“[Leonard and Superposition] both are avant-garde fusion jazz albums that are incredibly intricate and interesting to listen to. The chords, progressions, themes and melodies… everything on record is just excellent. On top of that, “Leonard” is a 35-minute triptych written by Dan Ryan and played by the band. […] They are both impressively fantastic!”
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“Coming out on the twenty-first of August, “Sonance” is Contemplator’s new album. If you don’t remember them, their 2013 self-titled release was delicious and surprising. With “Sonance”, the band incorporates much more orchestral elements to their soundscape, and Colin Marston’s mixing talents insufflates life … Read more
Author Archives: Dæv Tremblay
Mini-Reviews XII
Let’s kick this off with Bangladeafy‘s new ear-splitting EP, Narcopaloma. This New York drums and bass duo plays their very own brand of experimental technical math rock. Their first two releases were captivating at first but quickly fell out of favour, but this doesn’t seem to be the case here. The riffs are groovy despite their insane intricacies and they segue perfectly one into the next, making for a pleasurable listening experience. It’s whole-heartedly recommended.
Norwegian prog rock band Airbag is apparently not new to the game, but I only discovered them through their 2016 album, Disconnected. … Read more
Mini-Reviews X
Already the tenth instalment of mini-reviews since our overhaul of the ill-named one-sentence reviews. That’s 80 new albums for you to discover! I certainly hope you found one or two that suited your tastes in there! Well, it doesn’t matter, we’ll keep churning them out!
Eschatos is a black metal band from Latvia with atmospheric black metal and post-metal elements. Their latest album, The Grand Noir, came out in May of 2015. It’s an okay album; it has its interesting bits, but they’re buried under the mass of forgettable material. Interesting fact: the band is female-fronted. Alas, it’s … Read more
Car Bomb – Meta Teaser
The crazy mathcore band that is Car Bomb recently began sending image and music files to their fans, but none showed the complete picture. With a total of 36 tiles and music files, their publicity stunt brought their fans together in order to complete it and be able to see and hear what’s cooking! We’ve put a lot of effort on our facebook page and on forums all around the internet to be able to put the pieces together, and I must give a huge thank you to Simon Timothy Dawes (check out his bands, they are out of this… Read more
Mini-Reviews IX
Cryptic Ruse had us all turning heads with their 2014 album, “Chains of Smoke”, because of its incorporation of microtonality in different styles of metal. This time, “Wasting & Thirsting” focuses on the slower genres and styles of metal – still with microtonality -, on three long composition, the dissonances of which will make your skin crawl. It’s very interesting to have an emphasis on dissonance set with different microtonal tuning systems. I’m guessing, by the title tracks, that they are written in 23-, 17-, and 14-EDO respectively, but I might be wrong. The songs are very slow and atmospheric, … Read more