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Ihlo - Haar NEW SONG 2022 (FFO Haken and TesseracT)
« on: June 01, 2019, 07:28:06 AM »
I was browsing the Reddit’s Prog-Metal group yesterday and I saw that there was a lot of persons talking about the new and debut album from Ihlo so I decided to give them a chance.  Wow!! If you like bands like Haken, Leprous, TesseracT and Caligula's Horse you will be floored by the quality of this album.  I already think that this album will be in my 2019 top 10 list.

https://ihlo.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/album/5wRw9oWA9GujHB6cqjRi6k?si=GOM9oe_nQjSobCbWauQosg

https://theprogspace.com/ihlo-union/

https://progarchy.com/2019/05/31/album-review-ihlo-union/

http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/i_2/ihlo-union.htm

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2019, 12:09:14 PM »
 :tup Gonna check this out, those are three of my favourite bands at the moment.
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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2019, 12:24:22 PM »
What if I'm a fan of Haken and Leprous, don't like TesseracT and ambivalent towards Caligula's Horse (I have Bloom and it's kinda meh)? :P

I guess I'll spin this when I have time.
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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2019, 01:23:02 PM »
spun this one yesterday but only made it about halfway through. i really don't understand the appeal of these riffless, emotionally dry "djent-prog" bands that all sound the same and completely lack any kind of hooks but i guess it has to appeal to someone, shrug

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2019, 01:52:47 PM »
Shockingly, I agree with Parama. I do love the artwork, though.

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2019, 01:57:13 PM »
oh yeah most of these kinds of bands do get some pretty great album covers i just wish the music was as vibrant and colorful to match

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2019, 02:08:12 PM »
There's nothing worse than clicking on some amazing artwork only to realize....oh, this is another instrumental djent band. Yay.

I find there's a lot more interesting music in metalcore circles than djent ones, these days.

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2019, 02:12:38 PM »
Er, they're not instrumental (they literally don't even have one instrumental track) and while there's a strong djent style in the riffing, they're definitely not a djent band.

And yeah, amazing debut. I was lucky enough to get a promo a few days ago and I love it. Prompted me to write a review for the first time in over a year: http://ladyobscure.com/albums/ihlo-union/

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2019, 02:28:42 PM »
I wasn't saying they were instrumental, I was taking the great artwork - uninteresting music theme to another problem I have, that being clicking on videos whose artwork promises great music which turns out to be instrumental djent. Sorry if the link wasn't clear.

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2019, 12:16:48 AM »
Mad props to Rich for telling me about these guys, they've been getting some pretty serious spins. Great stuff.

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2019, 10:23:56 AM »
spun this one yesterday but only made it about halfway through. i really don't understand the appeal of these riffless, emotionally dry "djent-prog" bands that all sound the same and completely lack any kind of hooks but i guess it has to appeal to someone, shrug

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Haven’t listened to this album yet, by the way (to stay on topic).
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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2019, 08:43:12 PM »
There's nothing worse than clicking on some amazing artwork only to realize....oh, this is another instrumental djent band. Yay.
Lmao I'm friends with one of the band members and he's having good laugh at this  :lol

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2019, 01:43:43 PM »
they're definitely not a djent band.

How though? They hit practically all the elements I'd associate with a djent band, from the guitars to the clean vocals to the background synths / electronics, the overall production style and the futuristic / spacey atmosphere. And they sound very much like TesseracT, which is most definitely a djent band.
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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2019, 02:00:00 PM »
I only listened to 2 songs, but those 2 were definitely djent. Not good djent though... in my opinion ::)
Maybe I’ll check out the album at some point but there’s too much music I’m loving that I have to dig into first!
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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2019, 02:28:54 PM »
I mean they're not literally meshuggah-esque chugcore but unless you're that strict with definitions then yeah saying they aren't djent is dishonest, the riffing style was djent as hell even if the tones don't exactly match

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2019, 02:47:59 PM »
The only resemblance I find right now is from the 1st Tesseract album. So far I'm liking what I'm hearing (only got through the first two songs).


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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2019, 12:39:41 AM »
I mean they're not literally meshuggah-esque chugcore but unless you're that strict with definitions then yeah saying they aren't djent is dishonest, the riffing style was djent as hell even if the tones don't exactly match
I didn't say they aren't djent, I said they aren't "a djent band". We've had the discussion here before but djent isn't really a genre because it's only defined by the riffing style, so generally for "djent bands" that's basically all they do. Which is not the case for Ihlo.

I mean, if someone has something against the djent style then that's fine but that's no issue with the band.

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2019, 03:27:37 AM »
So the 'for fans of Haken, Leprous and Tesseract' is a classic case of name-dropping. I can hear Haken, occasionally (but also not really apart from the affinity.exe intro and Puzzle Box riff), and Tesseract clearly, but nothing on this album explicitly reminds me of Leprous in any way. Leprous are far more original than anything on this disc. Can't really see myself spinning this again.
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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2019, 01:02:03 PM »
I generally find myself enjoying essentially anything Rich enjoys, so I'll try and give this a full spin sometime soon! First song I listened to sounded quite good, though.

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #20 on: June 24, 2019, 03:02:51 PM »
The first few songs are solid enough but the best stuff comes from mid-way through to the end. Still loving it and looking forward to seeing them live on Thursday.

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2021, 08:09:38 AM »
New live EP video

https://youtu.be/Ih8g9JrT5kk
That was thoroughly enjoyable.  Thanks for turning me onto these guys!

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2021, 08:38:37 PM »
Thanks for the heads up, I just listened to the album and I enjoyed it, this will be in my rotation, good album!

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Re: Ihlo- Union (For fans of Haken, Leprous and TesseracT)
« Reply #24 on: September 09, 2022, 09:24:49 AM »
Ihlo - Haar NEW SONG 2022 (Live Sessions From Pirate Studios)

https://youtu.be/W_ZCln7GsK8


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Re: Ihlo - Haar NEW SONG 2022 (FFO Haken and TesseracT)
« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2022, 08:55:01 AM »
What's with all the negativity in this thread, sometimes DT fans confuse me  :lol

This is a really good album! I am stunned by the melodies, the rhythmic variety, the ability of the musicians. The singer is fantastic and does a great job on the keys too. I fell in love with this djenty progmetal style when I got into TesseracT's One and am looking for music of this style ever since. But I can't find too many stuff that hits the spot. This is one of those albums I've been looking for. Thank you guys!
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Re: Ihlo - Haar NEW SONG 2022 (FFO Haken and TesseracT)
« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2022, 05:48:36 PM »
What's with all the negativity in this thread, sometimes DT fans confuse me  :lol

This is a really good album! I am stunned by the melodies, the rhythmic variety, the ability of the musicians. The singer is fantastic and does a great job on the keys too. I fell in love with this djenty progmetal style when I got into TesseracT's One and am looking for music of this style ever since. But I can't find too many stuff that hits the spot. This is one of those albums I've been looking for. Thank you guys!

Same sentiments on Ihlo. Great album. I hope they can release their new album sooner than later. Going to be hard to top Union.

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Re: Ihlo - Haar NEW SONG 2022 (FFO Haken and TesseracT)
« Reply #27 on: September 23, 2022, 07:21:59 AM »
The live sessions album is out today.

https://youtu.be/S7tAzPmxnVo