1: Aara - Eiger

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on 2024-12-25T16:38:00Z

Eiger

It doesn’t happen very often that albums which arrive as late as Aara’s Eiger did make any year end lists, being that I write my list how and when I want to I do have more freedom than most , but even for me it’s rare (but it has happened). As I mentioned in yesterday’s post I am aware that recency bias is a thing and there is a risk that’s at play here but just as with yesterday’s entry I feel confident time will bear this out. To say that Aara has been productive is dramatically underselling it, they’ve released a full-length album every year since 2019, as well as a few EPs. Further two of the three members are involved in several other projects which have been releasing albums during this time. To be able to so consistently churn out albums is impressive enough, the fact that they are of as high quality as they are makes it all just more so. Having completed their previous trilogy they’ve moved on to tackle the mountain Eiger nicknamed “murder wall” which given it’s history is apt. As soon as this comes on you can easily recognize Aara’s signature style, Berg has a way of writing riffs that is immediately recognizable (at least when he’s writing for Aara), drummer J puts in his most violent performance to date and Fluss’ piercing vocals could probably have killed the any climbers still left alive. It’s hard to not be superfluous in describing his album as it feels like Aara have brought out everything here, needless to say it’ll be interesting to see where they can take this next.

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