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Gent, Belgium’s Eleanora presents like the sound of worlds and eras colliding in the most harmonious of fashions. In many ways they are the prototypical modern metal band: acutely aware of the designs and important beats inherent to numerous subgenres of heavy music, and eager to approach them with a carefully alchemic sensibility that facilitates the creation of a fresh sound from familiar components. But there is also a distinctly nostalgic flavor to their new record MERE, a certain something that harkens back to a deeply exciting period for metal fans (or at least metal fans of a particular age demographic). Hearing Mere for the first time is not unlike coming of age in the early years of this century, discovering bands like Botch, Converge, and Circle Takes the Square, and realizing all of the possibilities beyond what was previously perceived. That freeing feeling of finding artists that rejected the rules and instead did exactly what they wanted with no restrictions was incredibly important for so many listeners who were looking to expand their understanding of the music they loved. What those bands did to construct a crossroads of metal, hardcore, screamo, and punk (and create blueprints for subsequent subgenres like mathcore and post-hardcore) are enticingly similar to what Eleanora does for post-metal, black metal, and sludge.

The album 'Mere' is out Nov 6th 2020. Vinyl on Dunk!Records

CD on Consouling Sounds

Listen to the album 'Allure'