Lord Agheros – Demiurgo (2012)

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Today we have one-man band Lord Agheros and its latest atmospheric opus titled “Demiurgo”. Hailing from Italy, this band suffers from the one person doing too many things syndrome, and while delivering excellent bone chilling atmospheric elements, the totally craptastic programmed drums bring down the release quality in a very drastic manner. For over 17 tracks, we are treated to some creepy passages and amazing symphonic elements, making this 60 minute release quite a journey.

Warming up with “Chapter I: Prologue”, our expectations grew immensely since the atmosphere is very intoxicating. This nicely bleeds into “Eris”, a song where even the drumming is very tolerable in this song (very slow paced sections). What makes this track special is the spare acoustic guitars and string instruments that create a very desolate and eerie atmosphere when combined with the synths. With things speed up on “Styx”, is when Lord Agheros drops the ball and the horrible drumming begins. We understand that is hard to find talented drummers and that not all one-man bands call graciously pull off ALL instruments, but when the drumming sounds this fake, it makes us wonder if the person writing the music is actually listening to it.

Using plenty of different vocal styles, tracks like “Lyssa” and “Letum” work perfectly thanks to the very well-crafted song structures, we just wished they didn’t have any drumming at all and just lush piano sections as “Lyssa” features. One of our favorite tracks of the chapter II part of the album is the solemn “Oizys”, a song that shows that Gerassimos Evangelou is a skilled pianist and composer. The folky “Emera” is another standout track, in particular because of its very unique transition from clean and acoustic into atmospheric brilliance.

In the closing tracks, we have the lush guitars and piano of “Ker”, the mysterious “Apate”, and the flute-infused “Etere”. All these tracks nicely mellow out this album and the listener into a trance. We are quite pleased that Lord Argheros saved the more atmospheric and relaxing pieces for the end of this release. Overall, if the band didn’t use the horrible drumming, we would have easily given “Demiurgo” a 90 out of 100. However, not many songs feature this element, and the atmospheric content of this release is excellent enough for us to not lower the album’s score too much. If you like atmospheric music that is quite diverse and very ethereal, this is the release for you.

Band: Lord Agheros Album: Demiurgo
Label: My Kingdom Music

Release: November 28th, 2012

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Genre: Ambient Black Metal

Country: Italy

Rating: 84/100
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