31-12-2023, 17:31
If I didn't know better, I would have hazarded a guess that Amethystium would be a metal outfit. But no. Discogs has them as downtempo, new age & ambient. Meh. Nothing distinctive, IMHO. Largely electronic with some instruments here and there and occasional vocals, which are not front and foremost. A disservice to the fiddle and cello players I think - the boring basslines. Hailing from Norway - the brainchild of Øystein Ramfjord and featuring guest musicians across the five releases.
Let's see - mmmmm - how about "Saudade", which to digress is a word I like, and which is not dissimilar in meaning to yet another new word I have learned "Hiraeth". Hiraeth is an impossible to directly translate Welsh word (as is the Portuguese saudade) that describes the feeling of missing something that's irretrievably lost - a combination of nostalgia, homesickness and longing. To sum it up briefly!
Let's see - mmmmm - how about "Saudade", which to digress is a word I like, and which is not dissimilar in meaning to yet another new word I have learned "Hiraeth". Hiraeth is an impossible to directly translate Welsh word (as is the Portuguese saudade) that describes the feeling of missing something that's irretrievably lost - a combination of nostalgia, homesickness and longing. To sum it up briefly!
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