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Octoploid Beyond The Aeons CD Review

December 22, 2024
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Formed in 2022 by Amorphis bassist Olli-Pekka Laine, Octoploid is an incredibly unique band due to their mix of musical styles and influences. Their debut release, 'Beyond the Aeons', is a mix of death and folk metal along with prog and psychedelic rock. Because of that, the album is rather unpredictable and you aren't quite sure what to expect from song to song. Hell, even within the same song it is often difficult to tell where it's going, but that just makes for a more interesting ride.


If you're an Amorphis fan, there is plenty here to be excited about. In addition to Laine, former keyboardist Kim Rantala provides some amazing keyboard/synth work on the album, especially in "Shattered Wings" which gave me some serious Deep Purple flashbacks. Additionally, current Amorphis frontman Tomi Joutsen lends his vocals to "Human Amoral" and the band's rhythm guitarist Tomi Koivusaari makes an appearance on "Coast of the Drowned Sailors" providing some deep guttural vocals that are reminiscent to Amorphis' early work when they were strictly a death metal band. Not to be overshadowed by this amazing array of musicians, Octoploid is rounded out by Mannhai drummer Mikko Pietinen and Swallow the Sun frontman Mikko Kotamäki.

~TJ

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