Janus – Nox Aeris (2012)

Release date: March 27th via Realid Records

Tracklisting:
01. In Flames 02. Stains 03. Lifeless 04. A Promise To No One 05. Pound of Flesh	06. Waive 07. Stray 08. Numb 09. Always Rains 10. Polarized

Review: Perhaps the biggest endorsement I could make about this record is that it’s my most-played album in the last six months, it’s my third-most played in the last year, and I’ve only had the album for a little over a month. In a word, ‘Nox Aeris’ is addictive. From start to finish, it’s a fantastic album that still impresses me with each listen.

‘Nox Aeris’ is heavy, melodic, and dark, but no one element of it is taken to any extreme. There are many more adjectives I could use to describe the album, but the beauty of it is you can listen to it four different times and think four completely different words. Typically I’m not much of a fan at all of electronics, but they’re so well done in this album and placed so nicely that I actually enjoyed them. The blending and mixing of the album overall is nothing short of amazing, and similarly the way the vocals and music complement each other throughout says a lot about Janus and their cohesiveness as a group.

Another thing I really liked about ‘Nox Aeris’ is that overall it sounds like one complete album, without sounding the same. Any song could stand up fine on its own, but listening straight through allows it to build upon itself, and there’s no songs that are “just there” as a single or a filler. As mentioned earlier about the blending, the music seems to “take” you and almost guide you along as you listen, which is what allows it to use so many different elements without overexposing any one. It hooks into you, and you’ll want to keep listening again and again.

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