.avi is the second studio album of the Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n experimental

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

 band Consecration

Consecration (band)

Consecration is a three-piece alternative rock/post-metal band from Belgrade, Serbia. Their unique sound that incorporates elements from various musical genres earned them a growing fan base on the Balkans.- History :...

. 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 written and performed by Consecration

Consecration (band)

Consecration is a three-piece alternative rock/post-metal band from Belgrade, Serbia. Their unique sound that incorporates elements from various musical genres earned them a growing fan base on the Balkans.- History :...

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

Apart from the very positive reviews by other European reviewers, the album was critically very positively acclaimed by reviewers from Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 and other countries in the former Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

 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". 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". 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. 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"

External links

• http://consecration.bandcamp.com/album/avi
• http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=17993
• http://www.metal-sound.net/interviews.php?read=consecration
• .avi review on Prog Sphere