AENAON - Cendres Et Sang

\r\nAenaon are, from now on, something more than a underestimated force. My first contact with their music was with the "Phenomenon" mini cd two years ago, when I was impressed with the songs and their ability to compose with a clearly independed thought. So, after a 7 inch split album with Satanochio I see them returning with their very first full length. Man, that brought a big smile across my face!
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\r\n My joy became even brighter after having listened to "Cendres Et Sang". The guys now play ball on their own court and by their own rules. Melodic, sceptic, avant garde black metal that really hates a closed mind and a blindfolded listener. If you dig the feeling of acts like Dodheimsgard, Arcturus and all that experimental philosophy, you will surely discover amazing soundscapes to travel in. The use of out of the ordinary instruments like saxophone, piano but also female vocals(not the pseudo goth bullshit) is inspired and successfully put into the songs. I also loved the fact that they do not overuse blastbeats and high speed tempos all the time, thus letting the beautiful guitar work to stand out. The music is left to expand and breathe. Not that Aenaon lacks aggression, on the contrary..Having stretched(or not at all) horizons, they built a brilliant musical structure, the one you can hardly describe but can easily fall for.
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\r\n Another enemy of Aenaon is the clock and the percecution mania that describes most of the corpse painted musician wannabies of the genre. Things are simple within complexity here. You just leave yourself sink into the album, you let it roll all over you and the music does the rest. It’s not some kind of katatonic tsunami though. You will visualize blue skies as much as starlit nights when listening to it, the sound variety is vast. Astrous’ vocals are of wide range and capture the right feeling. So did Lykasz Wodynski, the painter that created the wonderful cover art, coming in perfect blend with the band’s vision in art. The package comes full circle with the cover version of In Heaven(from the soundtrack of David Lynch’s Eraserhead) giving away a bunch of personalities that see no tabboos. As for the sound, it’s excellently mastered, exactly what "Cendres Et Sang" needs to draw your attention. My advice would be to pay some attention too. A band with an ever growing musical identity is something not to miss. Well done Aenaon!
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\r\nGiannis rem3dy Nakos \r\n

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