Showing posts with label Progressive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Progressive. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Gabe Wolf. Victimless Crimes.


Post-Rock styled rock music from Portland. Gorgeous acoustic passages. Hard-hitting guitars. Evocative singing. Heart-wrenching climaxes. Breathing. Moving.
Gabe Wolf - 'Victimless Crimes'
2013
1. Opening Statement
2. Aspersion
3. Victimless Crimes
4. Against Your Will
5. Outside of the Boundaries
6. Blank
7. Home Sick (In Absentia)
8. Acquiesce
9. Reflection
10. Closing Statement

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Obsidian Kingdom. Mantiis.


Spanish post-metal unlike anything else out there. Mammoth post-rock crescendos. Ferocious howls. Tense progressions. Shrieking horns and roaring guitars. Heartbreakingly beautiful melodies. Absolute unique perfection.
Obsidian Kingdom - 'Mantiis: An Agony in Fourteen Bites'
2012
1. Not Yet Five
2. Oncoming Dark
3. Through the Glass
4. Cinnamon Balls
5. The Nurse
6. Answers Revealing
7. Last of the Light
8. Genteel to Mention
9. Awake Until Dawn
10. Haunts of the Underworld
11. Endless Wall
12. Fingers in Anguish
13. Ball-Room
14. And Then it Was

Monday, August 20, 2012

Night Heir. Wind In My Dream Mist In My House.


Deep progressive black metal from Portland. Plodding acoustic tracks. Giant drums. Crashing guitars. Impassioned vocals. Absolutely stunning. Hugely immersive.
Night Heir - 'Wind In My Dream Mist In My House'
2010
I. Weeping of the Boughs
II. The Night Heir
III. No Sympathy From Demanding Idols
IV. Indigo Woman
V. Böcklin
VI. Temples of Muir (every tree a cross)
VII. Plaintive Orion
VIII. I Seek Myself
IX. I See Myself
X. DawnMan Outroduction

Friday, June 1, 2012

Jambinai. Différance.


Korean experimental post-metal. Terrifying shrieks of feedback. Traditional folk influences. Slow builds to huge climaxes. Unlike anything else out there. Brilliant. Pure raw beauty.
잠비나이 (Jambinai) - '차연' (Différance)
2012
1. 소멸의 시간
2. Grace Kelly
3. 감긴 눈 위로 비추는 불빛
4. 바라밀다 (Part 1)
5. 바라밀다 (Part 2)
6, 구원의 손길
7. 텅빈 눈동자 (Part 1)
8. 텅빈 눈동자 (Part 2)
9. Connection

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Caves of Glass. Gone from Oceania.


Expansive modern post-hardcore-tinged post-rock. Flowing organic beats. Urgent abstract vocals. Mighty crescendos. Sweeping walls of guitar. Dramatic. Inspiring.
Caves of Glass - 'Gone from Oceania' (single)
2012
1. Gone from Oceania
2. Barren Earth

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Pianos Become the Teeth. The Lack Long After.


Post-hardcore-influenced skramz from Maryland. Thundering guitars. Crashing cymbals. Throat-tearing shouts. Pure emotion. Gut-wrenching. Destructive.
Pianos Become the Teeth - 'The Lack Long After'
2011
1. I'll Be Damned
2. Good Times
3. Shared Bodies
4. Such Confidence
5. Liquid Courage
6. Spine
7. Sunsetting
8. I'll Get By

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Corrupted. Garten Der Unbewusstheit.


Progressive Japanese funeral doom. Huge melodies. Absolutely crushing brutality. Massive growls. Powerful. Desolate. Immense.
Corrupted - 'Garten Der Unbewusstheit'
2011
1. Garten
2. Against the Darkest Days
3. 月光の大地

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Gospel. The Moon is a Dead World.


Progressive skramz. Incredible drums. 12-string guitars. Crazy synths. Desperate screams. Beautiful crescendos. Massive technicality.
Gospel - 'The Moon is a Dead World'
2005
1. Congratulations...You've Hit Bottom!
2. Yr Electric Surge Is Sweet
3. A Golden Dawn
4. Paper Tigon
5. And Redemption Fills the Emptiest of Hearts
6. Opium
7. What Means of Witchery
8. As Far as You Can Throw Me