Posts Tagged ‘Lurker’

Album of the day: Heinali & Matt Finney – Dreamcatcher (Digital Download)

Posted on Monday, May 16th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Lurker: Distances of thousands of miles are clearly no obstacle for our favourite ambient duo. In fact, it could be argued that it’s a blessing for the prolific Heinali & Matt Finney. Heinali grinds away the hours holed up in his bedroom studio in darkest Ukraine, pumping out piece after piece of heartfelt drone without sacrificing an ounce of quality. On the other side of the world, Finney keeps his notebook close at hand, poised to scrawl his dystopian visions whenever life in rural Alabama gets too much.

As a result, both artists can pull together stunning compositions quickly and independently. For this reason, the project is light years ahead of their listeners. Their latest work, Dreamcatcher, is a case in point with the band placing it musically between two albums that haven’t even been released yet. But for fans wanting a glimpse into the future sound of Heinali & Matt Finney, it is now easily available through the wonders of the internet.

Composed as the background rumblings of an exhibition of the same name by photographer Olia Pischanska, Dreamcatcher delves into a world where frightful apparitions drag up suppressed memories of the past, ruining any chance of a refreshing night’s sleep. Over half an hour of pitch-black ambience, separate movements can be identified through the mist, although a prevailing dejected atmosphere binds the piece tightly together.

The trip begins with hypnotic electronic loops, lulling the listener into a cocoon of dreamlike atmospherics. But as intensity builds, the pleasant illusion of drifting off is dispelled as crackling caverns of ambience take over. Out of the darkness a sudden industrial beat pierces the soundscape and the night terrors begin as a haunting keyboard melody infiltrates the maudlin surroundings. It fades in and out at various points throughout the rest of the composition, with its simple, repetitive mantra lodging itself firmly within the deepest recesses of the mind.

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Dreamcatcher is available now as a pay-what-you-want download from their bandcamp. Instead of lining their pockets, the money is pumped straight back into the project in order to fund artwork for a forthcoming album by LURKER collaborator Black Uroborus. So invest and support the underground or get the fuck out.

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Bongripper: Sex Tape/Snuff Film 7-inch, Plus Hate Ashbury LP Available For Streaming via Bandcamp (Lurker)

Posted on Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Instrumental doom-bringers Bongripper are putting out a new 7″, featuring the brand new tracks Sex Tape and Snuff Film. You can hear and pay-to-download both tracks via the Bongripper bandcamp page, or via the bandcamp media player down below: (The same goes for the condensed and remastered version of the ...read more

Album of the day: Lento – Icon

Posted on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Lurker: When it comes to heavy music, it’s not often you find technical and textural complexity on the same record. Bands tend to go for one (extreme example: Origin) or the other (any drone doom), with only a select few, like Gorguts, successfully marrying the two. What ...read more

Album of the day: Liturgy – Aesthethica

Posted on Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Lurker: Let’s set the record straight: Putting limits on what metal can or should be spells disaster from the start, despite it being a lifeline for many. To maim the possibilities of music with rudimentary definitions ought to be seen as a horrifying prospect, yet we all ...read more

Album of the day: Neige Morte – Neige Morte

Posted on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Lurker: France has a tradition of producing fiercely independent black metal and Neige Morte, from Lyons, are no different. With their self-titled debut, released earlier this year through Aurora Borealis, the violent three-piece summon everything from murky soundscapes to atonal sludge and hardcore-informed blasting, all within 35 ...read more

Album of the day: Oskoreien – Oskoreien

Posted on Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Lurker: With all instruments, arrangements, production and mixing handled by one isolated soul, Oskoreien is essentially the solo black metal vehicle perfected. All accoutrements associated with one-manbands have been virtually excommunicated from Oskoreien’s self-titled debut album. The wafer thin guitars and pots-n-pans drumming of the swathes of ...read more

Album of the day: Odpörovät 1968 – Elend

Posted on Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Lurker: “Memories long faded return to me from out of the darkness. Even now, I disintegrate in their presence. It turns my stomach into broken glass. In the end, I’ll find myself where I began. And I shall start again.” So begins Elend, the first full-length release ...read more

Album of the day: Archon – The Ruins at Dusk

Posted on Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Lurker: What do you get when you mix some of the greatest doom and sludge acts of all time? A heady brew of Archon is fucking what. These New York acolytes of all things doomed wear their influences on their sleeves, but when those inspiring sparks include ...read more

Lurker: 2010 in Funeral Doom

Posted on Monday, December 20th, 2010

Two years ago, it looked as if funeral doom was going to be the new DSBM. In the early noughties, with the arrival of cheap and easy home recording software, solitary dudes around the world had begun to ape and (very occasionally) trump the big names in both of these ...read more