''Omnio'' is the second full-length album by
Norwegian avant-garde metal
Avant-garde metal (also known as avant-metal, experimental metal, and experimental) is a subgenre of heavy metal music loosely defined by use of experimentation and innovative, avant-garde elements, including non-standard and unconventional soun ...
band
In the Woods... It was released on October 14, 1997, through
Misanthropy Records
Misanthropy Records was a British heavy metal record label.
History
The label was founded in 1993 by Tiziana Stupia, originally solely to release an album by Burzum. The background to the founding of the company was that after Varg Vikernes ...
.
Reception
In his review for
AllMusic
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, 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."
Track listing
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
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* of, from, or related to Tibet
* Tibetan people, an ethnic group
* Tibetan language:
** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard
** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...
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
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
. The lyrics of this portion of the song are not listed in the album, however the words "''j'espère que tous les autres''" (meaning "I hope that everyone else") can be heard multiple times. The following three syllables are hard to understand.
In the booklet lyrics of "Weeping Willow", all the text is in lower case except for a bunch of letters. The content (if any) of this cryptographic message is still unknown.
Credits
*X. Botteri
*Oddvar A:M
*Bjørn Harstad
*Jan Ovl
*C:M. Botteri
*Synne Diana Soprana
*Anders Kobro
References
External links
''Omnio''at
Encyclopaedia Metallum
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1997 albums
In the Woods... albums
Misanthropy Records albums
Albums by Norwegian artists