Februus

best release of 2011, can't stop listening

I had not heard Uneven Structure before being over-whelmed with hype earlier this year. Then Februus was released, I still had not heard anything from them. Reading some comments and reviews, I decided to give this a listen. Finally got it! I had been listening to Vildhjarta and Aliases previously. I now understand it's not just hype! This is official. I side with clean vocals as a side of skill & quality. TesseracT's One is my record of the year! This, Uneven Structure, Februus, without a shadow of a doubt would had been my number one!! During my recent choosings of favorite recordings of 2011, is now being reconsidered!

I am probably going to re-place Means End ep. as a choice. Only because, it is only an ep. not a record to compete with Februus. 20 seconds into the second song I knew I had something special.

Great job men!!!

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Has anyone deciphered what the *really quiet* words are during limbo?

Frost-Hail, and Buds-Awe-Quittance are amazing songs.

after listening to februus i did a little analysis of two things--just what draws me to "djent"? and what has"djent" led me to?

while i won't go into everything, what inspired me to post a comment was the thick and plentiful ambience of februus. the amalgamation of all of the sounds on februus is unique and the amount of ambience--present on its own as well as in the background of the full "djent" soundscape--is one of the biggest draws to the sound by comparison to other djent bands. that's not to say they're necessarily my favorite, they just compete best in these areas. (with uneven structure, it's both the ambience, and the grooves which i am drawn to above all else). what i love about ambient music is that it's easy to use it well. i see nothing wrong with that. i don't listen to much ambient music, but out of what i've come across, i've noticed that as with all genres some ambient music is done better than others. uneven structure was the first time and strongest example of while listening to a "djent" record, my mind being drawn to some ambient/drone music which has been a large part of my life for the last five years or so.

i've played these records out and thought: "if it's the ambience that you're drawn too as well, you might enjoy these records"

three albums which epitomize ambient music IMO

MOST NOTABLY:
Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
(one of my favorite cds now. been my sleeping music every night for years.)

BUT ALSO:
Sakamoto and Willits - Ocean Fire
Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

this music is dense, minimalist, ambient drone. i highly suggest it. especially if you like the februus bonus disc. just throwin it out there

The vocals are what the last guy said, Epic "Metalcore" vocals very similar to M. Shadows, alongside harsh vocals. Very different from their 8 EP where he sounded like Jens Kidman. Overall metalcore vocals are probably the best way to go this day n' age anyway since it appeals a MUCH wider audience then say, Gorgoroth's "Black/Death" vocals or Meshuggah's "drill sergeant vocals".

It's pretty cool though, The album art is really nice and Plentitude sounds more like a worC song then an Uneven one, which was a nice surprise. The songs Exmersion and Limbo are "fake" they're just transition tracks, and the 3 songs on the second disc are ambient so the total number of actual songs here is only... eight (maybe a reference to their last ep?) but I have to listen to the album a few more times to really judge it...

This album is a great way to introduce casual audiences to ambient music. By the way if you like the songs on the second disc you might like one of Aurélien Pereira's side projects: ドモドアルマダ and .hohlraum
I like Aspekt - Réminiscences the most since it actually has a beat. The others are very intense. I'd recommend something by Peter Andersson if you really want to get into some ambient music.
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Album is so f*cking great !!! This ambient, gitar, drums and VOCAL !!! Beautiful

the only way to describe how awesome this album is, is with words that dont even exist yet

My review for Februus: http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2011/10/17/uneven-structure-februus/

I can't believe anyone could even consider "stealing" this music. There are certain artists I feel deserve enough respect to justify buying this and not just finding whatever torrent you can to download it without paying anything at all. If you're not sure about the record go and see them as opposed to just stealing it. If you don't enjoy it live you're unlikely to enjoy it on a record. I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time before Basick Records upload the official audio to YouTube anyway, as they have done with other recent releases.

Anyway we could get an instrumental version? I know it won't be a free release, that'd be dumb I don't know why I typed that. But still, I can't buy this without hearing A LOT first. and by "A LOT" I mean when i'm studying/drawing at school not some "Amazon.com Preview" thing. I'd rather not have to steal it... worC was really cool. I hope this is closer to worC then 8 because that ep was just boring... it's just not as crisp as Obzen.

i feel like a girl at bieber concert when i hear your music

can hardly wait! februus will be epic

I REALLY hope this doesnt sound all muffled like their EP. If it does i'm just gonna have to listen to this at home on the stereo =( I've noticed this with several Djent bands like A-Sync has this problem too.