Adagio - Solitude Aeturnus

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Adagio is an album that I actually got in a CD grab bag so wasn’t one I purchased on my own and really isn’t my type of metal but none the less grew on me in an odd way so I decided to review it. Upon the first few listens the thing that immediately strikes me are the powerful vocals. Which are powerful and over the top at moments yet angry and menacing. The guitars also stand out slower but powerful riffs and solos that are pretty memorable. The album as a whole has a fusion sound about it like classic metal, doom, and stoner fused together in a very Sabbath like way. The drums also stand out as being very prominent without just being overbearing. The songs all have a bit of a mystical ancient vibe about it reminding me oddly like Nevermore and Nile. The album rounds off with a same like consistency but it fits the music well and doesn’t become horrible or boring and is finished with my favorite cover of “Heaven and Hell” that I have ever heard which almost in its self makes this album worth buying. In closing it’s an album I enjoy a lot when I listen to it but for my personal tastes its not one I choose to listen to constantly.



Must Download: Believe, Never, Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath Cover)