Archive for November, 2011

Album of the day: Bardo Pond / Carlton Melton – Split EP

Posted on Friday, November 18th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Soundblab: I missed a chance to see Bardo Pond live recently and I’ve got to say listening to ‘Fallen’, their side of this split release with fellow psychedelic troubadours Carlton Melton, doesn’t help. An incredible, sprawling, 20-minute monolith that reaches those deep down, psychedelic regions that Jefferson Airplane just can’t reach anymore.

This is dense, disorientating music; thick with drones, fucked guitars, flutes (yep, flutes) and distant, spacey vocals from front woman Isobel Sollenberger. The vocals don’t appear until about 15 minutes into the track, so don’t go expecting any sort of recognisable song structure. Bardo Pond make roaming, immersive and trance-inducing pieces that could quite happily go on for hours. It’s an intense and all-consuming ride through the noise-rock underground and one I can’t recommend enough.

As Bardo Pond’s track gradually subsides it’s followed by the equally epic Carlton Melton piece, ‘Slow Growth’. The track fades in with slowly building electronics and a dusty, wind-swept drone; the title couldn’t be more apt. At once soothing and mildly unnerving, Carlton Melton make music for your mind. It’s around the five-minute mark that crunching, doom-rock indebted guitars come in, perfectly balanced with the rather pretty instrumentation now going on in the background. If I were to draw comparisons I’d say there’s something of the Vibracathedral Orchestra’s hypnotic, circling majesty in ‘Slow Growth’.

Continue reading: Bardo Pond/Carlton Melton – Split EP – Review – Soundblab.

Tags: Agitated Records, Album of the day, Andy Brown, bardo pond, Bardo Pond / Carlton Melton, Carlton Melton, Isobel Sollenberger, Krautrock, psychedelica, Soundblab
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Ancient VVisdom To Play Roadburn Festival 2012

Posted on Friday, November 18th, 2011

We’re thrilled to announce that Ancient VVisdom has been add to the lineup for Roadburn Festival 2012 on Thursday, April 12th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. Founded in Austin, TX in late 2009, Ancient VVisdom (pronounced “wisdom”) includes alumni of hardcore head splitters Integrity and  Iron Age. Their style ...read more

Album of the day: Locrian – The Clearing

Posted on Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Pitchfork: Plenty of bands play music that sounds dark, but few can make every note bleed black and breathe smoke. Count Locrian as part of that select circle. Something about the Chicago trio’s sound is inherently ominous– it’s hard to imagine them playing  “Chopsticks” without turning it ...read more

In Solitude Live at Roadburn 2011 Audio Stream

Posted on Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Please relive In Solitude live at Roadburn 2011 courtesy of VPRO 3voor12. The audio stream has been mixed by Marcel van der Vondervoort at Torture Garden Studio. Feel free to post your thoughts or share your memories about the show in the comment box below.

Album of the day: Arkham Witch – On Crom’s Mountain

Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from HellrideMusic: Back in 2009 Arkham Witch released a great demo, so their debut full length had been much anticipated. That anticipation has now been well rewarded. Ten brand new rough and ready, in your face metal smashers leaping out of the speakers to savage the listener like ...read more

Saturnalia Temple and Year of the Goat Confirmed For Roadburn 2012

Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

We’re are excited to announce that blackened doom metallers Saturnalia Temple and occult rockers Year of the Goat have been added to the lineup for Roadburn Festival 2012. Sweden’s occult blackened doom metallers Saturnalia Temple are gaining a well-deserved buzz from the metal underground by laying down lysergically thick distorted riffs, ...read more

Album of the day: Negative Reaction – Frequencies From Montauk

Posted on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: There is a physical difference that coincides with the sonic one between singing and screaming. They come from different places in the throat and the diaphragm, use different muscles, hurt differently, and when a vocalist switches from one technique to the other, no matter how ...read more

Internal Void Confirmed For Roadburn 2012 Afterburner

Posted on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

We’re thrilled to announce that Legendary US-doomsters Internal Void will be making a rare European appareance at Roadburn Festival Afterburner on Sunday, April 15th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. Internal Void formed in the summer of 1987. After quickly solidifying themselves as front runners in the burgeoning Maryland Doom scene ...read more

Boris Premiere New Song on RollingStone.com From Forthcoming Album

Posted on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Legendary Japanese trio Boris have premiered a new track via Rolling Stone from their forthcoming disc New Album. The MP3 for Flare is available to stream/download HERE. New Album will be available via Sargent House on limited edition vinyl and CD at independent retailers on Record Store Day: Black Friday ...read more

Acrostichon and The Gathering (Original Lineup) Charity Show at w2, Den Bosch, Holland

Posted on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Roadburn‘s very own Rich ‘Robotmonster’ Schouten is not only a gifted graphic artist, he’s also a part of dutch death metal pioneers Acrostichon. Acrostichon has been around since 1989, and the band garnered a cult  following over the years after the release of their debut album, Engraved in Black. Heavily ...read more