{"id":112090,"date":"2022-01-13T13:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T19:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=112090"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:54:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:54:14","slug":"tech-death-thursday-aethereus-leiden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/tech-death-thursday-aethereus-leiden\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Death Thursday: Aethereus – Leiden<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We’re starting Tech Death Thursday off with a bang this year with the newest from\u00a0Aethereus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The typical album release cycle at the start of the year is painfully slow. January in particular is, to use the words of modern-day philosopher Mighty Keef, “big booty buttcheeks.” This year however, has been atypical in that regard, seeing a handful of sweet albums releasing. If you need evidence of this, look no further than\u00a0Leiden<\/em>, the newest album from one of the best new(ish) acts in the tech death scene. Aethereus is back once again with another concept album, but this takes on a very different challenge than the band’s previous album.<\/p>\n

Leiden’s<\/em> story is, as far as tech death goes, a tale as old as time: a guy gets sucked into an alternate universe and slowly goes insane looking at all the crazy shit around him. This is not the first tech death album about a character’s descent into madness, nor will it be the last, but Aethereus distinguish themselves by bringing this concept to life through the music. The album’s pace, flow, and melodic ideas are informed by its concept; again, not the first time this has ever been done, but I’ll be damned if they didn’t nail the illustration of the protagonist’s mind being completely broken by the end.<\/p>\n