(((O))) Tag: Review
This record is stunning, with widescreen soundscapes and gorgeously rendered melodies.
It’s worship music for the vast possibility of the universe, the life force embodied in the sun, music as a ritual transcendental space. Let it burn.
To be 26 odd years into a career and adding an album this good to a stacked back catalogue is utterly ridiculous. Why are they not huge?
Post-metal’s most vital and unique voice delivers a flawless second album that will be a favourite for decades to come.
I am once again struck by this group’s ability to create these delectable shoegaze confections that somehow sound calming and cool, despite the restrained fury of the guitars.
It’s a sylvan daydream, like forest bathing except with the therapeutic power of music.
An undeniable peak, a current of lustrous, dynamic, sound rushing towards you and lifting you along with it.
Eggsistentialism allows for less ranting and more reflection, more frailty and sadness than we’ve had from The Lovely Eggs before. I think there’s a strong case for this being their best yet.
The Sydney post-rock favourites blew the bloody roof off the much-loved venue from minute one. They sounded MASSIVE.
The band traffics in drawn out psychedelic, sonic dreams.
Earthtone9 has just lost its UK metal crown, it will have to better The Scorching Gaze to try and win it back!
This mix of minimalist post-rock and neo-classical is best enjoyed when you stop the world and sink into the music. A stunning release which will richly reward the sacrifice of time.
One of the finest post-black metal bands in the UK continues to deliver with a devastatingly cohesive and diverse EP.
This collection brings it all together and works as an historical perspective of a talented group that teetered on the edge of stardom.
The Stronghold encompasses the best aspects of instrumental metal. The tracks have character and vibrance. They are heavy and lumbering yet maintain a tight sonic structure with haunting melodies. Incroyable!
Coagulated Bliss is perhaps the most fully Full of Hell album yet, sharper edged and full of surprises.
Two tracks in 22 minutes covering brilliant post-metal and doom shows there is a bountiful future in front of both bands.
Big|Brave steps into new depths of weight and heaviness with great success and whatever they choose to do next, the evidence suggests they will master that too.
If blackened post-hardcore is your thing then this may very well be your album of the year!
It is not ear candy by any means, but it will challenge you and unfold in unexpected ways if you give it time.
