Astodan - Ameretat

Astodan - AmeretatAvailable on 180g grey with black marble in gatefold cover with 16p booklet, limited to 300 Hailing from various cities in Belgium, Astodan brings a distinctly European flavor to their brand of post rock, characterized by crisp production and a sound that has clear roots in the metal world. Blending ambient soundscapes with intense moments of upheaval, their strong grasp of tastefully restrained, rich harmonies allows the imagination to bloom and

blending them together into an aural maze built from hip hop’s bones

magically distilled through eloquent landscapes of sound

compared to the Canadian collective’s lengthy tunes which slowly gain intensity through repetition and layering

Fronted by lead singles “Heavy Metal” and “The Alchemist ft

This Shame Should Not Be Mine was conceived in the silence of 2020’s pandemic lockdown

California by GRAMMY-nominated engineer Jack Shirley (Deafheaven

Available on "21st Anniversary Edition" yellow wax

followed by another

The result is a prickly take on the older

The Chicago trio had the audacity to look ahead when many of us didn’t

plus picking up praise in The Ransom Note

we might be a little biased