Tag: doom
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Best weekend ever…
In case you didn’t know, I just got back from the West Coast a couple days ago. Saw Sleep in concert at the Roseland Theater in Portland, then caught the Seattle Seahawks’ season opener at Qwest Field. These were the best two days in recent memory.
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Thou/ Moloch – Tears That Soak a Callous Heart split 12”
This record isn’t so much a split EP as it is a clash of the titans concerning those who revel and relish in the slow and painful.
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Agnes Vein – Duality
Agnes Vein have well steeped themselves in the lore of Blood Fire Death-era Bathory and latter-day Celtic Frost, but at times, the music also hints at the drone and mood of Jesu. There’s also the strong aftertaste of Primordial in the guitar tone. It’s an eclectic mix, but the influences serve them well and Agnes…
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Roareth – Acts I-VI
Although they aren’t too creative with the written word—all songs are entitled Acts I through VI, and the band name itself is cringe-worthy—Seattle’s Roareth does have something to offer musically with this, their debut album. Take Zoroaster circa Dog Magic, sprinkle in a few non-distorted slow passages a la Neurosis, and a handful of Cisneros…
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Mares of Thrace @ Kilroys, Thunder Bay, ON, August 8th, 2010
Mares of Thrace are one hell of a lot of fun to watch live and they will blow you away. If the new song they played at Kilroys is any indication (Pale Neck), their next record is also going to be a monster, possibly better than The Moulting but I’m not sure if that could…
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Introducing: Mares of Thrace
Guitarist/vocalist Therese Lanz and drummer Stefani MacKichan have been part of Calgary’s music scene for a while now, Lanz as frontwoman for grindcore band Exit Strategy and the pair most notably comprising two-thirds of the hard rock trio Kilbourne, but since forming Mares of Thrace it feels like they’ve stumbled upon something special. One album…
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Sleepbringer – Compendium
Another one of those bands I somehow stumbled onto by accident, there’s very little I can tell you about Indianapolis’ Sleepbringer. Born out of the ashes of Heroes Laid To Rest, an Internet search bore only one other short review (so far) of Compendium, although I have the feeling that once this record gets heard…
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Apostle of Solitude @ The Bug Jar, Rochester, NY, July 22, 2010
Jared Hynes reviews the July 22, 2010 performance by APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE at the Bug Jar in Rochester NY
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Blackwolfgoat – Dragonwizardsleeve
Suffice to say that this album is a long, difficult slog, even though it only has six tracks.