Limited digipak edition!
After many years of silence INTAGLIO has released a new full-length album called II. The album can be described as a "doom opera" and will not only amaze old fans of the band, but should also interest new listeners with the contributions INTAGLIO has made to the development of the style. A large form was used on II, which is exceedingly rare in metal and rock music. Only live instruments were used in the recording, including classical ones such as cello and upright bass, and professional vocalists with voices varying from basso profundo to soprano have created a unique palette of sounds. The album is a conceptual work with compositions and lyrics united as a single large piece, and for the full experience should be listened to from beginning to end in order to completely immerse the listener into its atmosphere.
II was recorded and mixed at Slow Burn Studio (WHEN NOTHING REMAINS, WOE UNTO ME), was mastered by Mika Jussila (SHAPE OF DESPAIR, ISOLE, UNHOLY, MOONSPELL) at the legendary Finnvox studio in Finland, and includes stunning cover art crafted by the Polish artist Mariusz Lewandowski (BELL WITCH, ATRAMENTUS) and designed to highlight and complement the album's unique music. Both massive and sophisticated INTAGLIO'S creation is a brand new and exciting take on the doom death genre.
Review
...in all its phases, is completely enthralling, and so is the rest of the album. Intaglio continue to create ebbs and flows of intensity and changes in mood, using the classical instruments and varying voices to great effect. Along with the cavern-deep vocals and the heavy metal instrumentation, they lead the music into phases of harrowing hopelessness, wretchedness, and regret, but also periods of yearning, fond remembrance, awe, and even delight. - NCS 4/5
