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Album of the day: Omega Massif – Karpatia

Posted on Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from A Wrenaissance of Music: Omega Massif craft another round of dark soundscapes on their second release Karpatia. They create contrasts between thundering low-end, and streaking gliding high-end sounds. The bass and drums comprise the rock & dirt, while the guitars are the fog & sky. The guitars ring out reflecting the grandiose view obtained from a high plateau with drumming to go along with the footsteps of a man traversing a rocky terrain. Karpatia paints a picture of a dark Eastern-European forest devoid of light, full of dangerous creatures and difficult terrain.

The opening track enters in, blasts of guitar shoot through; thick riffs over war drums as the horse riders enter battle. The track progresses as thick sludge is moving, the bass and dark guitar set a dense underbelly to the track. A strumming rhythm guitar with a droning high-pitch guitar waning in the background, it’s a dark ritual in heavy fog. They cast a thick black Aura,  no one can see drowning in the pulsing bass, screaming guitars, and rain-of-hail drums. The slow, heaving drum activates a pained shreaking guitar, slowly evolving into some strumming and bass while a streaming reverberated guitar echoes in the background.

Aura is a collection of different riff and tempos all encompassing a thick bogged sound. As soon as one turns around, a pack of “Wölfe” is running at them with gnarling guitars, and sprinting drums. Sinister riffs, and thundering drums it’s a dark night in the forest. Twanging strings and bass drones create a suspenseful dark feel.

Continue reading: A Wrenaissance of Music: Omega Massif – Karpatia ALBUM REVIEW.

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Sunn O))) To Headline Denovali Swingfest (Rock-A-Rolla)

Posted on Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Drone behemoths SunnO))) have been added to this year’s Rock-A-Rolla sponsored Denovali Swingfest, and are now set to close off proceedings as Sunday headliners. The three-day festival, organized by Germany’s Denovali Records, takes place at Weststadthalle in Essen, Germany from Friday September 30th to Sunday October 2nd and will feature ...read more