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Rheia is the third studio album by Belgian band Oathbreaker. The album was produced by Jack Shirley and released through independent record label Deathwish Inc. on September 30, 2016.[5] Oathbreaker toured internationally in support of Rheia from September until December with Skeletonwitch and Iron Reagan.[6] The title references Rhea, mother goddess in Greek mythology.

Rheia
Studio album by Oathbreaker
Released	September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)
Recorded	April 2016[1]
Studio	Atomic Garden Studio[1] (East Palo Alto, California)
Genre	Black metal[2][3] blackgaze[4][2] screamo[3]
Length	63:22
Label	Deathwish
Producer	Jack Shirley, Oathbreaker
Oathbreaker chronology
Eros|Anteros (2013) Rheia (2016)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	8/10[8]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[2]
PopMatters	6/10[9]
Sputnikmusic	3.8/5[10]

Rheia was well received by music critics upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on five reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[7] Exclaim!'s Natalie Zina Walschots thought that the band has released "a vast and complex record that doesn't just react toward but actively embraces the aesthetics of doom and sludge."[8] Andy O'Conor of Pitchfork said of the album: "While still fairly beholden to black metal, Rheia shares a core ideal with Cobalt's Slow Forever and Deafheaven's New Bermuda: They broke out of black metal's stylistic confines, using it as a launching pad more than a set of totalitarian marching orders, and in the process became emotive, powerful metal albums."[2] PopMatters critic Chris Conaton described the record as "wonderful in terms of contrasting black metal fury with quieter moments," but thought that the songwriting lags behind the atmosphere."[9] Sputnikmusic staff critic Tristan Jones described the album as "a swan song," writing that the record "demonstrates the band’s evident progress instrumentally and vocally and [Jack] Shirley’s influence takes them to new heights, and chasmic lows."[10]

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
Treble[11]	US	The Top 50 Albums of 2016	50
Consequence of Sound[12]	US	The Top 10 Metal Albums of 2016	9
Terrorizer[13]	UK	Albums Of The Year 2016	3
Noisey[14]	US	The 100 Best Albums of 2016	20

Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Oathbreaker.[1]

Personnel

Rheia personnel adapted from CD liner notes.[1]

Oathbreaker

• Lennart Bossu - Guitars
• Ivo Debrabandere - Drums
• Gilles Demolder - Guitars, Bass
• Caro Tanghe - Vocals

Additional musicians

• Wim Coppers – drums on "Second Son of R.," "Being Able to Feel Nothing," "Needles in Your Skin" and "Where I Live"
• Treha Sektori – electronic arrangements on "I'm Sorry, This Is," "Where I Live" and "Where I Leave"

Production

• Jack Shirley – recording, producing, engineering, mixing and mastering
• Oathbreaker – production

Artwork

• Hemel – art direction
• Jeroen Mylle – photography
• We Became Aware – layout, design

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]	104

References

External links

• Rheia on Bandcamp

На других языках

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[ru] Rheia

Rheia — третий студийный альбом бельгийской блэкгейз-группы Oathbreaker, выпущенный 30 сентября 2016 года на лейбле Deathwish Inc. Альбом был спродюсирован Джеком Ширли[6]. С сентября по декабрь 2016 года Oathbreaker гастролировали по всему миру в поддержку Rheia вместе со Skeletonwitch и Iron Reagan[en][7]. Название альбома отсылает к Рее, матери олимпийцев в греческой мифологии.

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