving atmosphere like no other and I admire that. It's gotta be five stars. Sad to see it's quite underrated.

King Brimstone | 5/5 |

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