Here it is! Almost eight hours of metal, jazz, electronic, and experimental music! One track from all albums that I’ve listened to (that are on Spotify) during the month! Enjoy, and be sure to listen to the previous playlists if you haven’t already!… Read more
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EXCLUSIVE STREAM: The Mercury Tree and Cryptic Ruse – Cryptic Tree
The Music
The Words
It’s here! It’s finally here! Listen to the Cryptic Tree EP in full right now, 24 hours before its official release! Let’s bask in the glory of heptadecaphonic music, and the occasional polyharmonic passage with icositritonic tuning, crafted in collaboration by Portland, Oregon’s The Mercury Tree and Seattle, Washington’s Igliashon Jones of Cryptic Ruse.
I shan’t say more! Let the music speak for itself. This record is mind-blowing, so check it out!
The Links
Bandcamp – The Mercury Tree
Facebook – The Mercury Tree
Bandcamp – Cryptic Ruse
Facebook – Cryptic Ruse
The Recs
EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE:
The Mercury Tree & Cryptic Ruse –
“The Cold Flame Burns”
The Music
The Words
Ever since their inception, The Mercury Tree has moved from an alternative metal band towards more and more obscure progressive rock and genre fusion. This progression has reached a new apex, thanks to the collaboration with xenharmonic prog solo band Cryptic Ruse on their upcoming EP, Cryptic Tree. For a few albums already, The Mercury Tree has experimented with multiple different tonal systems at once on their few latest albums, but this EP aims at pushing that experimentation to its limit.
By joining forces with a … Read more
EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE:
Journal – “Duplicitous Moonlight”
Over eight years after the release of their life-altering concept album Unlorja, Sacramento-based progressive mathcore band Journal will release Chrysalis ordalias. The album promises to be a new take on the hectic Journal sound, and here’s a new song, “Duplicitous Moonlight”, to prove it.
The album will be released on July 17th, and can be pre-ordered on their bandcamp page. Of course, I bought the edition that comes with the 160-page book detailing the story behind Chrysalis ordalias, and I encourage you do the same!
Journal are one of the most insane and technical bands out … Read more
Best Music of 2018 (Not Clickbait)
Well, it’s been a great year for music, and especially can’t-even-be-called-music. Seeing as the year is just about over, we’re going to wrap up with a list of the best albums of the year. We are glad to say that CTEBCM is and remains at the forefront of music journalism, and we are proud to present you the first top 5 of the year! Who really wants to wait until 2018 is actually over to decide what was best? Not us! Let’s stop pretending that releases in December matter. In fact, we can safely assume that nothing that comes out … Read more