Best Songs on Ne Obliviscaris' Urn

The official release date is in 2 days (October 27th, 2017) but I couldn't wait anymore...

Ne Obliviscaris are an extreme progressive metal band from Australia, formed in 2003. They released their debut album in 2012 and Urn is their 3rd album.

Their songs are long, technical, progressive (of course), heavy and melodic at the same time.
Frequent use of violin makes their sound uniqie and different from the other prog metal bands. These guys are very talented.

I was very excited about this album and I am happy it isn't a disappointment, on the contrary - I love it.
And what's not to like here: angelic clean vox, evil harsh vox, fretless bass, violin, cello, dueling solos on guitar and violin (something you don't hear everyday).

Personnel
Band members:
Tim Charles - Violin, Vocals (clean)
Xenoyr - Vocals (harsh), Artwork
Matt Klavins - Guitars
Benjamin Baret - Guitars (lead)
Daniel "Mortuary" Presland - Drums

Guest/Session musicians:
Robin Zielhorst - Bass (a Dutch bassist who played fretless bass)
Tim Hennessy - Cello
The Top Ten
1 Libera (Part I) - Saturnine Spheres

An epic and perfect opening track (9:52). I particularly love how the violin takes the lead at 5:20-6:50 and it sounds so great. The way they use violins just works.
I am still torn between this song and Urn (Part I).

2 Urn (Part I) - And Within the Void We Are Breathless

CjWriter1997 remix contains great comments so go and read them. His song order is a bit different than mine but I don't mind. Why? Because all songs are very good and it was difficult for me to rank them.
And I am glad to hear this is his #1 album of 2017. It's #1 for me, too.

3 Intra Venus

Like all their songs, this one also has very good natural transitions between the violin and guitars (wonderfully blending during the solo), between the clean and harsh vocals.
This is the only song on this album with a video clip (so far) and it's an opportunity to see the band members if you haven't yet.

4 Eyrie

The riff I am talking about in my first comment on this song is the best metal riff of 2017 in my opinion. There were interesting riffs by other bands in 2017 but this one just stands out.

5 Urn (Part II) - As Embers Dance in Our Eyes

It's the closing track - while most of the songs start softer and get heavier, this one tries the opposite: the first half is heavier, the 2nd half is softer with clean vox.

6 Libera (Part II) - Ascent of Burning Moths

This is a short song (2:36) and is a violin solo (one of their lead singers is a very good violinist - Tim Charles).

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