Merlin - The Wizard

Score: 8.6 

The Kansas-based metal band returns with their most ambitious album to date. In an attempt to fuse doom atmospheres and ponderous, drony instrumentation with jazz, Merlin succeeds at all levels. They display a fantastically-written and executed concept album that transports you to an ancient, magic era fulled with magic, wisdom, chaos and revolution. They repeat the sentences that form the lyrics to the extent of delirium and do so as confidently as they do master their abilites to conjure up cerebral, bold and pretty entertaining rock songs. As its description suggests, The Wizard arises from the abyss and surpasses time and space. This record might be the most forward-thinking and jaw-dropping piece of heavy music you'll hear all year long.

Tracks I like the most: Abyss, Gravelord, Tarantula Hawk, The Wizard Suite

Tracks I like the least: Golem

Artist: Merlin

Country: United States

Album: The Wizard

Released: 26/01/2018

Genres: Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Progressive Rock, Drone, Jazz, Stoner Rock, Psychedelic

Length: 39:44