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| Origo | 
 enlarge | Artist: Burst
Label: Relapse
Category: Music
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 98313
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 766657
UPC: 781676665723
EAN: 0781676665723
ASIN: B000B7QOYS
Release Date: November 21, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Where the Wave Broke | | • | Sever | | • | The Immateria | | • | Slave Emotion | | • | Flight's End | | • | Homebound | | • | It Comes into View | | • | Stormwielder | | • | Mercy Liberation |
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Album Description
Sweden's brightest metal hopefuls BURST plow headlong into eternity with their sophomore effort Origo. With flowing grace and force of conviction, Origo's lush layers of sound crush and caress in equal measure. Fragile, melodic vocals intertwine with explosive screams, while waves of guitar weave songs as expressive and elaborate as human emotion itself. Origo is BURST's masterwork of complex, commanding music.
Album Description
Sweden's brightest metal-core hopefuls Burst plow headlong into eternity with their sophomore effort Origo. With flowing grace and force of conviction, Origo's lush layers of sound crush and caress in equal measure. Fragile melodic vocals intertwine w/ explosive screams, and waves of guitar weave songs as expressive and elaborate as human emotion itself. 9 tracks. Relapse. 2005.
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 It Comes into View... In fact this came into View. December 19, 2005
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
BURST - Origo
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Picture taking the powerful assault of: Through Silver and Blood-era, Neurosis. Blending it with Refused's Shape of Punk to Come, song writing ability. Adding touches of Snapcase like Hardcore drumming and almost Mastodon-Esc guitar parts and you have what would ideally be one of the freshest, most original Metal / Hardcore creations in a long time.... Luckily Burst is able to pull off this amalgamation of styles and have even added beautiful, ambient atmospheric passages. For example the acoustic part in: "It Comes Into View" is almost reminiscent of the works of their current touring mates, Opeth. Even the last track "Mercy Liberation" has parts that would not sound out of place on a Queens of the Stone Age CD.
Their added vocal diversity actually compliments this album and may even showcase its aggression better than Prey on Life.
ORIGO would have climbed into my Top 5 of 2005 list had it been released in North America this year. The European Release date was Oct/Nov 2005. So technically this will begin as the best official album of 06 in my eyes!!!
Favorite Songs: Sever, Slave Emotion, and Stormwielder.
5 - Stars
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The year's most rewarding repeated listen April 15, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Burst are an experimental/avant garde/post hardcore band who have received quite a few glowing reviews. After listening to "Origo" for the first time, the listener might wonder why Burst are so widely acclaimed, but this album is a creeper--it slowly creeps under your skin with each listen. When you have completely absorbed these songs, you should realize that they are quite unique, complex, interesting, sophisticated, powerful, innovative, and almost amazing.
The majority of this album is quite heavy, but "Origo" really starts to shine when it gets melodic. The first handful of songs, the churning "Where The Wave Broke," the surging "Sever," and "Immateria," do their best to get the listener's blood pumping, with chunky riffs and throat-straining/shredding yells. The fourth track, "Slave Emotion," continues in this vein, and is backed by thumping snare drums, and stomping, Mastodon-esque (almost buzzsaw) power chords.
Song numbers five and six, "Flight's End" and "Homebound," are the first partially melodic tunes on here. "Homebound" begins melodically, with a dreamy, mesmerizing string arrangement. Next, "It Comes Into View," which features a gorgeous, dwindling string arrangement, strummed acoustic guitars, and a sluggish drum beat, is doubtlessly the prettiest song on here.
Lastly, the remaining two tracks are "Stormwielder" and "Mercy Liberation." These two songs return this album to its heavier, doomy, lumbering, riff-based roots.
So, Burst definitely deserve all of the merited, positive reviews. But I cannot stress this enough: "Origo" will most likely take time to grow on you. It isn't instantly gratifying or accessible, but every time you listen to this album, you'll discover something new, and thus enjoy "Origo" a little more.
BURST made me wait, but it was worth it.. February 11, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was furious when upon realizing that the release was delayed for North America. But it was certainly worth the wait. Burst has done it again, creatinga beautiful texture that breaks bones. I'm surprised that they retained the "sound" of their previous releases. This sounds like a Burst record without being repetative of their previous releases.
I think people who enjoy Mastodon, Pelican, etc. will VERY MUCH like this release.
Burst is astonishingly good.
The Second Best Metal Band....From Sweden March 9, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't know what the hell Origo is all about (maybe one of those made-up album words that usually end up on the cover of a Tool record). I don't know why they chose such a boring name for their band. But those of you who are into this type of music rarely buy albums because of a snappy name, or a cool picture on the cover (by the way, what's up with the half-naked guy on this one?). Anyway, let me tell you: Burst will impress you. These guys can compose a song. They rock. They put thought into their music. They've been doing it for a while now (Conquest: Writhe, and Prey on Life are also excellent choices, with emphasis on the latter).
I know bands hate categorization or comparisons, but if you've never heard Burst's music, you need to know what you're getting into. Here's the best I can do: the melody and expansiveness of Opeth...the brutality of Burnt By the Sun...the introspection of Tool...the hardcore angst of Agnostic Front...the precision of Nile (remember, we're talking precision)...and throw in half the vocal versatility of KSE's old singer Jesse (the best metalcore ever saw)...
Enough said? Burst is part of a larger metalcore movement (one that is mostly blossoming, and in some ways, being perverted, in the US), but because this band comes from Europe, it brings a fresh perspective. Origo. Buy it. Whatever the hell it means.
The Wave Breaks June 16, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Swedish metal band Burst have been getting some strong reviews from important sources, as a formerly extreme band who are moving into greater complexity and maturity with this album. They're developing strong chops and mature ideas, and that makes this album very listenable and compelling in itself, but there is a certain shortage of personality and uniqueness. As musicians and songwriters, Burst certainly have serious skills. The guitarists and bassist are not afraid to change moods, and explore moodier passages and exotic instrumental breaks. Drummer Patrik Multin is especially impressive in his array of intricate beats, with a full range from aggressive metal jackboot rhythms to slow and sneaky grooves. Meanwhile, singer Linus Jagerskog may seem like a typical nu-metal groaner/screamer at first, but upon repeated listens he reveals some emotion and pathos to match the band's dark lyrics and inventive musical workouts. Those who are familiar with the Deftones may be reminded of a more mature version of singer Chino Moreno, though that's for comparison purposes only.
The progressive metal approach of Burst is best heard in tracks like "The Immateria," "Flight's End," and "Stormwielder." These compelling songs display some very intricate songwriting, especially with the shifting moods and complex dynamics of which most extreme bands are completely incapable. This makes Burst plenty impressive already, but they still have some work ahead of them, in order to become truly memorable over the long term. They've taken their progressive tendencies too far in a few places, especially in the long atmospheric instrumental "It Comes Into View," which was probably meant to establish a mood in the middle of the album and break the heavy tension. But unfortunately that track drifts into a cloudy haze, as do some codas in other songs. And overall, while Burst are progressing very impressively, most of what they're doing is exactly what you'd expect from a "progressive" metal band. They're bursting with emerging skills and maturity, but they haven't yet injected their own personality into those impressive chops. [~doomsdayer520~]
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