3 New Reviews 2/10/2011
Fen-Epoch-CD (Code 666)
Post black metal landscape has been ebbing and following over the years this a band though now ha just simply blown m away the mix elements of Klimt 1918, Dornenreich, Katatonia and Code all into Atmospheric Post metal journey. The mix of Delicate Acoustics and strings then the blast of Vicious black metal . The intermingling of Clean and Grim vocals and just the massive epic output of a project like this is something you hear from label like Prophecy or Season of Mist as of late. Fen is the next wave of introspective heathen metal from europe. The tones and layers going on here are really beyond words. This is music for one's path to enlightenment, nothing less.
Wail-Wail-CD (Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions)
There are few styles I like more then this and with Wail you get a pure form of Blackened Doom/Death. If you like Incantation, Early Nile, Disembowelment, NECRONOCLAST. Just listen to the slow and spiraling hypnotic effect of the guitars and bass There from Finland and the pour out the Thergothon worship which is nothing less there brilliance to this reviewer. The Spoken way the vocals are done so deep and almost to the massives from a pulpit. The rest of the music is just that there are moments of speed but most of the time its just that haunting and ultra verbed Black Doom sound that can never be mistaken ever. If your a Fan of Evoken and Mournful Congregation this is a band you want to check out ..
Tangents- One little light Year-CD ( Angle Side Side/Restricted Releases)
I really don't know where to begin with a band like Tangents as they are just so musically talented and adventurous in a Prog, Pop, Metal, Rock and Adult Contempory way . Its going to take many on a journey that some will just think is too much. Tangent to me sound like Saigon Kick, Beatles, Queen, Kings X, Jeff Buckley then then they jet off to Post rock and caberet / theatre music for me. The vocals of Dave Witham are so powerful and striking I don't really have words they just move you in ways that many have not before. Them being from Providence RI doesn't shock met as that has always been a musical hot bed for Avant and Indie music. I love the playful way the music is created but still with intellect and complexity. This is not for just a simple pop music fan in any way. At time its like a more commercial flavored Sunny Day Real estate or Shudder to think. This album is massive to say the least in productions, arrangements and just pure skill. I hope to see Tangents take indie music into the 21st century were bands like Foo Fighter and Soundgarden did before them.
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