.avi (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = .avi

| type = studio

| artist = Consecration

| cover = Album avi cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 29 March 2010

| recorded = Studio Underground, Belgrade, Serbia

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Experimental Rock
Post-Metal
Post-Rock
Doom Metal
Sludge Metal
Ambient

| length = 56:44

| label = Geenger Records (Croatia)

| producer = Marko Jovanović
Consecration

| prev_title = aux

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

.avi is the second studio album of the Serbian experimental band Consecration.{{cite web|url=http://consecration.bandcamp.com/album/avi|title=Description of the album on official web page.|year= 2010|accessdate=12 May 2010 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100506030459/http://consecration.bandcamp.com/album/avi| archivedate= 6 May 2010}} The album received a string of positive reviews from all over the Balkans region and Europe, which increased the band's popularity further.

Track listing

All songs listed below were written and performed by Consecration:

  1. "Aligator" – 8:30
  2. ".avi" – 13:56
  3. "Cisterna" – 1:07
  4. "Somna" – 7:29
  5. "Idiot Glee" – 11:25
  6. "Đavo Nije Urban" – 14:17

Reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Metal Sound

|rev1score = {{rating|10|10}}[http://www.metal-sound.net/reviews.php?read=627 Metal Sound review]

|rev2 = Popboks

|rev2score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.popboks.com/tekst.php?ID=7978 |title=Popboks review |access-date=12 May 2010 |archive-date=27 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527073833/http://www.popboks.com/tekst.php?ID=7978 |url-status=dead }}

|rev3 = Pot Lista

|rev3score = favorable{{Cite web |url=http://www.potlista.com/recenzije/330-consecration/908-consecration-avi.html |title=Pot Lista review |access-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213101809/http://potlista.com/recenzije/330-consecration/908-consecration-avi.html |archive-date=13 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}

|rev4 = Trablmejker

|rev4score = favorable[http://www.trablmejker.com/emisije/8/1701 Trablmejker review]

|rev5 = Cmar-net

|rev5score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmar-net.org/recenzije/albumi/review_consecration_avi.php |title=Cmar-net review |access-date=12 May 2010 |archive-date=9 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609060817/http://www.cmar-net.org/recenzije/albumi/review_consecration_avi.php |url-status=dead }}

|rev6 = Metalblaze

|rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20120305235333/http://www.metalblaze.at/zine/?p=7578 Metalblaze review]

|rev7 = Stalker Magazine

|rev7score = {{Rating|7|10}}[http://www.stalker.cd/index.php?lang=2&content=62&kat=cd&id=1826& Stalker Magazine review]

|rev8 = Muzika.hr

|rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.muzika.hr/clanak/26824/albumi/consecration-sveti-post-metal-iz-beograda.aspx Muzika.hr review]

|rev9 = MindOverMetal

|rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.mindovermetal.org/review-consecration-avi/ |title=MindOverMetal review |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308144548/http://www.mindovermetal.org/review-consecration-avi/ |archive-date=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}

}}

Apart from the very positive reviews by other European reviewers, the album was critically very positively acclaimed by reviewers from Serbia, Croatia and other countries in the former Yugoslavia region. Nenad Milosavljević from Popboks gave 7/10 stars for this album with the comment that .avi "presents a release whose echo could very easily go overseas, over boundaries of the autistic miniature scene they belong to".{{cite web|url=http://www.popboks.com/tekst.php?ID=7978|title=Popboks'.avi review|year= 2010|accessdate=12 May 2010 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100527073833/http://www.popboks.com/tekst.php?ID=7978| archivedate= 27 May 2010}} Slobodan Trifunović from Metal Sound gave the album ten out of ten stars, saying that the album "is one beautiful piece of music, well rounded work of experienced musicians and it will for sure go down in history as one of the best releases of harder music in Serbia".{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-sound.net/reviews.php?read=627|title=Metal Sound review of consecration-.avi |year= 2010|accessdate=12 May 2010 }} Croatian Cmar-net awarded the album with the rating of 9/10, praising the album as one of the most refreshing releases in past couple of years.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmar-net.org/recenzije/albumi/review_consecration_avi.php|title=Cmar.net album review|year= 2010|accessdate=12 May 2010 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100609060817/http://www.cmar-net.org/recenzije/albumi/review_consecration_avi.php| archivedate= 9 June 2010}} Later on, Popboks announced that Consecration's .avi is the Serbian Album of The Year 2010, as voted by the jury.

Personnel

Consecration:

  • Matija Dagović – Drums and Percussion
  • David Lazar Galić – Bass
  • Danilo Nikodinovski – Vocals and Guitar
  • Nikola Milojević – Guitar
  • Nemanja Trećaković – Keyboards, Samples

Other:

  • Marko Jovanović – Recording/Production
  • Aleksandar Zec – Photography
  • Stojan Reljić – Guitar on "Cisterna"
  • Milutin Jovančić – Backing vocals on "Somna"
  • Jelena Stanićević – Backing vocals on "Idiot Glee"

References