{"id":14553,"date":"2018-03-12T14:46:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T13:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=14553"},"modified":"2018-03-12T14:53:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T13:53:42","slug":"chronique-de-lalbum-the-weight-of-a-thousand-suns-horizon-ablaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=14553","title":{"rendered":"Chronique de l’Album The Weight of a Thousand Suns – Horizon Ablaze"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Groupe:<\/strong> Horizon Ablaze
\nAlbum:<\/strong> The Weight of a Thousand Suns
\nDate de sortie:<\/strong> le 16 f\u00e9vrier 2018
\nLabel\u00a0:<\/strong> Leviatan\/Tiger
\nNote:<\/strong> 16\/20<\/p>\n

Bon, j\u2019avoue, je n\u2019avais jamais entendu parler des norv\u00e9giens d\u2019Horizon Ablaze avant d\u2019entamer cette chronique. Le groupe n\u2019en est pourtant pas \u00e0 son coup d\u2019essai vu que la formation du groupe date de 2009 et qu\u2019ils en sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 leur 3\u00e8me<\/sup> album avec ce \u00ab\u00a0The Weight of a Thousand Suns\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Du peu d\u2019informations que j\u2019ai pu trouver sur le groupe (et il n\u2019y avait pas grand-chose de disponible en ligne en tout cas), on y retrouve des membres anciens et actuels de 1349 et de From the Vastland notamment.<\/p>\n

Ce qui a attir\u00e9 mon attention, c\u2019est le fait que le style du groupe soit estampill\u00e9 Avant-garde (enfin, en vrai, sur leur page, il est not\u00e9 \u00ab Extreme Metal\u00a0\u00bb mais c\u2019est super g\u00e9n\u00e9rique donc je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re Avant-garde parce que je l\u2019ai lu quelque part\u2026 voil\u00e0, je cl\u00f4ture cette parenth\u00e8se beaucoup trop longue) \u2026<\/p>\n

Alors oui, vous allez me dire \u00ab\u00a0\u00e7a veut tout dire et rien dire\u00a0Avant-garde \u00bb et vous auriez raison. Car en effet, sous cet \u00e9tendard un peu fourre-tout, on retrouve \u00e9norm\u00e9ment de formations barr\u00e9es et exp\u00e9rimentales qui sont parfois tr\u00e8s \u00e9loign\u00e9es les unes des autres stylistiquement parlant.<\/p>\n

Une constante cependant chez tous ces groupes, leur capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 totalement ignorer les barri\u00e8res entre les styles et \u00e0 parfois bondir de l\u2019un \u00e0 l\u2019autre sans crier gare.<\/p>\n

C\u2019est cette derni\u00e8re caract\u00e9ristique qui m\u2019a particuli\u00e8rement frapp\u00e9 avec Horizon Ablaze.<\/p>\n

Bien que partant d\u2019une base musicale black metal (on ne se refait pas totalement non plus), la musique du groupe est tout sauf lin\u00e9aire\u00a0: les structures sont complexes, quasi prog par moment, on passe d\u2019ambiances post-black \u00e0 du blast quasi death metal tout en alternant du chant hurl\u00e9 et des passages de chant clair, tout \u00e7a parfois au sein du m\u00eame morceau.<\/p>\n

Je dois bien avouer que le groupe peut parfois sembler brouiller les pistes et que plusieurs \u00e9coutes ne seront pas superflues pour cerner tout leur propos.<\/p>\n

Je salue d\u2019ailleurs la capacit\u00e9 de la formation \u00e0 cr\u00e9er une ambiance sonore qui marque les esprits. Dans une sc\u00e8ne extr\u00eame o\u00f9 beaucoup de groupes semblent parfois interchangeables au sien d\u2019un m\u00eame style, Horizon Ablaze arrive \u00e0 se forger un son suffisamment personnel pour rester en t\u00eate et sortir du lot.<\/p>\n

M\u00eame si les morceaux ne collent pas tout de suite au cerveau (faut dire que les structures sont bien plus complexes que les traditionnelles intro\/couplet\/refrain\/couplet\/refrain), on a ces m\u00e9lodies lancinantes qui ressortent des morceaux et finissent par trotter assez vite dans un coin de la t\u00eate sans qu\u2019on ne le sente venir.<\/p>\n

C\u2019est d\u2019ailleurs \u00e7a qui m\u2019a donn\u00e9 envie d\u2019y revenir plus d\u2019une fois, un peu comme quand on relit un passage d\u2019un bouquin qu\u2019on n\u2019est pas s\u00fbr d\u2019avoir bien compris (la m\u00e9taphore litt\u00e9raire, t\u2019as vu\u00a0?).<\/p>\n

Bon, on retrouve bien entendu des sonorit\u00e9s typiques de la sc\u00e8ne post\/ambient black metal, mais celles-ci sont parfaitement dig\u00e9r\u00e9es et int\u00e9gr\u00e9es pour ne pas sonner comme un simple collage de plusieurs styles.<\/p>\n

D\u2019ailleurs, dans les influences inattendues (et bonne surprise ma foi), on se retrouve avec des rythmiques death modernes que ne renierait pas un Gojira par exemple. C\u2019est assez flagrant sur le morceau \u00ab\u00a0Sleep is the brother of death\u00a0\u00bb qui ouvre tr\u00e8s efficacement l\u2019album.<\/p>\n

On peut parfois aussi penser \u00e0 des groupes plus prog\/gothique, notamment sur l\u2019intro de \u00ab\u00a0Ghost of a previous dream\u00a0\u00bb qui a un petit arri\u00e8re-gout d\u2019Opeth pas d\u00e9sagr\u00e9able en bouche.<\/p>\n

On alterne souvent entre la furie et la m\u00e9lancolie et ces 2 sentiments se croisent et s\u2019entrem\u00ealent tr\u00e8s habilement tout au long de l\u2019album.<\/p>\n

Pour conclure, je dirais qu\u2019Horizon Ablaze nous a sorti ici un album tr\u00e8s abouti qui, bien que pas forc\u00e9ment marquant d\u00e8s la premi\u00e8re \u00e9coute, rec\u00e8le \u00e9norm\u00e9ment de petits tr\u00e9sors et de moments de bravoure qui m\u00e9ritent vraiment plusieurs \u00e9coutes afin d\u2019en appr\u00e9cier toutes les fines nuances et qu\u2019il est agr\u00e9able de voir que certains groupes osent encore s\u2019affirmer artistiquement.<\/p>\n

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Groupe: Horizon Ablaze Album: The Weight of a Thousand Suns Date de sortie: le 16 f\u00e9vrier 2018 Label\u00a0: Leviatan\/Tiger Note: 16\/20 Bon, j\u2019avoue, je n\u2019avais jamais entendu parler des norv\u00e9giens d\u2019Horizon Ablaze avant d\u2019entamer cette chronique. Le groupe n\u2019en est pourtant pas \u00e0 son coup d\u2019essai vu que la formation du groupe date de 2009 et qu\u2019ils en sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 leur 3\u00e8me album avec ce \u00ab\u00a0The Weight of a Thousand Suns\u00a0\u00bb. Du peu d\u2019informations que j\u2019ai pu trouver sur le groupe (et il n\u2019y avait pas grand-chose de disponible en ligne en tout cas), on y retrouve des membres […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":14555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1833],"class_list":["post-14553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chroniques-cd","tag-horizon-ablaze"],"yoast_head":"\nChronique de l'Album The Weight of a Thousand Suns - Horizon Ablaze - Art'n'Roll Webzine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chronique de l'Album The Weight of a Thousand Suns du groupe Horizon Ablaze sorti le 16 f\u00e9vrier 2018 sur le label Leviatan\/Tiger. 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