Lovingly pinched from About.com: Heavy Metal: Cormorant have made claim to being one of the top independent metal bands in the world with a bold sophomore record, Dwellings. Not being backed by a major label has allowed Cormorant to stake their own unorthodox sound without interference.
Metazoa was a remarkable debut album, full of stark moods and vigorous pacing. By comparison, Dwellings has a harsher delivery, is much deeper in scope, and stifles the acoustic reverence sprinkled throughout Metazoa.
To those who have not been privy to Cormorant, they like to contort black metal with progressive and folk trappings. However, that’s not even a quarter of the depth the band have on Dwellings. Each song is not only a part of a greater theme, but a mini-epic with a separate agenda. A song could be five minutes long, or twice that length, and the band makes it come off as a grand musical procession.
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