Subject:	3: Blut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons
From:		.jh
Date:		2025-12-27T15:28:00Z
Tags:		music blog best\ of best\ of\ 2025 Blut\ Aus\ Nord 2025

![Ethereal Horizons](/gfx/1366346.jpg)

Blut Aus Nord has been one of my favorite bands for a long time,
they've been on my year end list eight times in the past fifteen
years, which is twice the next most featured band, or the combined
amount of times for the second and third most featured band. So it is
hard to write something which I feel I haven't already said about
them. This years album was slightly surprising to me as I had expected
another installment in the _Disharmonium_ franchise (I thought I'd
read it was to be a trilogy, but in a recent interview the band stated
it was not), instead it was something closer to 2019's _Hallucinogen_
which is one of my most played BaN albums. This was obviously a
pleasant surprise and while this doesn't reach the highs of
_Hallucinogen_ it isn't that far off, and it's another beautiful album
that I've been unable to quit since it came out. Perhaps the most
amazing part is that after sixteen albums BaN can still keep releasing
albums that feel immediately recognizable without sounding like a bad
rehash. This album is another stellar achievement and one which will
not quickly leave my rotation.

[Blut Aus Nord on Encyclopaedia Metallum](https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Blut_aus_Nord/2371)

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