Warthur
Intriguing prog collaboration between Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree. With those creative minds involved, you might expect something like Opeth's Damnation, which they both worked on, and whilst this feels like it's in similarly haunting territory, it's not quite the same. Somehow, it simultaneously manages to be more ambient and more folk-oriented than that album, taking the duo's music into meditative realms far from the energetic tumult both their regular bands are known for evoking. Weighing in at just under 48 minutes, it wisely doesn't outstay its welcome, and represents a fascinating experiment in two prolific musicians crafting something which clearly has both of their fingerprints on it - there'll be moments which remind you of the quieter passages in your favourite Opeth or Porcupine Tree albums - but at the same time lands somewhere neither of them would have arrived at on their own.
