#unleashed — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #unleashed, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.fogolf.com/1251858/puma-future-9-match-unleashed-puma-pumafootball-pumafuture/ Puma Future 9 Match Unleashed #puma #pumafootball #pumafuture #Future #GolfEquipment #GolfEquipmentVideos #GolfEquipmentVlog #GolfEquipmentYouTube #GolfShoes #GolfShoesVideos #GolfShoesVlog #GolfShoesYouTube #Match #PUMA #pumafootball #pumafuture #SpikedShoes #SpikedShoesVideos #SpikedShoesVlog #SpikedShoesYouTube #Unleashed
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https://www.fogolf.com/1251858/puma-future-9-match-unleashed-puma-pumafootball-pumafuture/ Puma Future 9 Match Unleashed #puma #pumafootball #pumafuture #Future #GolfEquipment #GolfEquipmentVideos #GolfEquipmentVlog #GolfEquipmentYouTube #GolfShoes #GolfShoesVideos #GolfShoesVlog #GolfShoesYouTube #Match #PUMA #pumafootball #pumafuture #SpikedShoes #SpikedShoesVideos #SpikedShoesVlog #SpikedShoesYouTube #Unleashed
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"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" is a song written and recorded by American #countryMusic artist #TobyKeith. The song was written in late 2001, and was inspired by Keith's father's death in March 2001, as well as the #September11Attacks on the United States later that year. It was released in May 2002 as the lead single from the album, #Unleashed.
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"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" is a song written and recorded by American #countryMusic artist #TobyKeith. The song was written in late 2001, and was inspired by Keith's father's death in March 2001, as well as the #September11Attacks on the United States later that year. It was released in May 2002 as the lead single from the album, #Unleashed.
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"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" is a song written and recorded by American #countryMusic artist #TobyKeith. The song was written in late 2001, and was inspired by Keith's father's death in March 2001, as well as the #September11Attacks on the United States later that year. It was released in May 2002 as the lead single from the album, #Unleashed.
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"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" is a song written and recorded by American #countryMusic artist #TobyKeith. The song was written in late 2001, and was inspired by Keith's father's death in March 2001, as well as the #September11Attacks on the United States later that year. It was released in May 2002 as the lead single from the album, #Unleashed.
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"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" is a song written and recorded by American #countryMusic artist #TobyKeith. The song was written in late 2001, and was inspired by Keith's father's death in March 2001, as well as the #September11Attacks on the United States later that year. It was released in May 2002 as the lead single from the album, #Unleashed.
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News Analysis: Toppling Iraq's Hussein unleashed chaos. Why Iran war poses similar risks
https://misryoum.com/us/politics/news-analysis-toppling-iraqs-hussein-unleashed-chaos-why/
A shock-and-awe campaign laying down a tsunami of bombs. An enemy succumbing rapidly under overwhelming firepower. And a triumphant U.S. president trumpeting a quick and easy campaign.In 2003, President George W. Bush strode confidently on the deck of an...
#News #Analysis #Toppling #Iraqs #Hussein #unleashed #chaos #Why #Iran #war #poses #similar #risks #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com
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https://www.europesays.com/fi/181234/ Hellsinki Metal Festival: Ohjelmisto julki #carcass #cryptopsy #Entertainment #FI #Finland #Finnish #HellsinkiMetalFestival #Music #Musiikki #ParadiseLost #Suomi #unleashed #viihde
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Trying #momentum #firmware on my f0. Unluckly, seems that it doesn't work :( causing boot loops and crash. Reverted back to #unleashed
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https://www.evshift.com/406038/fuel-free-fury-2026-goldwing-trike-camper-unleashed/ Fuel-Free Fury! 2026 Goldwing Trike Camper Unleashed ##ElectricTouringLife ##FuelFreeFury ##GoldwingTrikeCamper ##NextGenEVRide ##ZeroGasMachine #camper #ElectricBikes #ElectricMotorcycles #ElectricVehicles #EV #FuelFree #fury #goldwing #motorcycles #trike #Unleashed
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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Celebrity Sex Tape(2012) 🎬 Unleashed(2005) 🎬 Voices of a Distant Star(2002) 🎬 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin(1978) © TMDB #CelebritySexTape #Unleashed #VoicesofaDistantStar #The36thChamberofShaolin #Action #Adventure #Animation #Comedy #Crime #Romance
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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Celebrity Sex Tape(2012) 🎬 Unleashed(2005) 🎬 Voices of a Distant Star(2002) 🎬 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin(1978) © TMDB #CelebritySexTape #Unleashed #VoicesofaDistantStar #The36thChamberofShaolin #Action #Adventure #Animation #Comedy #Crime #Romance
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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Celebrity Sex Tape(2012) 🎬 Unleashed(2005) 🎬 Voices of a Distant Star(2002) 🎬 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin(1978) © TMDB #CelebritySexTape #Unleashed #VoicesofaDistantStar #The36thChamberofShaolin #Action #Adventure #Animation #Comedy #Crime #Romance
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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Celebrity Sex Tape(2012) 🎬 Unleashed(2005) 🎬 Voices of a Distant Star(2002) 🎬 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin(1978) © TMDB #CelebritySexTape #Unleashed #VoicesofaDistantStar #The36thChamberofShaolin #Action #Adventure #Animation #Comedy #Crime #Romance
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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Celebrity Sex Tape(2012) 🎬 Unleashed(2005) 🎬 Voices of a Distant Star(2002) 🎬 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin(1978) © TMDB #CelebritySexTape #Unleashed #VoicesofaDistantStar #The36thChamberofShaolin #Action #Adventure #Animation #Comedy #Crime #Romance
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New ep! Today, we finish off the Dark Age (kinda) with the end of Black Knight! Also, Bruce makes a sword.
#sonic #sonicthehedgehog #Youtube #sega #sonicteam #video #deepdivezone #unleashed #sonicunleashed
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUxjcDtDevU
New ep! Tonight, we approach the end of the Dark Age games with Sonic and the Black Knight!
#sonic #sonicthehedgehog #Youtube #sega #sonicteam #video #deepdivezone #unleashed #sonicunleashed
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New vid! Today, we brave the scariest challenge the Sonic series has ever posed: a game you play with a cell phone keypad.
#sonic #sonicthehedgehog #Youtube #sega #sonicteam #video #deepdivezone #unleashed #sonicunleashed
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzytWIpiPI
New vid! Tonight, we discover the hidden truth behind Sonic Unleashed's bonus and promotional animations.
(I totally didn't forget to upload this before)
#sonic #sonicthehedgehog #Youtube #sega #sonicteam #video #deepdivezone #unleashed #sonicunleashed
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Unleashed: This Year's Must-Read Crime Thriller “From page one til the last paragraph you are caught up in a ride you can’t get off” Sale: $15.99 to $8.99 by Karl Hill Rating: 4.5/5 (1,105 Reviews) #Unleashed #Crime #Thriller #Action #Mystery #Kindle #Deals #Books #Series #BookSky
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7UsyzpSKU4
New video! Today, we trim the final layer of fat on Sonic Unleashed and let the bloat fall.
#sonic #sonicthehedgehog #Youtube #sega #sonicteam #gaming #video #deepdivezone #unleashed #sonicunleashed
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7UsyzpSKU4
New video! Today, we trim the final layer of fat on Sonic Unleashed and let the bloat fall.
#sonic #sonicthehedgehog #Youtube #sega #sonicteam #gaming #video #deepdivezone #unleashed #sonicunleashed
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New vid! Tonight, we scorch through Sonic Unleashed's midgame, and get some sick burns in.
#sonic #sonicthehedgehog #Youtube #sega #sonicteam #gaming #video #deepdivezone #unleashed #sonicunleashed
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New vid! Tonight, we scorch through Sonic Unleashed's midgame, and get some sick burns in.
#sonic #sonicthehedgehog #Youtube #sega #sonicteam #gaming #video #deepdivezone #unleashed #sonicunleashed
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New vid! Today, we start our journey with Sonic Unleashed, and with the Boost formula.
#sonic #sonicthehedgehog #Youtube #sega #sonicteam #gaming #video #deepdivezone #unleashed #sonicunleashed
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New vid! Today, we start our journey with Sonic Unleashed, and with the Boost formula.
#sonic #sonicthehedgehog #Youtube #sega #sonicteam #gaming #video #deepdivezone #unleashed #sonicunleashed
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Das wird ein geiles Brett morgen beim #ChaosUnity #Festival in Lohr am Main.
Ich hör' mich grad nochmal durch und freu mich mega auf die Bands — und zwar auf alle, das Billing ist grandios!
#Unleashed
#FinalBreath
#Illdisposed
#Suidakra
#SoulDemise
#MorbusDei
#SoulGrinder
#RatrottenWird noch jemand vom #metalheadclub da sein?
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Das wird ein geiles Brett morgen beim #ChaosUnity #Festival in Lohr am Main.
Ich hör' mich grad nochmal durch und freu mich mega auf die Bands — und zwar auf alle, das Billing ist grandios!
#Unleashed
#FinalBreath
#Illdisposed
#Suidakra
#SoulDemise
#MorbusDei
#SoulGrinder
#RatrottenWird noch jemand vom #metalheadclub da sein?
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Unleashed – Fire Upon Your Lands Review
By Steel Druhm
One of the most amusing stories in metal lore is how every single member of influential Swedish death metal act Nihilist left because they didn’t want to work with Johnny Hedlund any longer. These wayward musicians then formed Entombed, leaving Hedlund to his own devices to create Unleashed and chart his own course into Swedish metal history. That course often involved tales of Viking raids and drunken toasting to the Norse Gods, beating Amon Amarth to those now well-worn tropes by some 5 years. The typical Unleashed sound is riffy, hooky, and a touch anthemic, but heavy enough to leave hammer marks. It’s been a long, strange voyage since 92, and they’ve had their share of ups and downs, but they’ve been trending in the right direction since 2012s Odalheim. It’s been almost 4 years since they dropped 2021s No Sign of Life, but here they come again with 15th album, Fire Upon Your Lands. Are the longships still seaworthy? Does the fire still burn in Eitri’s foundry? Let us test the runes.
I’ll say this for the 2025 version Unleashed: they still pack a lot of vim and vigor in their raiding kit. Opener “Left for Dead” gives no quarter, coming for your head like a rabid berserker. It’s heavy, mean, and reminds me of the extra-nasty stuff on their Where No Life Dwells debut, before they adopted the whole Viking schtick. Hedlund sounds large and pissed off, and the riffs have weight and teeth. “A Toast to the Fallen” keeps the heaviness flowing while shoehorning in lines about toasting the fallen and hailing Thor at every possible opportunity. Since I’m never opposed to hailing and toasting Thor, I have no beef, and it’s a fun, beer-swigging tune for the bold. From there, Unleashed run like an everflowing stream from one ballsy beat down to another like “War Comes Again,” with aggression and urgency balanced adroitly with nods to macho melodeath. It’s a classic Unleashed cut and hits the spot like the blood of one’s enemies. The burly, battle-hardened title track feels like it came from their Midvinterblut album, which is one of my personal favorites, so I enjoy it plenty.1
The best part about Fire Upon Your Lands is the overall consistency of the material. There’s a pornucopia of raw energy and sizzle over the album’s 38 minutes, with pretty much every song delivering body blows. Even cheese-stuffed anthem “Hold Your Hammers High” works due to sheer caveman death metal seduction. Are there issues? Well, the track “To My Only Son” is like a shameless reboot of Manowar’s classic gem “Defender,” about a warrior’s letter to his son telling him how to live proudly. Hell, they even borrow the line, “As you read these words, I want you to know…”. Since I grew up blasting “Defender” a zillion times in my formative years, my brain autofills with “…that I would have been there to watch you grow. But my call was heard, and I did go.” It’s not a bad song, but it cuts way too close to a legendary moment in metal.2 Closing cut “Unknown Flag” is a bit odd, since it seems to be about pirates and therefore conflicts with the whole Vikings ethos. It’s the weakest track here, but it isn’t a dead loss, just a touch underwhelming. With all the songs in the 2-4 minute window, things blast along at a frantic pace, their tried-and-true style sounding refreshed, reborn, and badass. It’s one of the most lively Unleashed platters, and it all hangs together well.
With the same lineup in place forever, the playing is tight, crisp, and effectively minimalist when needed, maximalist when it helps. Johnny Hedlund’s booming death vocals sound surprisingly ageless. He’s found the Fountain of Death Youth and snarls and roars like a much younger man throughout the Viking blitz. He’s always had a certain Neanderthal charm to his delivery, and it’s still present as he regales you with yarns about conquest and chronic mead abuse. Long-time axe tandem Tomas Olsson and Fredrik Folkare bring their riffy, gritty style to the field, delivering thuggy grooves, vicious leads, a touch of classic d-beatery, and interestingly fluid and melodic solo work. The riff quality is above average, and they drive the material hard. I’m especially fond of their work on “Left for Dead” and “A Toast to the Fallen,” and they bring just enough blackened rage to the party to spice up the more typical death lines.
After some 33 years in the raiding game, Unleashed don’t show their age on Fire Upon Your Lands. All the classic Unleashed trademarks are present, the writing is sharp, and the attitude is appropriately beastial and unyielding. I didn’t expect this much fire, and I’m very happy to be burned by it. Now it’s your turn to gird thy loins and push that enemy shield wall into the sea. Do it for Johnny!
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: NA | Format Reviewed: Damn This Goddamn STREAM to Hades!!
Label: Napalm
Websites: unleashed.se/website/index.php | facebook.com/unleashed | instagram.com/unleashed_official
Releases Worldwide: August 15th, 2025#2025 #35 #AmonAmarth #Aug25 #DeathMetal #Entombed #FireUponYourLands #NapalmRecords #Review #Reviews #SwedishMetal #Unleashed
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/271613/ The Sunderland Model: Unleashed – Roker Report #football #FrontPage #model #Opinion #report #roker #Sports #sunderland #the #UK #UnitedKingdom #unleashed
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UNLEASHED (Suècia) presenta nou EP: "Fire upon Your Lands EP" #Unleashed #DeathMetal #Juliol2025 #Suècia #NouEp #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic
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Just to throw the cat amongst the pigeons …
What if the third member of the #UnholyTrinity is #SusanForeman … ?
The sneak peak from #Unleashed only mentions the #TimeLady …
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Just to throw the cat amongst the pigeons …
What if the third member of the #UnholyTrinity is #SusanForeman … ?
The sneak peak from #Unleashed only mentions the #TimeLady …
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Cops Are Already Unleashed. #Trump Is Telling Them to Run Wild.
By Radley Balko, May 2, 2025
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/02/trump-police-executive-order/
#TrumpIsAFascist #ACAB #Gestapo #CopsGoneWild #Unleashed #USPol #BorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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https://www.evshift.com/320209/ariya-unleashed-an-electrifying-surprise-nissan-2/ Ariya unleashed: An electrifying surprise | Nissan #Ariya #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #Electrifying #EV #nissan #NissanIntelligentMobility #NissanMotor #Surprise #Unleashed
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https://www.evshift.com/320086/ariya-unleashed-an-electrifying-surprise-nissan/ Ariya unleashed: An electrifying surprise | Nissan #Ariya #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #Electrifying #EV #nissan #NissanIntelligentMobility #NissanMotor #Surprise #Unleashed
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Stasera segnalo... 😁
🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜
#Race (Iris)
#JudasAndTheBlackMessiah (RaiStoria)
#Unleashed (Cielo)
#NoExit (Rai4)
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Aeon of Awareness – The Embracing Light of Rarohenga Review
By GardensTale
You know, I’m rather proud of the impact we have at AMG. Bands we spotlight see a measurable increase in sales and engagement, even when the review did not come with enthusiastic recommendations. We’re receiving more and more promos directly from bands with a request for review, many of them unsigned. It takes balls to do that, and I think that deserves reward. The reward is brutal, uncompromising honesty. I’ve decided to focus on these promos more this year, and first in line is The Embracing Light of Rarohenga, the debut from German melodeath outfit Aeon of Awareness.
Considering the theme comes from Māori mythology and some of the lyrics are in its language, I was starting to think founder Per Lümbersson or vocalist Meta List must have had Māori roots, but I was mistaken. If you expected those influences to extend to the music, like how Alien Weaponry uses Haka structures in their riffs, you’d be mistaken, too. Instead, Aeon of Awareness pays tribute primarily to chunky Scandinavian melodic death, most obviously Amon Amarth. Though some tracks (“Lebenslast,” “Hine-nui-te-pō”) wrap the package in more melancholic, Insomniummy bookends, once the big mid-paced riffs start coming, they don’t stop coming. While arguably derivative, the hooks have the required size and energy to get the head bobbing and the face stanking, and they are more than a match for the Swedish Vikings’ more recent offers, in particular the thundering main riff of “Lebenslast.”
The back half branches out a little more. “Ira Di(e)mensions” hikes the speed and aggression up to something more akin to Unleashed, and “Fort Forest” holds a thrashy edge before gradually slowing down past the midway point. “King Kauri” even throws in some harmonies that seem to be inspired by Be’lakor. Though Aeon of Awareness still doesn’t escape the feeling of swéjà vu, it mixes up the compositions and varies the pace and approach enough to keep Rarohenga reasonably fresh and engaging across the brisk 40 minutes.
But where the guitars steal the show with fun headbangable riffwork, and the bass puts on a nice supporting rumble, the vocals and drums lag behind. Neither is outright bad, though. The growls simply lack both personality and impact, remaining confined to a low, stoic and slightly breathy growl, with occasional backup from an unconvincing blackened rasp. There’s not much variety to its delivery, and that leads to levelling out the intensity of the music as a whole, paying with dynamics in execution more than in songwriting. The drums are a different issue though. They are played with competence and enthusiasm, but everything sounds so triggered I actually thought it was a drum machine at first. Every kick and every snare is at the exact same volume, which can get grating fast when the blasts begin. I’m not enough of a music producer to deduce the cause of the problem; all I know is, despite crediting a human drummer, they sound as mechanical as programmed drums.
All things considered, The Embracing Light of Rarohenga is a promising debut with a few issues holding it back. The core is there; solid songwriting, strong hooks, a good sense of flow and variety. Aside from the drums, the production is competent, the mix very decent. But Aeon of Awareness desperately needs something to stand out from the crowd. Wearing your inspirations on your sleeve is not a problem when you are firing on every cylinder across the board harder than any of your peers, but with quite average vocals and the issue of the flat-sounding drums, this band is not up to that level yet. But for those craving a bite-size dose of Amarthian riffs, you won’t be disappointed.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Self-released
Websites: aeonofawareness.bandcamp.com | aeonofawareness.com | facebook.com/AoA666
Releases Worldwide: January 17th, 2025#25 #2025 #AeonOfAwareness #AlienWeaponry #AmonAmarth #BeLakor #GermanMetal #Insomnium #Jan25 #MelodicDeathMetal #Review #Reviews #SelfReleased #TheEmbracingLightOfRarohenga #Unleashed
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Aeon of Awareness – The Embracing Light of Rarohenga Review
By GardensTale
You know, I’m rather proud of the impact we have at AMG. Bands we spotlight see a measurable increase in sales and engagement, even when the review did not come with enthusiastic recommendations. We’re receiving more and more promos directly from bands with a request for review, many of them unsigned. It takes balls to do that, and I think that deserves reward. The reward is brutal, uncompromising honesty. I’ve decided to focus on these promos more this year, and first in line is The Embracing Light of Rarohenga, the debut from German melodeath outfit Aeon of Awareness.
Considering the theme comes from Māori mythology and some of the lyrics are in its language, I was starting to think founder Per Lümbersson or vocalist Meta List must have had Māori roots, but I was mistaken. If you expected those influences to extend to the music, like how Alien Weaponry uses Haka structures in their riffs, you’d be mistaken, too. Instead, Aeon of Awareness pays tribute primarily to chunky Scandinavian melodic death, most obviously Amon Amarth. Though some tracks (“Lebenslast,” “Hine-nui-te-pō”) wrap the package in more melancholic, Insomniummy bookends, once the big mid-paced riffs start coming, they don’t stop coming. While arguably derivative, the hooks have the required size and energy to get the head bobbing and the face stanking, and they are more than a match for the Swedish Vikings’ more recent offers, in particular the thundering main riff of “Lebenslast.”
The back half branches out a little more. “Ira Di(e)mensions” hikes the speed and aggression up to something more akin to Unleashed, and “Fort Forest” holds a thrashy edge before gradually slowing down past the midway point. “King Kauri” even throws in some harmonies that seem to be inspired by Be’lakor. Though Aeon of Awareness still doesn’t escape the feeling of swéjà vu, it mixes up the compositions and varies the pace and approach enough to keep Rarohenga reasonably fresh and engaging across the brisk 40 minutes.
But where the guitars steal the show with fun headbangable riffwork, and the bass puts on a nice supporting rumble, the vocals and drums lag behind. Neither is outright bad, though. The growls simply lack both personality and impact, remaining confined to a low, stoic and slightly breathy growl, with occasional backup from an unconvincing blackened rasp. There’s not much variety to its delivery, and that leads to levelling out the intensity of the music as a whole, paying with dynamics in execution more than in songwriting. The drums are a different issue though. They are played with competence and enthusiasm, but everything sounds so triggered I actually thought it was a drum machine at first. Every kick and every snare is at the exact same volume, which can get grating fast when the blasts begin. I’m not enough of a music producer to deduce the cause of the problem; all I know is, despite crediting a human drummer, they sound as mechanical as programmed drums.
All things considered, The Embracing Light of Rarohenga is a promising debut with a few issues holding it back. The core is there; solid songwriting, strong hooks, a good sense of flow and variety. Aside from the drums, the production is competent, the mix very decent. But Aeon of Awareness desperately needs something to stand out from the crowd. Wearing your inspirations on your sleeve is not a problem when you are firing on every cylinder across the board harder than any of your peers, but with quite average vocals and the issue of the flat-sounding drums, this band is not up to that level yet. But for those craving a bite-size dose of Amarthian riffs, you won’t be disappointed.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Self-released
Websites: aeonofawareness.bandcamp.com | aeonofawareness.com | facebook.com/AoA666
Releases Worldwide: January 17th, 2025#25 #2025 #AeonOfAwareness #AlienWeaponry #AmonAmarth #BeLakor #GermanMetal #Insomnium #Jan25 #MelodicDeathMetal #Review #Reviews #SelfReleased #TheEmbracingLightOfRarohenga #Unleashed
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Aeon of Awareness – The Embracing Light of Rarohenga Review
By GardensTale
You know, I’m rather proud of the impact we have at AMG. Bands we spotlight see a measurable increase in sales and engagement, even when the review did not come with enthusiastic recommendations. We’re receiving more and more promos directly from bands with a request for review, many of them unsigned. It takes balls to do that, and I think that deserves reward. The reward is brutal, uncompromising honesty. I’ve decided to focus on these promos more this year, and first in line is The Embracing Light of Rarohenga, the debut from German melodeath outfit Aeon of Awareness.
Considering the theme comes from Māori mythology and some of the lyrics are in its language, I was starting to think founder Per Lümbersson or vocalist Meta List must have had Māori roots, but I was mistaken. If you expected those influences to extend to the music, like how Alien Weaponry uses Haka structures in their riffs, you’d be mistaken, too. Instead, Aeon of Awareness pays tribute primarily to chunky Scandinavian melodic death, most obviously Amon Amarth. Though some tracks (“Lebenslast,” “Hine-nui-te-pō”) wrap the package in more melancholic, Insomniummy bookends, once the big mid-paced riffs start coming, they don’t stop coming. While arguably derivative, the hooks have the required size and energy to get the head bobbing and the face stanking, and they are more than a match for the Swedish Vikings’ more recent offers, in particular the thundering main riff of “Lebenslast.”
The back half branches out a little more. “Ira Di(e)mensions” hikes the speed and aggression up to something more akin to Unleashed, and “Fort Forest” holds a thrashy edge before gradually slowing down past the midway point. “King Kauri” even throws in some harmonies that seem to be inspired by Be’lakor. Though Aeon of Awareness still doesn’t escape the feeling of swéjà vu, it mixes up the compositions and varies the pace and approach enough to keep Rarohenga reasonably fresh and engaging across the brisk 40 minutes.
But where the guitars steal the show with fun headbangable riffwork, and the bass puts on a nice supporting rumble, the vocals and drums lag behind. Neither is outright bad, though. The growls simply lack both personality and impact, remaining confined to a low, stoic and slightly breathy growl, with occasional backup from an unconvincing blackened rasp. There’s not much variety to its delivery, and that leads to levelling out the intensity of the music as a whole, paying with dynamics in execution more than in songwriting. The drums are a different issue though. They are played with competence and enthusiasm, but everything sounds so triggered I actually thought it was a drum machine at first. Every kick and every snare is at the exact same volume, which can get grating fast when the blasts begin. I’m not enough of a music producer to deduce the cause of the problem; all I know is, despite crediting a human drummer, they sound as mechanical as programmed drums.
All things considered, The Embracing Light of Rarohenga is a promising debut with a few issues holding it back. The core is there; solid songwriting, strong hooks, a good sense of flow and variety. Aside from the drums, the production is competent, the mix very decent. But Aeon of Awareness desperately needs something to stand out from the crowd. Wearing your inspirations on your sleeve is not a problem when you are firing on every cylinder across the board harder than any of your peers, but with quite average vocals and the issue of the flat-sounding drums, this band is not up to that level yet. But for those craving a bite-size dose of Amarthian riffs, you won’t be disappointed.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Self-released
Websites: aeonofawareness.bandcamp.com | aeonofawareness.com | facebook.com/AoA666
Releases Worldwide: January 17th, 2025#25 #2025 #AeonOfAwareness #AlienWeaponry #AmonAmarth #BeLakor #GermanMetal #Insomnium #Jan25 #MelodicDeathMetal #Review #Reviews #SelfReleased #TheEmbracingLightOfRarohenga #Unleashed
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Aeon of Awareness – The Embracing Light of Rarohenga Review
By GardensTale
You know, I’m rather proud of the impact we have at AMG. Bands we spotlight see a measurable increase in sales and engagement, even when the review did not come with enthusiastic recommendations. We’re receiving more and more promos directly from bands with a request for review, many of them unsigned. It takes balls to do that, and I think that deserves reward. The reward is brutal, uncompromising honesty. I’ve decided to focus on these promos more this year, and first in line is The Embracing Light of Rarohenga, the debut from German melodeath outfit Aeon of Awareness.
Considering the theme comes from Māori mythology and some of the lyrics are in its language, I was starting to think founder Per Lümbersson or vocalist Meta List must have had Māori roots, but I was mistaken. If you expected those influences to extend to the music, like how Alien Weaponry uses Haka structures in their riffs, you’d be mistaken, too. Instead, Aeon of Awareness pays tribute primarily to chunky Scandinavian melodic death, most obviously Amon Amarth. Though some tracks (“Lebenslast,” “Hine-nui-te-pō”) wrap the package in more melancholic, Insomniummy bookends, once the big mid-paced riffs start coming, they don’t stop coming. While arguably derivative, the hooks have the required size and energy to get the head bobbing and the face stanking, and they are more than a match for the Swedish Vikings’ more recent offers, in particular the thundering main riff of “Lebenslast.”
The back half branches out a little more. “Ira Di(e)mensions” hikes the speed and aggression up to something more akin to Unleashed, and “Fort Forest” holds a thrashy edge before gradually slowing down past the midway point. “King Kauri” even throws in some harmonies that seem to be inspired by Be’lakor. Though Aeon of Awareness still doesn’t escape the feeling of swéjà vu, it mixes up the compositions and varies the pace and approach enough to keep Rarohenga reasonably fresh and engaging across the brisk 40 minutes.
But where the guitars steal the show with fun headbangable riffwork, and the bass puts on a nice supporting rumble, the vocals and drums lag behind. Neither is outright bad, though. The growls simply lack both personality and impact, remaining confined to a low, stoic and slightly breathy growl, with occasional backup from an unconvincing blackened rasp. There’s not much variety to its delivery, and that leads to levelling out the intensity of the music as a whole, paying with dynamics in execution more than in songwriting. The drums are a different issue though. They are played with competence and enthusiasm, but everything sounds so triggered I actually thought it was a drum machine at first. Every kick and every snare is at the exact same volume, which can get grating fast when the blasts begin. I’m not enough of a music producer to deduce the cause of the problem; all I know is, despite crediting a human drummer, they sound as mechanical as programmed drums.
All things considered, The Embracing Light of Rarohenga is a promising debut with a few issues holding it back. The core is there; solid songwriting, strong hooks, a good sense of flow and variety. Aside from the drums, the production is competent, the mix very decent. But Aeon of Awareness desperately needs something to stand out from the crowd. Wearing your inspirations on your sleeve is not a problem when you are firing on every cylinder across the board harder than any of your peers, but with quite average vocals and the issue of the flat-sounding drums, this band is not up to that level yet. But for those craving a bite-size dose of Amarthian riffs, you won’t be disappointed.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Self-released
Websites: aeonofawareness.bandcamp.com | aeonofawareness.com | facebook.com/AoA666
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