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Album of the day: Wold – Freermasonry

Posted on Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Lovingly pinched from Pitchfork: The catchall criticism for noise as a form of music is that, because it often seems so unordered and illogical, it must be simple and pedestrian. Play some for a cynic, and short of outright disapproval, you’ll probably be greeted with a categorical response: “I could do that, too.”

There are a handful of mostly irrefutable ways to come back at that idea– “Well, you didn’t,” for instance, or, “OK, tell me how.” But don’t be so snappy, not yet: Noise music, at least for me, should retain some element of mystery, some air of unknowing; after all, if it’s an intentional obliteration of the structures and sounds you’ve known from the first time you heard Electric Company or Sesame Street, it should force you to ask the most basic questions of what it is, how it is made, and why it is made. And in the quest for those illusory answers, the best noise, drone, and sound experimentation should either pull you in or blow you away, reaffirming that the thing itself is more provocative than the motions behind it.

This is all to say that Freermasonry– the obliterative sixth album from Wold, the Saskatchewan act led by the incredibly named Fortress Crookedjaw — is ultimately enigmatic and entirely unknowable, an intersection of noise, metal, and electronics that doesn’t yield to such plainclothes criticism. Mean, dense and multivalent, with a lyrical conceit based on Masonic symbolism and Biblical scripture, it’s the rare loud music that begs to be louder still if you’re to have any chance of understanding it.

Freermasonry is a case study in controlling the illusion of chaos, an elegantly constructed nightmare of sound where hearing one layer of serrated screams, static bursts, and feedback flares means you’ve missed some mass of activity somewhere else. Weirdly seductive rhythms tumble beneath a laundromat of blown-out tones and crackling vocals, generally pulling your attention a dozen different ways.

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Worm Ouroboros: New Track Available For Streaming Via Pitchfork

Posted on Thursday, January 19th, 2012

San Francisco dark ambient / chamber folk trio Worm Ouroboros premiere a new track via Pitchfork called Withered. Culled from  their sophomore album Come the Thaw, out March 20 on Profound Lore, “it’s the first to feature drummer Aesop Dekker of Agalloch (and the much missed Ludicra); as in the past, their ...read more

Brooklyn Vegan Posts New Pallbearer Track

Posted on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Little Rock, Ark. doom merchants Pallbearer premiere a new song via BrooklynVegan called Devoid of Redemption. Culled from their debut full-length, Sorrow and Extinction, due out February 21 on Profound Lore, Devoid of Redemption is a re-recording of a song from Pallbearer’s 2010 demo. Check it out HERE. “Whereas most of ...read more

Locrian & Mammifer collaboration Premiere New Track via Pitchfork

Posted on Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Dark Chicago trio Locrian and Mamiffer, the compositionally minded project of artist / pianist Faith Coloccia and husband, ex-Isis vocalist / guitarist Aaron Turner, premiere a new track via Pitchfork called In Fulminic Blaze. Culled from Bless Them That Curse You, the 51-minute album will be released on March 6 via Profound ...read more

Pallbearer Premiere New Song via Pitchfork

Posted on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Little Rock, Ark. doom merchants Pallbearer– a melodic, smoked-up quartet featuring a vocalist who sings– premiere a new song via Pitchfork called An Offering of Grief. Culled from their debut full-length, Sorrow and Extinction (due out February 21 on Profound Lore), An Offering of Grief  highlights Pallbearer’s progressive, 1970s-leaning take. ...read more

Album of the day: The Atlas Moth – An Ache For the Distance

Posted on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Metal Army America: For the fourth year in a row The Atlas Moth has put out something new that confounds and astounds me. Doom, psychedelia and in general other mind-bending material comes into play when these guys strap it on. They don’t make music for mainstream consumption, ...read more

Yob: Atma Full Album Stream At NPR.org

Posted on Monday, August 8th, 2011

Yob are streaming their brand new album Atma as an exclusive first listen at NPR.org. Listen HERE. “With just five songs stretched over 55 minutes, YOB has never been a band to shy away from length. The trio builds on often slow, powerful riffs that go fathoms deep, repeating them ...read more

The Obelisk : In Conversation With YOB’s Mike Scheidt

Posted on Thursday, July 21st, 2011

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with Mike Scheidt of YOB, and it features questions focusing on the band’s second album for Profound Lore, called Atma, which will be released on Aug. 16,  and much more. The Obelisk: At this point, do you have something that’s a definitive ...read more

The Atlas Moth: New Track Streaming at Stereogum

Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2011

Stereogum / Haunting The Chapel has the premiere of  The Atlas Moth‘s ‘Coffin Varnish’ off the upcoming full-length, which is called An Ache For The Distance. Listen HERE. “The excellent sophomore collection An Ache For The Distance — one that features as many atmospheric layers and lifts as its predecessor, ...read more

Album of the day: Disma – Towards the Megalith

Posted on Sunday, July 17th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Lurker: We all arrive at genres with certain preconceptions. My approach to Death Metal is founded in a deep-seeded apathy. I had a minor fling with the old school death metal revival that reared its ugly head on the back of bands like Teitanblood and Cruciamentum. The ...read more