- Order number: SOM_668LP
- Release date: 01/27/2023
- EAN: 822603166811
- Band: And Oceans
- Label: SEASON OF MIST
- Set content: 2
Black 12" double vinyl including bonus tracks "Samlarens Valv" and "Third Eye Catalyst" (33rpm). Comes in gatefold sleeve with double sided poster (60 x 90cm).
First pressing: 800 copies worldwide.
Genre: Symphonic Black Metal
For fans of EMPEROR, LIMBONIC ART, THE KOVENANT, (early) DIMMU BORGIR
It’s rare for a band to commandingly return with their best effort to date, but Finland’s ...And Oceans are here to prove that 2020’s Cosmic World Mother was the sound of creative floodgates bursting through into a new body of water, an ocean if you will. Everything that ...And Oceans’ first full-length in 18 years did well – blistering symphonic black metal, heady themes that dealt with the connection between philosophy and psychics, and ...And Oceans’ trademark adventurous songwriting - As In Gardens, So In Tombs manages to eclipse and recontextualize. It’s the sound of a band seizing every ounce of momentum and upping the ante in every way. While ...And Oceans has never written the same album twice, in many ways, their latest sounds like an opportunity for the Finnish group to pick up and improve upon what they started. Symphonic black metal is never this fun, free, and fantastic.
Tracklisting:Side A:
As in Gardens, so in Tombs
The Collector and His Construct
Within Fire and Crystal
Carried on Lead Wings
Side B:
Likt Törnen Genom Kött
Cloud Heads
Wine into Water
Side C:
Inverse Magnification Matrix
The Earth Canvas
Ambivalent God
Side D:
Samlarens Valv (Bonustrack)
Third Eye Catalyst (Bonustrack)