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Origin of the Alimonies
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  • Summary: The fifth full-length release for the experimental black metal band led by Hunter Hunt-Hendrix features an eight-piece chamber ensemble and was recorded and mixed by Seth Manchester.
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
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  1. Clash Music
    Dec 9, 2020
    90
    You can hear the size of her thoughts and desires on this truly stunning record, this genuine opera. They are as big as the universe and everything in it.
  2. Beats Per Minute
    Dec 9, 2020
    85
    Origin of the Alimonies is an astonishing piece of work that leaves the listener breathless and euphoric. It is haunting, stunning in its ambition and scope, and a rapturous piece of art. It is beautiful, brutal and bruising. It is challenging, pretentious and uncompromisingly complex. It’s ace.
  3. The Wire
    Dec 9, 2020
    80
    Origin Of The Alimonies is Hunt-Hendrix’s most compositionally elaborate and layered work yet. [Jan 2021, p.74]
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  4. Pitchfork
    Dec 10, 2020
    78
    Musical twists and spasms aside, Origin is the most approachable Liturgy album yet.
  5. Exclaim
    Dec 9, 2020
    70
    Origin of the Alimonies is an opera, complete with three acts, an overture and an interlude. Sonically, it picks up on past Liturgy motifs: minimalism, black metal, classical music and electronic beats. The scope and scale, however, is incredibly vast.

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  1. JLuis_001
    Jan 22, 2021
    8
    My favorite metal album from 2020.

    Obviously ''purists'' will hate its approach, but it's irrelevant nonetheless.
  2. ddrussianinja
    Apr 21, 2023
    8
    I had a very difficult time getting into Liturgy, but I decided to give more of their albums a chance, and this one is probably my favoriteI had a very difficult time getting into Liturgy, but I decided to give more of their albums a chance, and this one is probably my favorite and the one I'm most likely to recommend. It's probably the most approachable since it has an impressive variety of musical styling to bring this sense of primordial conflict; creation, destruction, and reconstruction in equal measure. It's also much shorter than most of the other albums, and given how heavy Liturgy albums tend to weigh on the attention span, I feel like this album is the best way to see if Liturgy is something you can vibe with.… Expand

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