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Album of the day: Tekhton – Alluvial

Posted on Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Tekhton – Alluvial

Lovingly pinched from HellrideMusic.com: Normally whenever I review any band who plies some sort of post-rock influence to their sound, I always feel I need to walk down the street with a paper bag over my head. While there’s a definite list of bands from the genre that I enjoy, I can graciously admit there are a number who are downright embarrassingly boring. With Tekhton though, you can get your post-rock fix without that embarrassing aftertaste.

I was enthralled by the Netherlands based quintet’s debut, 2007 offering Summon the Core; an essential combination of earthy, immovable doom heft that wasn’t afraid to strut an ambient fixation for all to see. It illustrated that even the sludgiest of the sludge-y have a vulnerable side that when applied properly to haymaker dual riffs, dead eyed time keeping and animated low-end, is still something well worth exploring. Since the year when Summon the Core dropped it has enjoyed repeat listening from this odd rocker, and 2010 has saw an answer to my prayers for a follow-up!

Tekhton have unveiled their sophomore release Alluvial on The Church Within Records and I hate using that old clichéd adage, but I’m going to use it here…this record is bigger, better and more fully developed than its predecessor.

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HellrideMusic Interviews Sons of Otis

Posted on Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Janet Willis of HellrideMusic recently conducted an interview with Ken Baluke of Sons of Otis. A few excerpts from the chat follow below: Hellride Music: This has been a long time in the making due to my constant daily insanity… late but worth the wait. You guys have been around ...read more

Album of the day: Apostle Of Solitude – Last Sunrise

Posted on Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from HellrideMusic.com: Those of you that are into real two-fisted Doom Metal, the ‘no beatin’ round the bush’, ‘misery and woe of this mortal coil’ variety, those whose Doom Metal proclivity is of the Godzilla-stomp-on-your-cerebrum genus, will most certainly find the godhead in Apostle of Solitude’s newest collection ...read more

Album of the day: Rituals of the Oak – Hour of Judgement

Posted on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Lovingly pinched from HellrideMusic.com: Rituals of the Oak issued a very promising two track demo less than a year ago so this full length has been eagerly awaited by many in the doom community. Very well done straight up doom metal is always a welcome thing round the Hellride board ...read more