Origo (album)

Origo is the fourth full length album by Swedish progressive metal band Burst, released on October 17, 2005 by Relapse Records.^[3] Overall, it has received widespread critical acclaim, from magazines such as Kerrang! and Rock Sound.

Aaron Burgess, writing for Alternative Press describes the album as "a blistering epic, complete with keyboards, acoustic passages and female backing vocals in tow". He continues to add that "Burst sound ready to, well, burst out of obscurity and into the genre-shattering realm of fellow post-metal masters Isis, Neurosis and Cult Of Luna." Speaking on the album's sound, he states that "[t]hough frontman Linus Jägerskog's shearing vocals are terminally locked on overdrive, the rest of Origo is a sweeping, time-shifting exploration of dynamics, moods and tonal color--and while "beautiful" isn't usually the sort of adjective we like to throw at a metal record, in this case, it's the rule, not the exception.".^[2]

The song "Where the Wave Broke" is about Mieszko Talarczyk, the leader of now defunct and fellow Swedish grindcore band Nasum, who died in the tsunami which hit Thailand on December 26, 2004. Jesper Liveröd was the bassist of Nasum for most of their career.

Track listing

1. "Where the Wave Broke" – 3:36
2. "Sever" – 5:11
3. "The Immateria" – 5:22
4. "Slave Emotion" – 3:30
5. "Flight's End" – 5:13
6. "Homebound" – 6:35
7. "It Comes into View" – 6:56
8. "Stormwielder" – 5:03
9. "Mercy Liberation" – 5:22

Personnel

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