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Album of the day: Keelhaul – Triumphant Return to Obscurity

Posted on Monday, August 31st, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Hellbound: Perhaps because their last release, Subject to Change Without Notice was released six years ago, coupled with the music industry’s short-term memory loss – not really anyone’s fault, as a plethora of albums are released every week – the understated brilliance of the Cleveland, Ohio quartet has largely gone unnoticed.
On the other hand, Keelhaul is not known for making user-friendly music, and perhaps the aptly titled Keelhaul’s Triumphant Return to Obscurity (out August 18th on Hydra Head Records) signifies that.

Keelhaul - Triumphantly Return To Obscurity

Keelhaul - Triumphantly Return To Obscurity

I’m not going to front – besides listening to a couple of tracks from previous albums, this was the first album of theirs I listened to front to back. But recently I had the great fortune of seeing them play in Brooklyn (a.k.a Hipster Hell) and their live performance – this is going to sound like an odd description of a band that consists of four thirty-something, very average dudes – was electrifying and refreshingly different.

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Keelhaul’s Triumphant Return To Obscurity available for streaming

Posted on Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Triumphant Return To Obscurity, the new album from Keelhaul, is available for streaming at this location.

Triumphant Return To Obscurity, out on Hydra Head Records, “picks up on the band’s progression as if they were steadily releasing records throughout their six year hiatus. The pace is precise, the instrumentation is ...read more

Khanate and Isis members form Jodis; debut album announced

Posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009

Jodis is the new band between Khanate’s James Plotkin, Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man Gloom, Lotus Eaters), and Tim Wyskida (ex-Khanate, Blind Idiot God).
James Plotkin describes the sound of Jodis as “expansive, tonal, minimal, or all of the above. It has been described to me as a more relaxed Khanate, ...read more

Pitchfork rates Khanate – Clean Hands Go Foul: 7.6

Posted on Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Clean Hands Go Foul, the fourth and likely final full-length from late experimental metal outsiders Khanate, deserves a warning label: “Not recommended for those with mild-to-severe mental disturbances,” it could read before countering, “Well, just promise not to hurt anyone, OK?”
Its brittle, monstrous tones shake whatever space they enter. ...read more