Channeling the Quintessence of Stan

Abigor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 20, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Napalm
• ASIN: B00004TDNP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,383 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #48 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Hard Rock & Metal
  • #82 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal > Death Metal

Track Listings

1. Dawn of Human Dust

2. Pandemonic Revelation

3. Equilibrium Pass By

4. Wildfire and Desire

5. Utopia Consumed

6. Demon's Vortex

7. Towards Beyond

8. Pandora's Miasmic Breath

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Onward. onward to Hell!!, July 5, 2008

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HelterSkelter "ben" (Charleston, WV) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Channeling the Quintessence of Stan (Audio CD)

Here we have a more brutal and raw sounding Abigor than on their previous works. No classical inturements or guitars are used, but it still retains the Abigor sound with it's multilayered music and venomous vocals. This is basically black metal in the raw and traditional vein, with some creepy industrial noises added in for affect. The guitars on this album are fanstatic! Every song is a winner once again...a must own album!

4.0 out of 5 stars Grim/raw black metal, August 12, 2005

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Doctor Phibes - See all my reviews

This review is from: Channeling the Quintessence of Stan (Audio CD)

This Abigor release has a fairly rough production, which isn't uncommon in black metal, particularly where the drums are concerned. A bit more kick drum would have made a world of difference for the better, but at least the production is consistent throughout. There's a definite 'cold/raw' vibe on this disc that fits the theme well. These are well written songs and the performances are on the mark. Abigor's not afraid to blend different styles and you can clearly hear 'death' metal riffing and 'viking' metal tones scattered among the standard 'black' metal offerings. Good stuff!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quite possibly the best black metal for grownups, October 11, 2000

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Forrest L. Norvell (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Channeling the Quintessence of Stan (Audio CD)

This album features some of the most refined guitar playing to ever grace a black metal album. Less reliant on keyboards than most Abigor albums (most of the keyboard samples that _are_ used come from old Dom and Roland tunes), and even more epic in scope and consistent in sound than their last album, _Supreme Immortal Art_. I was a latecomer to Abigor, but unlike some black metal bands (like Emperor, whose _Equilibrium IX_ was, on the whole, a huge disappointment), they continue to improve and fail to disappoint.

I would never pick this as an album to introduce black metal to people who aren't familiar with it (or don't like it), as the seamlessness that makes it such an overpowering listen for darkheshers would probably make it somewhat inaccessible to people who don't get why putatively normal people enjoy headbangers extolling the virtues of the Dark Lord over double kick drums.