Omnio [Import]

Spasm/Terror In The Woods | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 30, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Misanthropy Records
• ASIN: B000024CRA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,305 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Melancholic gothic metal from this Norwegian act. Seven tracks on a full color picture disc, '299 796 km/s', 'I Am Your Flesh', 'Kairos!', 'Weeping Willow', 'Omnio?', '-Pre' & '-Bardo'. 1997. Please note artwork incorrectly lists '-post' as final track.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked brilliance, November 23, 2004

By 

Layne (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Omnio (Audio CD)

This is an underated band and desreves alot more attention then what they get. I ordered this album online without really knowing anything about this band except for the fact that Tchort was involved and from the opening track I knew I would love it. The atmosphere throughout the whole album is similar to Green Carnation, except with more female vocals, and this is not a bad thing. It is a strong album that surpassed my expectations and I recommend this for anyone into Gothic Metal, Prog, or just Metal in general.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you Like Green Carnation..., October 5, 2004

By 

djhexane (Ohio, USofA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Omnio (Audio CD)

Then you will LOVE this. These songs seem to fall in between Green Carnations Light of Day, Day of Darness and Blessing in Disguise albums. It has semi-long songs (6 to 10 minutes) and is pretty heavys sometimes but has the same vocals as Green Carnation, plus the involvment of Tchort, who is really talented. GET THIS NOW!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Best The Euopean Metal Scene Has To Offer, August 1, 2003

By 

Joe Mason (Laurel, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Omnio (Audio CD)

Epic and grand, proficient and masterful, this is easily one of the very best albums put out by the European metal group. Making an attempt to describe the band is useless, they are too original to give a description to. Imagine Arcturus' La Masquerade Infernale with the lack of that band's preference to purely run in the roundabouts in pandemonium or Green Carnation with more tempo variations and more orchestration. If they have influences, there must be so many that when mixed together they create something wholeheartedly original. The opening track, "299,692 km/s" (for all you Americans who don't know what this is, that is the speed of light in km rather than miles) employs a string quartet in several spots of the fifteen-minute song with a truly amazing spot starting at the twelve-minute mark followed by a wonderful topper by way of guitar harmonies.

All of their songs flow seamlessly and I would venture a guess that In The Woods was a major influence in Emperor's ex-member Tchort's band Green Carnation (aside from the members helping out with the recording). The female vocalist, known as Synne Soprana (as far as I know, they don't include information about the members in the album sleeves) has one of the two best voices in metal today (the other being, of course, Anneke van Giersbergen from The Gathering). The other plus is that their lyrics are wonderfully poetic without succumbing to pretensions.

I have owned this CD for over four years now (this being 2003) and it never fails to disappoint, get old or tiresome. As long as you don't require screeching black metal vocals and throwaway riffs to make your music listening experience fulfilling, these are the elite among the underrated talented artists who musical collaboration ended far too soon. Buy this. This is music for the intelligent and all willing to make the mental venture will be rewarded greatly with satisfaction.

5/5 and for good reason.