The Industrial Twilight: Halgrath - "The Whole Path Of War And Acceptance" [2014]

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Halgrath - "The Whole Path Of War And Acceptance" [2014]

Artist: Halgrath

Title: The Whole Path Of War And Acceptance

Genre: Dark Ambient

Country: Russia
Year: 2014

Track List:

Acceptance Of Inner Self
Consecreation
Afflatus (Amanait Akhat)
The Opposite Mind And Mutuality
Cold Breath Of Mountains
Epic Journey And Oblivion
Deep Immersion And Repose
Your Soul Is Just A Particle Of Stars

Halgrath is an one-woman dark ambient project from St.Petersburg, started by Agartha (Ekaterina Alexandrova) circa 2010. Agartha herself prefers not to name the exact date when the project was started, claiming her development as a musician is inseparable from the development of her personality in general. As far as I know, she wanted to became a professional vocalist at some point of her life, but eventually decided that classical music isn't her thing, and quit her studies.

Agartha defines her style of music as "esoteric/cosmic ambient". Her debut album "Liquid Mind" almost instantly became an international success, and in 2012 she released 3 more albums. So far I've listened to only one of these ("Out Of Time"), and despite my initial scepticism, I found it to be really good. "The Whole Path Of War And Acceptance" is her newest full-length album, released by Cryo Chamber. Its 128kbps mp3 rip was posted on dark-world.ru, and I think it'd be OK to re-post it here. If you want it in better quality, buy it.

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1 comment:

LucasOctober 20, 2014 at 3:57 PM
hey dude, i'm from ShareThisBreath, a brazilian DIY label.
i've just spent a couple hours reading yr blog and discovering new stuff, thanks (a lot!) for that!
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