Album of the day: Baroness – Red Album (Relapse 2007)

Savannah, Georgia’s Baroness are currently working on a brand new full-length album. The new CD will be helmed by  producer / engineer John Congleton (Explosions in the Sky, Black Mountain). The as-yet-untitled album is due in the fall via Relapse Records.
(Click here for the on demand audio stream of Baroness live at Roadburn 2009)

This is what Roadburn’s Sarah Kitteringham had to say about Baroness much acclaimed Red Album:  An incredible first full length and major label debut for Baroness has pushed them to the forefront of underground metal.

Combining thunderous riffs, roaring vocals and crashing drums, the band has created a monumental record that soars, thanks to its mainly instrumental focus. With their music created in the same vein as former label mates Mastodon, the  Red Album is an epic math-metal and prog-infused masterwork that never slows down --save for when the acoustic rears its beautiful head at just the right moments.

Also from the Roadburn archives: Hated this one at first. In retrospect, can’t for the life of me figure out why. It certainly wasn’t because it was lacking in super catchy riffs, great time / rhythm changes or tight pacing. maybe it was the averageness of the vocals, but heck, they’re much less annoying than Isis or Coheed and Cambria. Whatever. I’ll just chalk it up to wrong time / wrong place.

I have nothing but props for Baroness’ sophomore release at this point. Fun, catchy, reasonably heavy, inventive, great recording, super clean mix… it’s all good. If you like that there’s “Popular metal” that makes the hipster boys and girls dance like crazy, then Baroness’ Red Album will not disappoint. Not one bit…
Drew Webster

Tags: album of the day, baroness, john baizley, red album

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 5:35 am and is filed under 2009, News . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.