Median Omega – Insolence
Median Omega – Insolence
Self-Released
Release Date: 10/07/23
Running Time: 31:13
Review by Paul Hutchings
8/10
Newly formed, unsigned, and a duo. Not the most exciting enticement to draw you into a five-song album full of dark, black metal that weaves and oozes its way around you. But dig deeper, participate in Insolence and you’ll find a mature, professionally created, and captivating album that will leave you wanting repeated listens, time and time again.
Opening with the title track, you are confronted by a wall of thriving black metal that is underpinned by melody and lifts itself high above the norm. The vocals rasp as expected, the drums hammer away with blast beats erupting in a bombardment of aural abuse. It’s captivating, providing a flawless first track that draws you in.
It’s followed by the symphonic intro to ‘Nihil’. This is quickly usurped by a ferocious riff that expands in glorious fashion over seven-minutes of sumptuous, blackened metal played at breakneck speed. It’s not new, but the effort and tsunami of emotions that the music casts is enough to get you over any humps. ‘Let Mortals Sing Our Name’ is a triumphant and majestic piece, flowing organically in a marching style that stirs the heart. One wonders how this will be performed live, but one also wants to experience these songs in a live arena, with the waves of shimmering guitar work crashing down upon you.
Prime Meridian maintains the epic sound that these two musicians draw up and present. It’s another huge sounding track, taking in influences as varied as Emperor, Behemoth, Amon Amarth, and Motörhead. But it’s the phenomenal and dramatic finale of ‘The Descendants’ that takes the prize here. A monster of a track, full of operatic and symphonic tweaks that add and enhance rather than detract, it’s a flourishing conclusion which grasps the listener by the arms and jettisons them across the room.
Median Omega may be unknown now, but based on this introduction, this is a band who could soon be making real waves in the black metal world.
TRACKLISTING:
01. Insolence
02. Nihil
03. Let the Mortals Sing Our NamesMarch of the Conquering King
04. Prime Meridian
05. The Descendants
LINE-UP:
Lorthat – vocals, guitar, Bass
Alpha – Drums, Keyboards
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