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.
Aara on Encyclopaedia Metallum
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