EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE – Drone On With Twinesuns’ “System Regained”

Eden Kupermintz
Premieres
A few weeks ago, we reviewed a unique album; The Empire Never Ended by Twinesuns is an evocative and darkly looming drone album, a sort of mix between Earth and a faint, urban nightmare. Melding loud guitars, rich synths and voluminous static, The Empire Never Ended is a distinct and special work of drone metal. It's also quite good which is why we're very happy to be premiering "System Regained" off of said album. The track perfectly encapsulates the tensions and textures of the release, containing several layers of instruments which border the line between "thundering" and "insidious". Head on down below and make sure to adjust your volume accordingly; you don't want to be blowing out any windows or driving passersby insane.

Twinesuns – The Empire Never Ended

Scott Murphy
Reviews
Nearly every drone metal album is bound to receive the inevitable comparison to Sunn O))), and unsurprisingly so. Drone is a difficult genre to master, what with it's focus on mood and experience instead of typical songwriting tropes. Yet, while perusing reviews of Crystal Shipsss' I Will See No Moon No Sky a couple years ago before writing my own, I found a blog with an interesting take on the album genre. While not verbatim, their general assertion was as follows: Crystal Shipsss' brand of drone metal may recall Sunn O))), but in the end, no band can claim ownership of "the drone." But let's fast forward a bit - what exactly does any of this have to do with Twinesuns' excellent new album, The Empire Never Ended? Well, after but a few minutes into the album, it'll become clear that 1.) the bands sounds like Sunn O))) & 2.) this by no means discounts the sheer intensity and invention that they bring to the genre.