Posts Tagged ‘About.com: Heavy Metal’
Album of the day: Cormorant – Dwellings
Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
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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Album of the day: Hammers Of Misfortune – 17th Street
Posted on Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Lovingly pinched from About.com: Heavy Metal: 17th Street is the fifth studio album released by visionary, San Francisco, CA-based progressive metal band Hammers of Misfortune. I have to be honest: reducing their genre to “progressive” feels disingenuous. Hammers of Misfortune are Hammers of Misfortune, full stop. They borrow elements from ...read more
Album of the day: Elks – Destined For The Sun
Posted on Friday, September 9th, 2011
Lovingly pinched from About.com: Heavy Metal: Brooklyn, NY-based Elks recently signed to TeePee Records and released their debut album, Destined For The Sun. A lean, tight work, clocking in at 22 minutes, it combines shoegaze and sludge metal with psychedelic punk rock. The sound is gritty and unpretentious, while the ...read more
Album of the day: US Christmas – The Valley Path
Posted on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Lovingly pinched from About.com: Heavy Metal: USX (or U.S. Christmas, for those in a jolly mood) has never sacrificed their artistic vision for success or publicity, and this streak continues with The Valley Path. Consisting of just one 40-minute title track, this is USX’s most ambitious project to date. Years ...read more
Album of the day: Grayceon – All We Destroy
Posted on Monday, March 21st, 2011
Lovingly pinched from About.com: Heavy Metal: Grayceon pushes right past our conceptions of metal with clean singing and a cello. True, other bands have touched on these sounds, but Grayceon goes even a step beyond gender benders like Neurosis and Isis. They are similar to their Bay Area cohorts Ludicra ...read more
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