EIDER STELLAIRE I

I had to dig deep into youtube to get to this album and I'm so glad I did.

Opening track Onde hits you like a sledgehammer with frenetic and powerful drum, bass, piano, guitar. I don't really know how best to describe it. Just have a listen.

Arctis 6eme Ephemeride starts in similar vein but slows the pace down a little for a flute passage followed by lyricless female vocals and some aggressive guitar. All driven by some head bopping bass. It finishes with an eerie and suspenseful slower section.

On Legende there's some great guitar work, backed up by that excellent bass. The guitar line settles down and then duets with the vocalist in short passages before returning to solo work. In the final minute there's some nasty guitar work. Makes me want to rush out and buy a leather jacket and grow a beard.

Tetra is a slower toe-tapping bassline with a guitar solo-ing over it. There's a lot less in the way of diversification in this track so its probably my least favourite, but still pretty good.

Nihil is perhaps the most 'Magma-like' track, mainly due to the vocalisations. Piano work is prominent on this track too which is a lot more broody. Pretty good finish.

This for me is up there with the best Zeuhl albums. Not going as far as calling it a masterpiece, but its certainly a high four stars.

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