Tag Archive: Neurosis

Sylosis – Edge Of The Earth

Filed Under: Reviews

Jun.15, 2011

Sylosis

Edge of the Earth

01. Procession
02. Sands of Time
03. Empyreal (Part 1)
04. Empyreal (Part 2)
05. A Serpents Tongue
06. Awakening
07. Kingdom of Solitude
08. Where The Sky Ends
09. Dystopia
10. Apparitions
11. Altered States of Consciousness
12. Beyond the Resurrected
13. Eclipsed
14. From The Edge Of The Earth

[03/15/11]
[Nuclear Blast]

I’m shamefully about three months behind on this review, and despite being added to my mental list of ‘bands I need to stop being a lazy dick about,’ once all the praise came in for Sylosis‘ sophomore release Edge of the Earth, I only recently even bothered listening to it. Go ahead and chalk that up to one of my biggest mistakes of the year. My mistake has been rectified. This particular four-piece from Reading, England combines classic Bay Area thrash with Swedish melodic death metal and a touch of progressive influence. Edge of the Earth is certainly one of the more exciting melodic extreme metal records so far this year.

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Tags: High On Fire, Neurosis, pink floyd, Rush, Sylosis, Trivium

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Towering Filth – I Am Consequence

Filed Under: Audio, New music

May.27, 2011

Not too long ago, we pointed you in the direction of the one man blackened sludge project Towering Filth and the debut free EP, Encircled By Wolves. Personally, I loved the EP and told Towering Filth mastermind Matt Koch that if he finished another song and wanted to put it out, we’d premiere it. Lo and behold, he was already hard at work at new music, and sent us “I am Consequence,” hot off the presses. You can listen to this dirty son of a bitch below.

Towering Filth brings together the disparate influences from bands such as The Abominable Iron Sloth, Neurosis, Wolves in the Throne Room, Krallice, and Devil Sold His Soul. The murky atmosphere, throaty distorted vocals, and violent riffs should sit well among listeners of grind, black metal, doom, sludge, and hardcore. If you haven’t checked out Encircled by Wolves yet, you need to get on it right away. You can stream it over at Bandcamp and download it for free via Mediafire.

- JR

Tags: Devil Sold His Soul, Krallice, Neurosis, The Abominable Iron Sloth, Towering Filth, Wolves in the Throne Room

Best of British: Fall of Efrafa

Filed Under: Best of British

May.26, 2011

Anyone familiar with the British literary classic Watership Down will probably already have their spider sense tingling at the name; Efrafa being the name of the warren controlled by the tyrannical General Woundwort (yes, bunny rabbits can also be tyrannical) that is ultimately destroyed.

The band’s concept actually followed the fictional lore further than just the name, and before they broke up (awwww) created a trilogy of records known as ‘The Warren of Snares’: Owsla (guardian), Elil (enemy) and Inlé (death). Their musical influences were more varied, but no less awesome: you can definitely hear bits of Neurosis, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Emperor. As you can imagine, that incorporates quite a range of styles, but ones that gel together well.

The following track, “Dominion Theology” is from Elil. There’s so much more to this band than you’re likely to read about here, but if it interests you then there’s a more detailed bio on their last.fm page, which goes more into their themes, politics and ethic, and is WELL worth a read.

- CG

Tags: Dominion Theology, Elil, Emperor, Fall of Efrafa, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Inlé, Neurosis, Owsla, Watership Down

Hits From The Inbox: Towering Filth Brings The Blackened Violence

Filed Under: Audio, Hits From The Inbox

Apr.14, 2011

One man bedroom projects are a dime a dozen these days, and while I sing the praises of many independent musicians producing their own music, sometimes things get a bit homogeneous. Fortunately, today’s example of top-notch bedroom musicianship that graced the Heavy Blog inbox comes in the way of Matt Koch’s project Towering Filth, which pulls from different influences altogether. Mitch (known around these parts as Dethcaek, who NEVER FUCKING POSTS) gave it a listen and said it sounded like “blackviolence,” which isn’t exactly a stretch—Matt does cites bands like The Abominable Iron Sloth, Unsane, Neurosis, Krallice, and Wolves in the Throne Room as influences. Even if this doesn’t sound like your type of music, you should give Towering Filth’s three-track EP Encircled by Wolves a listen below! I certainly dig it and can’t wait to see what else what else is in store from Towering Filth in the future.

<a href="http://toweringfilth.bandcamp.com/album/encircled-by-wolves">Encircled By Wolves by Towering Filth</a>

You can download the EP via Mediafire! Enjoy!

- JR

Tags: Krallice, Neurosis, The Abominable Iron Sloth, Towering Filth, Unsane, Wolves in the Throne Room

From The Archive: Cave In – Until Your Heart Stops

Filed Under: Albums You Should Hear, Bands That Made Me Heavy, From the Archive

Nov.04, 2010

The discovery of a new band is always exciting. Will it be something you’ve heard countless times? An experience that leaves a bad taste in your mouth? Or is it a treat from which you cannot stop consuming? I wanted to take a trip back in time to reminisce about bands/albums that not only introduced me to heavy music, but kept me coming back for more…

From The Archive: Cave In – Until Your Heart Stops

Cave Ins - Until Your Heart Stops

Cave In, along with Converge, Integrity, Neurosis and a few other choice bands, set the bar high amongst other hardcore/metal bands I was listening to at that time in my life and in the scene itself. Cave In combined elements of hardcore, space/progessive rock (which became more prominent later on in their career) and alternative metal. Some even lump them in the metalcore genre. They formed in 1995, in Methuen, Massachusetts, and while going through several member changes, they finally solidified their lineup in 1998 with the release of their debut studio-album Until Your Heart Stops.

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Tags: Cave In, Converge, From The Archive, Hydra Head Records, Integrity, Isis, Jacob Bannon, Kurt Ballou, Neurosis, Until Your Heart Stops

For Whom The Bell Tolls: Battle of Mice

Filed Under: For Whom The Bell Tolls

Oct.22, 2010

Hemingsaur! I choose you!

So. Bands break up. It sucks, but that’s the way of things. For most of them, the reason is pure and simple; on some level, they suck. Whether it’s only a little, or harder than a $20 hooker, it doesn’t matter; the world doesn’t lose a whole bunch. The members go on with their lives, and probably go on to make a greater impact in other areas of society. Like being that guy who who perennially sweeps up fallen leaves, only to have some douchebag 5-year old kick them all over the place again. SUCKS to be that guy.

Then there are bands that are forced into submission for other reasons: money, conflict – both personal and artistic – or sometimes the fanbase only comes after they’re long gone. This is a chronicle of those bands. Most you will not have heard of, for the very reason that they’re not even around to promote themselves any more. But trust me, they are bands that you really really should listen to.

This week: Hooray, I succedeed! The bitch-tastic Battle of Mice.

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Tags: Battle of Mice, Blood and Time, Josh Graham, Julie Christmas, Made Out Of Babies, Neurosis, Red Sparowes, Suspended in Light

Maryland Deathfest IX (2011) Lineup

Filed Under: Live

Aug.12, 2010

Bands are already being announced for the next MDF, and it’s already worth going to.

AVULSED (Spain)
BLOOD FREAK
CIANIDE
CREATIVE WASTE (Saudi Arabia)
CRETIN
CRIPPLE BASTARDS (Italy)
DEFEATED SANITY (Germany)
DEVOURMENT
EXHORDER
EXHUMED
HOODED MENACE (Finland)
IMPALED NAZARENE (Finland)
THE KILL (Australia)
LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY (Netherlands)
MACHETAZO (Spain)
MALIGNANT TUMOUR (Czech Republic)
NEUROSIS
NIGHTBRINGER
NOKTURNEL
REPUGNANT (Sweden)
WORMED (Spain)

With a line up this killer it’s not something to miss. Neurosis making an appearance as a headliner, along some other favorite bands like Defeated Sanity, Repugnant, Wormed, Devourment, and Hooded Menace I’m ready to start saving up cash.

A Post Made of Babies

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Jul.10, 2010

Upon being shown this band, Made Out of Babies, I made the quickest attempt to check out more from them after hearing the track “Cooker” on the album The Ruiner. Nary a band comes by that is metal with a female vocalist, let alone one as jarring, and worthwhile as Julie Christmas. For an overall atmosphere, this group carries an atmosludge feel similar to Neurosis or Harvey Milk, but with occasional dissonant guitar jangles and other nuances that set them so far apart from the aforementioned groups. So far the group has three releases, Trophy, Coward, and The Ruiner. If those other two are as good as The Ruiner is, I’d suggest checking them out for sure. You can also catch a few of their tracks on We Reach: The Music of the Melvins and Triad, a split with some post-sludge bands.