'Opus Aeterna' is the project of a Frenchman living in Mexico City who mixes classical music with electric instruments and drums. Although he talks about metal, we are far from saturated guitar riffs and the melodic lines are essentially influenced by baroque and classical music with ubiquitous choruses and if we made a parallel with certain compositions of 'Christopher Johnson' from the 'Therion' who also mixes classic and metal (see his latest titanic work 'Below Antechrist' here), one could say he's the soft side of 'Therion'. Each title could be a reference to classical musicians but, it seemed to me that only the 'Ave Maria' was that of 'Gounod' and that the other compositions are original. We thus navigate through classical melodies where classical instruments and choruses predominate as in 'In Saecula Saeculorum' or 'Funereal Concerto' with an entirely classical first part and which sees the electric instruments appear quite late in each title. Globally, the ensemble is very accessible with mostly slow tempos where the choirs accompany the melody. In short, if you like mixing classical choruses with electric instruments and groups like 'Therion' are familiar to you, you should adopt 'Ad Vitam Aeternam' which should be soon followed by a new album for the summer will call 'Peccata Mundi'... | |
