Giant Gutter from Outer Space – Set Adrift

by Dæv Tremblay

a0651600876_10This Brazilian drums-and-bass duo play in the realms of experimental stoner metal. There is not much information about the band, apart that they’re from Curitiba, Brazil, and that Set Adrift is their first release.

The very premise of a duo makes it so that there are huge timbre and register limitations; one instrument can only do so much! Therefore, Giant Gutter from Outer Space sounds roughly similar to other drums-and-bass metal duos like Bangladeafy, and other bass-fronted experiments such as Zvoyn and, to some extent, Primus. Each of these bands, GGFOS included, have their own sound and personality … Read more

OSR: January 9th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay
Let’s begin with a 2011 album because why not. And it’s not even metal, for a change! Rather, it’s a fantastic funky neo-soul EP that you should definitely grab to add some colour to your all-black music library. Ghost Horizon previewed this song for their upcoming album; I’ll surely listen to it when it comes out! A very enjoyable mosh-inducing hardcore album; reminds me of my teen days in an unashamed manner. A rock-solid combination of black metal and sludge. This thing is Osmium-heavy, and just friggin’ great! Super-violent deathgrind. 6 minutes of unfiltered powerviolence. An interesting sort of blackgaze… Read more

Amogh Symphony release Aai, from their upcoming album IV

by Dæv Tremblay

A song about mothers of this world, and of Onamika, which you’ll remember from previous Amogh songs. On IV, they’re ditching the whole “concept album” things, and rather go for an “album of concepts”. Each song is like a soundtrack to a short movie, and we can appreciate that with Aai. The song draws strong connections with world music, as well as jazz, and with a touch of metal too. I think it’s wildly successful at what it wants to be, and I honestly can’t wait to hear more from Amogh IV.… Read more

OSR: January 5th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

Let’s start off this year, shall we?

First up is Trivalent‘s second full-length album, Norms and Values. It’s quite interesting and features four tripartite songs but the synthesized sounds of it just kills it.
Then comes Cold Night for Alligators‘s new album, Course of Events, coming out on the eleventh. Very good and out-of-the-box djent, but it feels less experimental than their previous material overall. I finally got to buy Ur Draugr‘s new album, With Hunger Undying. It’s generally what you’d want from a sequel to “The Wretched Ascetic”, but sometimes the snare will… Read more

Warp – Anima

by Dæv Tremblay

a1759932394_16I have lauded Warp Prism (now known only as Warp) more than once in the past. Their 2013 concept album, The Infinite II, was – and still is – one of the best prog metal releases I’ve heard. It mixed in djent and electronica in a more than decent manner, and the song structure there was stellar: continually evolving while still keeping its place under the overarching story. The album was a marked step up from any of their previous works, namely Evolution and Transcode. This led me to pre-order Anima as soon as it was made … Read more