Black Mountain is a sturdy reminder that that music is still as vibrant and remarkable as it’s ever been and that there are great minds still capable of making meaningful music that can provide the listener with a transcendent experience and carry them out of the darkness and into the light.
IV often sounds majestically trippy but rarely noodly, and the clear, full-bodied audio producer Randall Dunn brings to these sessions is a perfect complement for the material. At their best, Black Mountain approach '70s rock with a 21st century mindset, and that's the sort of sound and feel that make IV so effective.
Working with producer Randall Dunn again at the famed Avast! Studio in Seattle, Black Mountain have become more capable than ever of transmuting their kaleidoscopic visions into a volcanic unison.
IV isn't Black Mountain's most ferocious album, but you might well find it their most profound.
Just as Sabbath’s Vol. 4 was the band’s most interesting and exploratory work, Black Mountain’s IV is too a watermark for the band.
IV is impeccably produced, one that tailors even the finest details with a delicate brush; even when it disappoints it’s still a joy to listen to since every instrument is mixed to perfection.
IV is a compelling rocker—and among the best of the larger Black Mountain Army collective's releases.
Though not their best record, IV is nevertheless an excellent addition to the group's staggeringly consistent discography.
On IV they lose their essential focus, giving us plenty of style but rather less content.
Indeed, they can rock. But, inevitably, their writing here lacks the epic imagery and themes that cemented the rock gods into the canon, and thus doesn’t bewitch in the same way.
Um belo álbum, sem dúvida. Nunca fui muito chegado em classic-psychodelic rock, ou mesmo o hard rock do final dos anos 60 e início do 70, entretanto o som deste grupo é tão revitalizador, atual e inventivo que me encantou com muita facilidade. Começando com a incrível MOthers of The Sun, este disco traz psicodelia e elementos do rock progressivo, mas também pitadas de música eletrônica, com sintetizadores e teclados ... read more
Black Mountain return with a more subtle, settled-down version of the band they once were. That's not to say that the group isn't effective on IV, though. The unnusual blend of stoner-rock riffs with retro sci-fi synths produces an interesting sound that is quite successfully explored by them here, with as much rock strenght as formal experimentation. The result is a rather fun and accessible experience that shows a matured band that is willing to incorporate more weapons to their fare.
From the sleeve to the title and back to the music, everything about this album is an ode to the hard rock of the 70's.
Huge, solid and impenetrable, it has already gained its right place in the time machine.
I've never been a fan of Black Mountain, but they really tried to do something different here.
This album is bad, and yet, it's their best record. 'Cemetery Breeding' is probably the band's best song, it's a pitty they buried it amidst so many normal songs.
1 | Mothers of the Sun 8:34 | |
2 | Florian Saucer Attack 3:23 | |
3 | Defector 4:02 | |
4 | You Can Dream 5:32 | |
5 | Constellations 4:01 | |
6 | Line Them All Up 3:54 | |
7 | Cemetery Breeding 4:10 | |
8 | (Over and Over) The Chain 8:47 | |
9 | Crucify Me 4:44 | |
10 | Space to Bakersfield 9:04 |
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