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Wildhoney

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4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is truly one of the best progressive gothic metal from Europe. I have more than 500 CDs of rock, but this is always one of my favorite 10. I must say that I completely agree with the guy saying "Gothic (or death) metal meets Pink Floyd". This is not Reign in blood or Master of puppets. But this album has something that they do not have.
Simpler than MOP, more elegant and diverse than RIB and, of course, more progressive and sentimental than both of them. Rich melody!!!! They are from Sweden!
Get this CD, put it on your cd player and close your eyes. Do not skip any song from the start. You will know why. Because this album is just worth it.

P.S. More sentimental than RIB??? This expression is as silly as "faster than turtle". You know what I mean.

I'm not used to being challenged that often when it comes to listening to music these days. Wildhoney is a welcome surprise to my ears and senses. After initially listening to it, I likened it to being a cross between Queensryche, new age music, and metal. I don't think of it so much like that now. Tiamat really struck upon something unique and unusual on this album. This release sounds very European and gothic (the guys are Swedish to my knowledge). One of the aspects of Wildhoney that I'm most impressed with are the use of keyboards throughout. The song that I think best represents the album would be "Gaia." It has a very gothic atmosphere and is awash with lush keyboards--the best song in my opinion. The album also has some heavy moments (guitar and vocal-wise), but a lot of the music is not in that vein though. The vocalist only sings aggressively on a small fraction of the album (that's not a minus). The second best tune would be "Whatever that Hurts." That song and "The Ar" are basically the same song. The guitar riffs of those songs are very heavy along with the cool vocals. The guitar work throughout the album is great. There's quite a bit of acoustic guitar used (check out "A Pocket Size Sun" for example). Wildhoney needs to be listened to in its entirety (the songs are very cohesive). I actually rate this sonic experience 3.5 stars. Quite original and worthy of a listening. This is a good one to add to your collection. Atmospheric, gothic, instrumental, heavy, aggressive, and soothing all rolled into one.

I am without a doubt the greatest Tiamat-fan in the world...OK, I can't say that since I don''t know whether it is true or not. But I can say that this album is the greatest album within the atmospherical doom/ death- and gothic-genre for years to come. This album is so fascinating, mystical and spiritual...Words are not enough to express my feelings. It may be strange to read, but this metalband (!) can let you seek for, explore and get to know your deepest emotions and feelings...Try to listen to this cd, and you will be caught in your most unknown emotions. Fear, love, depression... it will come out of your mind and let you behind with nothing more than a glimpse of paradise. That is what this music is: the soundtrack for the apocalypse embrazing the beautiful paradise...

It seems to be an impossible task to compare this masterpiece with anything out there. The CD is a perfect example that metal and harmony can combine with each other without being commercial. The melodic songs carry you away to seemingly extraterrestrian places, the full guitar sounds accompanied with well timed drums bring you back to earth. The mixture is perfect. It makes your skin crawl when the silent parts of "Whatever that hurts" get interrupted by the harsh voice of Johan Edlund just to be followed by a hymnlike transition to the next song "The Ar" You feel like sitting in a medieval church and watching a monk's procession. "Gaia" creates emotions never known before, I simply get goosebumps. If you ever want to find out how music of the next century should sound like, go get this one.

First of all, just so you know, there are really 6 fully realized songs on this album. Tracks 1-3 seem like they would be the A, B, and C parts to the same song if Tiamat wanted to be a prog rock band. There are 3 other instrumentals which are really cool for atmosphere and overall help the tone of the album, but they definately aren't as developed as the vocal songs. Despite this, this album's probably Tiamat's best. Buy it anyway. I'm a big fan of Clouds, too, but this one's probably better (better lyrics, better production, less stereotypically "metal). Give it a listen and see what you think.

Johan Edlund and Co. release a real masterpiece. Wildhoney will probably stay the Tiamat's best album: I don't think Edlund himself will be able to beat it (he didn't in 'a deeper kind of slumber' nor in 'Skeleton Skeletron'). It is the best combination of Edlund's enourmous talent for songwriting, and the contribution of the band members, who still wanted to be a metal band. In this album we first observe, how melody takes over death-metal-like guitar riffs of Tiamat's previous works. Beside the fact that all songs are unique and great in their own and special way, I should mention how well are they put together, from faster and somewhat more agressive first two songs, to calm and slow last two. Wildhoney won't leave your CD player for a long time

This album is what started getting me into the whole melodic doomy/death scene. It varies alot, from mystical atmospheric stuff to good and heavy, yet slow, riffs. Highly recommended. Definately get this and pass up on Tiamat's latest album, Deeper Kind of Slumber.

4.5 stars. In my many years of musical influence I have never heard the term "Symphonic Black Metal" until I read a critical review of this album. This is not entirely accurate, as a recent commentor pointed out, as the music here is more spacey than symphonic and more like Death/Doom with atmospheric nuance than Black Metal incorporating orchestration (Dimmu Borgir, anyone?). However, this album swells with magnificent passages and is awash with brilliant songwriting. It is sadly surprising to see so few reviews for this CD, because I think many fans of both Doom Metal and Psychedelia are missing out. The more times I hear this album the finer it sounds. This is Tiamat at their peak, embracing both mood and instrumental intricacy.

Short review; this is Tiamat's best works, deep kind of slumber cannot compare with this. This is rich, this is lovely and naturous. It can't get better when you're dealing with Tiamat. Also brilliant if you're starting to get into doom depressive metal as I was 2 years ago.

I am without a doubt the greatest Tiamat-fan in the world...OK, I can't say that since I don''t know whether it is true or not. But I can say that this album is the greatest album within the atmospherical doom/ death- and gothic-genre for years to come. This album is so fascinating, mystical and spiritual...Words are not enough to express my feelings. It may be strange to read, but this metalband (!) can let you seek for, explore and get to know your deepest emotions and feelings...Try to listen to this cd, and you will be caught in your most unknown emotions. Fear, love, depression... it will come out of your mind and let you behind with nothing more than a glimpse of paradise. That is what this music is: the soundtrack for the apocalypse embrazing the beautiful paradise...