From Bandcamp, “It is what EDYAKARAN represents, a new Post Metal project which, like a phoenix, rises from the ashes of IN TORMENTATA QUIETE and arrives to their debut album "Pantheon.”  It was built as a musical journey with influences ranging from Post Metal to Post Rock, from Avantgarde Black Metal to Progressive, ending with Noise and made up of 10 tracks, mostly instrumental except for three of the songs that compose it, just because music must be the great protagonist of this project, "Pantheon" narrates how primordial interactions have transformed from simple instincts to emotions, becoming in some cases self-destructive, It's only the first step of a journey that will take you to the knowledge of EDYAKARAN and their universe.

The album has ten songs, and “Alfa” is first. The sound is weighted, and slowly builds, until devastatingly heavy bass notes drop like massive rocks on a soft earth. Melody is interwoven in what I would all a desperate and hopeless sound, and the song is really unlike anything else I have heard this year. “Primo Passo” is curiously shorter, but the impact remains. It has an almost jovial quality to it, and the hardened edges of the previous song just fade from your memory. The melodies are glorious. “Amore” means love, and that is exactly how the song makes me feel. It fills me with warmth, and hope, and the reminder that better times lie ahead. “Matteo’s bass notes are about as heavy as I have heard this year, but they don’t detract from the melody.

“Secondo Passo” is the second of four shorter “interludes” if you will, and this one is sharper and darker than the first, and it has piano accompaniment. “Caccia” has tones that are longing, and desperate. I picture someone driving down a desert highway as the sun descends and storm clouds form, wondering what might happen from there, but driving into the storm regardless. Bass notes rattle like a nuclear bomb just before detonation. “Guerra” features vocals, and they are raw, filthy, and sink into your flesh like sharp fangs. It lashes out at times and retreats at others, never fully committing to rest however. “Quarto Passo” is the final interlude, and hints at an ominous ending to the album.

“Arte” features clean female vocals that are very emotive. I don’t know what she is saying, but the words cut through you like a hot knife. The heaviness and the melody dance together in a samba as equal partners. “Omega” closes the album, and ties together many of the various elements on the album into a cohesive whole. When it comes to largely instrumental music, bands have to work harder to impart things like emotions and crescendos in their music, because vocals make it a lot easier, and many people connect with lyrics. This album needs no vocals, because the band is able to draw out every little nook and cranny of what music can offer to someone. The music is transformative.