''Advaitic Songs'' is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band
Om, released on July 24, 2012. The album has received a generally favorable response from both fans and critics, though its reception was more mixed than past works. The album has a 67 on
Metacritic
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, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
As with ''
Pilgrimage
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'' and ''
God Is Good'', ''Advaitic Songs'' album cover again visits Iconography from
Christianity
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. The cover of the album features an image of
John the Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
.
Track listing
Versions
''Advaitic Songs'' was released on CD and, for the first time in OM's vinyl-issuing history, a deluxe 2x vinyl
audiophile
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version pressed at
45rpm. In 2013, a cassette version was released, as was a cassette version of the band's 2009 album ''God Is Good''.
Personnel
Om
*
Al Cisneros
Al Cisneros (born September 23, 1973) is an American musician. He is the lead singer and bassist for stoner rock/ doom metal bands Sleep and Om. He also was a member of Shrinebuilder and Asbestosdeath (the precursor to Sleep) and has put out n ...
– bass, vocals, piano, percussion
*
Emil Amos – drums, guitar, piano, percussion
Guest musicians
*
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe – additional vocals, tambura on "Gethsemane" and "Sinai"
*Jackie Perez Gratz – cello
*Jory Fankuchen – violin
*Kate Ramsey – vocals on "Addis"
*Lucas Chen – additional cello on "Addis"
*Lorraine Rath – flute on "Haqq al-Yaqin"
*
Hom Nath Upadhyaya
Pandit Hom Nath Upadhyaya (4 July 1943 – 7 September 2016) was a Nepali tabla player who specialized in Hindustani classical music. Upadhyaya served as royal court musician in Nepal.
Early life and education
He was born on 4 July 1943 ...
–
tabla
A tabla, bn, তবলা, prs, طبلا, gu, તબલા, hi, तबला, kn, ತಬಲಾ, ml, തബല, mr, तबला, ne, तबला, or, ତବଲା, ps, طبله, pa, ਤਬਲਾ, ta, தபலா, te, తబల� ...
on "Haqq al-Yaqin"
References
External links
Official websiteFacebook officialDrag City – Advaitic Songs
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Om (band) albums
2012 albums