“Ares Rubicon: Apotheosis of Solar Flares” shows this with switches between melodic minor key picking with whispered vocals to fast paced yet extremely melodic trem picking and double bass runs to rising chord progressions lead by tasteful guitar solos.

I guess when you’re dealing with a six track album that clocks in at just shy of forty-five minutes, you should hope for some dynamic songwriting. This could most likely be attributed to Soroka’s excellent songwriting, as each track is powerfully heavy and dynamic. Granted, the tracks here are great, but nothing truly stands out as better than the rest. Like many albums in this vein, “Repelling a Solar Giant” is more of an experience as a collective whole, rather than as individual tracks. I’m not saying that Eternium is a faceless clone, because they surely are not, but it gives you a great idea for a frame of reference.

What you should expect is an experience firmly rooted in the Swedish traditions of black and death metal, with more than a few nods to the legendary Dissection and the chaotic beauty of Sacramentum, but with an added dash of the early symphonic black metal scene a la “In the Nightside Eclipse” Emperor. Soroka then recruited a full band for the live setting and a debut full length, the upcoming “Repelling a Solar Giant”. Initially a one man band, Eternium was formed in 2011 by Markov Soroka, who released a demo in 2012 titled “Aura Titan”.

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