Omnio [SEP] performer
Omnio
Omnio is the second full-length album by Norwegian avant-garde metal band In the Woods... It was released on October 14, 1997, through Misanthropy Records.
Reception.
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek calls "Omnio" a "devastatingly beautiful marriage of prog metal, gothic texture, epic scope, and amazingly intricate, deeply moving songwriting for a tour de force that stands as one of European metal's classic recordings." He claims the album has "remained deeply influential since its
initial release in 1997."
Notes.
The titles of the three tracks "Omnio? – Pre", "Omnio? – Bardo", and "Omnio? – Post" are related. "Pre" is a prefix used to say "before", "Bardo" is a Tibetan word for "intermediate state", and "Post" is a prefix meaning "after".
At around 6:00 of "Omnio? – Pre", female voices can be heard singing in French. The