Description

Self-described as Sweden’s “most premier rock band,” Egonaut returned in 2015 with the Deluminati album. Its a demonstration of a band’s ability to pioneer its own subgenre, with the name coined by the band, called Doom n Roll (or Bastard Rock). This nine-track collection of modern retro Rock music caught me by surprise. The music itself is progressive in terms of structure and sound, but the instruments’ tonalities harken to an age of Rock that has come and gone. The ability to cross the two dimensions of old and new (and kick serious butt while doing it) is what helped me find this album extremely listenable. There are a ton of twists and turns and nuances and fun stuff that Egonaut engineered into this album. One thing I enjoyed was the organ piping away in the background. It gave a Halloween-esque feel to the music and at times made the music seem darker when the other instruments were on a bit of a melodic riff, and conversely, made the music seem poppier when the song behind it was on the minor scales. At its core, “Deluminati” is a showcase of the creativity the members of the band possess. To take elements from Doom Metal, Stoner Metal, and Rock and add synthesizers and give the music some epicness takes a lot of thought and hard work. There are too many specific things I enjoyed on this album to detail them all here, but the dominating, haunting nature that “Hex” has, the Gothic Metal feel of “Pariah,” the solo of “The Beholder,” and the breakdown at the end of “Lustitia Infernalis” are a few that really stuck out to me. Imagine a band that has the tempo variations and distortion of Kyuss, the transitory melancholy-ness of Type O Negative, and the pure Rock prowess of Black Sabbath. That kind of gives you an idea if you have not heard the music of Egonaut, but only listening to their music can do it true justice. How they go from Doom Metal in one song to something almost comparable to Boston on the next (such as “Threescore and Ten” except for the vocals) is quite remarkable. If you have been craving for something different to check out, let this be it! All nine tracks are full of hooks that keep the ears turned the direction of the music, and the energy is palpable right from the start. So forget the light, and embrace the Deluminati

Track list:
1. The Declaration
2. From the Coals
3. Pariah
4. The Beholder
5. Lustitia Infernalis
6. Hex
7. Three Score and Ten
8. Acheron
9. Waypoints