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From Bozeman, Montana, the lads in Galvanist bring forth a proggy, blackened, sludgy, doomy soup and what a rich and layered soup it is. If you've been starving for metal with some real bite to it, then you'd best get on this sharpish.
The Silence Between Stars is a suffocating affair, oppressive even, yet amidst all the dissonant and occasionally strange riffage there remains something remarkably approachable. It's the contrast between the darker and ... read more
I recall well the occasion on which I beheld Shining perform live, in the year of our Lord 2011, opening for Devin Townsend. My first thought was thus: here lies a thing worthy of further excavation. The concert itself afforded me great enjoyment, and the fervour these fellows brought forth upon the stage was unmistakable. Their rendition of "21st Century Schizoid Man" tore mightily when delivered live.
You may therefore comprehend my subsequent disappointment when that same ... read more
Hats off to thee, @RatsoOmegaVirus.0rg, for sending this my way.
As of late, my ear-holes have been graced with no small measure of joy and chaos these past year or so. Betwixt The Callous Daoboys, Orgone, and Sallow Moth, I have learned to cherish the more claustrophobic modes of music. At times, more is indeed more, and one must needs cast mathcore, funk, psychedelic rock, jazz, and punk into a great whirring blender, to behold what mad concoction might emerge.
Permit me, then, to introduce ... read more
The search yet rages on, for I still seek something to quench the thirst Equilibrium's Saga instilled in me nearly twenty years past. Year after year, new challengers arise, yet none have truly met the lofty standard set by that Magnum Opus. Enter, then: Battlesoul - Sunward and Starward. Might these Canadian folky melodeathers sate my longing for Folk Metal?
The short answer: no. Or rather-no, though not without qualification.
What we are given here is, in truth, quality Folk/Melodic ... read more
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