6/30/2008
TRACKLIST
01.Duplicate the stream theora
02.Landscape part one
03.Dick Morente
04.Landscape part two
05.Seven suns
INFO
RORCAL offers a trip through differents atmospheres. Sometimes heavy, sometimes melancolic, the fogy worlds were the musicians flots are composed of as much deseperate cries than raging fury. Born by the gathering of 5 members of various bands from Geneva, Switzerland in 2006, the formation is highly active through their gigs and writtings. After a first EP "the way we are, the way we were, the way we will be..." written in 6 month, an audiovisual concept CD named "Monochrome", a split CD "ASCENSION" with KEHLVIN and many gigs in Switzerland and France, the band release their first full length CD. Through this concept album, the band propose to discover the tale of "MYRRA, MORDVYNN, MARAYAA". Somewhere between the skies and abysses, Rorcal offers a powerful and melodic music, like the migration of colossus through a frozen hell.
Etiquetas: ambiental., Down-tempo, metal, postmetal, rorcal
eraser at 1:01 p. m.
(0) comments4/03/2008
Tracklist
1. Aguirre - Jagtevej69 [16:04]
2. Aguirre - Garnick [9:40]
3. Hongo - Respirando Odio [5:26]
4. Hongo - Nuestras Manos Manchadas [9:44]
Info
Alright, there are only four tracks on here but it’s also available on LP is says on the back - shouldn’t that be a 7" or something? Well, for some bands it should, but knowing Aguirre from before I know they’re in no hurry whatsoever. Very true, these four tracks last for forty minutes - so you’d better be prepared for some doomy and gloomy stuff here.
Aguirre take up twenty-five of the total number of minutes with their two tracks and just as on their demo they reek of darkness and agony. It’s so present it’s half painful to listen to it, but that’s also what draws me in. It’s like staring down a bottomless abyss of all that is evil, sensing it, as the complete black allows you to see nothing - and liking it. They haven’t changed a whole lot from their demo, it’s still the minimalist angst with the lonely guitar tunes alternated with thundering heaviness, as with the whispering and roaring vocals - all executed in a real slow pace. It hurts, and I love the pain.
Attack Fanzine
HONGO
Etiquetas: aguirre, crust, doom, Down-tempo, hongo, metal
eraser at 10:35 a. m.
(0) comments2/18/2007
Tracklist
Dead men tell no tales [14:09]
Somewhere below the devil is laughing [36:41]
Les lumières have been blown out [35:17]
Info
Apocalíptico, agonizante y tétrico sonido que emana de sus amplificadores Sunno y Sovtek, de los tambores de guerra con una cadencia totalmente imposible, y de la desgarrada garganta de la diosa guerrera, que les ha llevado a ser comparados con auténticas leyendas del género (Corrupted, Burning Witch, Sunno, etc.) Monarch están demostrando disco tras disco, que estas comporaciones ni son odiosas ni están para nada fuera de lugar, y que merecen un sitio entre los más grandes por méritos propios.
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An apocalyptical, suffocating and terrifying sound which emanates from their Sunno and Sovtek amps, from their impossible-tempo war drums, and from the ripping throat of the warrior queen. Nonetheless Monarch have been compared to the legends of this genre (Corrupted, Burning Witch, Sunno, etc.), and record after record, Monarch are proving these comparisons are accurate and true. Monarch deserve a place in the throne by their own values.
ThroneRecords
Info
MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/monarchuberalles
DD
http://www.sendspace.com/file/sx0sa0
Etiquetas: doom, Down-tempo, monarch, sludge
eraser at 11:59 a. m.
(1) comments1/13/2007
Tracklist
1. Megaptera In The Delta
2. Neonate
3. Versus The Siren
4. Ampullae Of Lorenzini
5. Summit
6. Eating Machine
7. Revolution Of Water
8. Metridium Field
Info
Giant Squid! No it’s not the title of a Discovery Channel Special (actually it might be but that’s not the point), the point is the Austin, TX band Giant Squid creates a groovy musical chaos that encompasses the senses like it’s namesake wraps around a drowning sailor. Giant Squid has just recently gained the support of indie label The End Records, and are releasing a complete remake of their first album ‘Metridium Field’. Billy Anderson, who is famous for working with other pioneering crossover acts like Neurosis and Mr. Bungle, produced the album the first and second time. This is a pretty big accomplishment for such a new band, and when you hear the sheer musicianship on ‘Metridium Field’ it is obvious why they gained the attention of Anderson.
The first track ‘Neonate’ starts out crunchy, doom laden, and black Sabbath-ish, then careens into almost death metal aggression, with the occasional quiet breakdown. Very reminiscent of crossover giants System of a Down, especially because of the instrumental breakedown (it can't really be called a guitar solo) that has a very Middle Eastern flavor. The track ‘Ampullae of Lorenzini’ is very slow and groovy, with epic, heavy bursts, very much in the vein of Pink Floyd. The shortest song on the album clocks in at six minutes thirty nine seconds (unless you count the fifty second shorts that consist of weird noises and samples), and the longest song at twenty-one minutes and nine seconds, so this is not an album of short little poppy hits; quite the opposite. It is an album of introspective, trippy music that languidly leads the listener into chaos and bliss at the same time. Although don’t let the slowness and length of the songs fool you, this is not some hippy jam band, the songs are very dark and heavy with a definite doom influence.
Fans of the anthemic pop hits on today’s radio would probably not enjoy Giant Squid. But fans of stoner rock, jazz-fusion, and classic rock progression will absolutely love their sound. Giant Squid is gaining attention for their live shows as well as recorded music and one listen to ‘Metridium Field’ will make it clear why. These guys are good players, plain and simple, and not bad songwriters either. They are also not as technical as some modern progressive artists are, so a non-musician can actually listen to it and not feel insane. For kicking back and enjoying a most likely inebriated afternoon, these guys are the perfect listen.
ColetteClaire / TheGauntlet
MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/giantsquid
DD
http://www.mediafire.com/?fmmuhtqtmi2
Etiquetas: Down-tempo, Giant Squid, postmetal, Progressive, Rock
