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Majestic Heights, Melancholic Depths

by Aldaaron

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bmurator French Pagan Black Metal. Incredible melodies & fantastic music! I love the epicness about them as well as the melancholic elements that appear throughout. This is an album that I will keep coming back to very regularly! Their entire discography is stellar and well worth having! Great thanks to NepHers for taking me here & making this show in my suggestions! Grazie mille Giovanni per il regalo - molto gentile! Higlhy recommended!!!
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sachavonkarl74 French Black Metal outfit Aldaaron presented here their raw, yet melodic, cold yet majestic 4th full-length album, with a wicked art cover I shall add. "Nous reviendrons Immortels" they said in 2010, their first epic one and still the Opus Magnum as far as I am concerned, but this recent release is definitely a must-have contender. Favorite track: Chroniques des jours d'alors.
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Chandler Brown With this album Aldaaron has returned to being the very best within modern French black metal imo. Nous reviendrons immortels is my all time favorite French bm album, with Supreme silence not far behind, and this picks up EXACTLY where Supreme left off. The flavor of their riffs is something I can never get enough off, and while the songwriting may not be as perfect as their early work, the atmosphere is still just as geniunely frosty and mystical. Never change Aldaaron Favorite track: Chroniques des jours d'alors.
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Einherjar Impressive album. As the title says this release is melancholic and majestic (cold and furious as well).

Just listen to Chronique des Jours d'Alors. If you like your Black Metal with that melancholic pagan vibe (think Belenos) and the cold epicness (Immortal) you will click on that Buy button long before the halfway mark.

This album succeds at maintaining an overwhelming majesty, always pondered by the presence of danger.
Black Metal AOTY contender. Favorite track: Chroniques des jours d'alors.
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Vos croassements maudits Raillent les drames qui se déploient Sous vos ailes noircies Faites voler le jour en éclats Ô bannières de nuit Lacérez d’ombres Son innocente lumière Corbeaux ! Grands Corbeaux ! Vos nuées grondantes s’abattent En de sifflants tourments Surgis de nulle part Faites voler le jour en éclats Vos becs s’ouvrent avec fracas Déversant le désarroi J’ai vu vos yeux briller J’ai entendu le rire Qui glace les vivants Votre disparition n’est qu’illusion
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Monti Vagus 07:16
I am the wanderer, the lone wanderer Distant, I'm watching you, The moon is blazing He who enters my kingdom will perish   Lupus, the ripped high peaks you watch. Messenger, faithful companion, In the darkness beside me you stand.   Everyone thinks I'm lost and forgotten, I am the sole survivor of a dead world. From the top of my fortress I reign, On the savage conquerors of the high plains, Who guard with ferocity and pride, My kingdom of night, frost and oblivion.
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The rumors, ragged flags Clapping in the wind and echoing, Keeping the chronicle of the days of then... A jagged and possibly dead moon, Black and silver hovered in the night sky.   The death cry of a demon was heard On the rooftops on a night of blood As the hundred arms of a master Mislayed a hundred daggers against the darkness. Les rumeurs, drapeaux en lambeaux Claquaient au vent et résonnaient, Tenant la chronique des jours d’alors… Une lune déchiquetée et peut-être morte, Noir et argent planait dans le ciel nocturne. On entendit le cri de mort d’un démon Sur les toits par une nuit de sang À l’instant où les cent bras d’un maître Égaraient cent dagues contre les ténèbres.
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Les tambours et le fer des noirs sabots Ont martelé les vieilles pierres de cette route Entre les collines rougies Par le soleil couchant Des fils et frères Guerriers fantômes en rangs Sur l’ultime borne érodée au crépuscule Encore un autre soldat au cœur vaillant Changé en acier trempé The drums and iron of black hooves Have hammered the old stones of this road Between the hills reddened By the setting sun Sons and brothers Ghost warriors in rows On the last eroded landmark at dusk Yet another soldier with a brave heart Transformed into hardened steel.
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Un peuple guerrier, leur légende défie Mon scepticisme railleur et aveugle Mes yeux d’éclatante gloire… Que nul ne se mette en travers de l’armure Qui renferme leur cœur imprenable Que nul ne contrarie Ces impassibles cénotaphes, Eternellement fidèles à la terre Ces imposants piliers toujours debout Troublent l’échappée glacée de mon esprit.
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And suffocate the light in me Throw the stones that kill the truth Deception must be absolute Rape the mind that will not die Its sharpest throes must multiply Dementia unresisted Psychosis of the mind Generation X termination The blind leading the blind Towards the ends of the earth Sweet cyanide seduction Grown numb from the poison That guides mankind beyond all Hopes of rebirth.
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In 2023, Aldaaron returns with their new album, 'Majestic Heights, Melancholic Depths.' Drawing inspiration from the narratives of Steven Erikson's 'Malazan Book of the Fallen,' this album showcases their growth and evolution as musicians while retaining the epic, melancholic, and furious compositions that define their sound.
Through this album, Aldaaron invites listeners on an immersive odyssey, where each track unfurls like a vivid chapter in an epic saga, beckoning them to traverse a landscape of intricate melodies, poignant emotions, and unwavering intensity.
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released October 20, 2023

Line-up :
Ioldar : all instruments and vocals
Voldr : guitar solos

All music and lyrics by Ioldar, except "Voyageur des cimes" and guitar solo on "Monti Vagus" by Voldr.
« The knell and the world » is a cover of Dawn (Sweden) from the album « Slaughtersun ».
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Battle Studio by Ioldar : aldaaron.com/battle-studio-mastering
Produced by Ioldar and Voldr.
Artwork by Ioldar, layout by mystra (CD and vinyl).

Thanks to : Mike / Paragon records, Tiphaine, mystra, Romain, Xin, Nepenthes, Mörkk.

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In this mountainous universe, a glacial cold reigns, preserving the purity of the landscape, both desolate and majestic. The nature here is wild and untamed, governed by its own laws, while the snow-capped peaks stand proudly, bearing witness to the passage of ages. ... more

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