Subject:	1: Akhlys - Melinoë 
From:		.jh
Date:		2020-12-20T20:07:00Z
Tags:		music blog best\ of best\ of\ 2020 Akhlys 2020

![Melinoë](/gfx/881878.jpg)

In 2020 an album dealing solely with your nightmares, it could hardly
seem more apt. Naas Alcameth returns with his most personal project
all based around his dreams. When it comes to contemporary blackmetal
of the last 15 or so years it's hard to understate the influence Naas
has had, whether through Nightbringer, Bestia Arcana, Akhlys, or
Aoratos he's been there and has developed and refined a sound that is
immediately recognizable. However while picking up any album he's been
involved in (and if he's "involved" it probably means he's written it)
you know it's of his making you can also see how he's progressed both
as a musician and in his cooperation with the producers and studio
engineers to strive for that elusively perfect sound. Every album he's
involved in just get that bit sharper, that bit better. As anyone
who's followed my lists in the past knows this blackmetal is right in
my wheelhouse and for each iteration it just gets better and better.
So as this annus horribilis comes to an end do yourself a favour and
crank this to the max and drive your nightmares to Naas in the hopes
that it results in more albums like this.

[Akhlys](https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Akhlys)

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