Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Diagonal - Diagonal [2008]

It’s time to dust of your lava lamp, don your loon pants, and find a huge floor cushion to sit on with friends, discussing the universe; Diagonal have arrived! Each member of this seven piece act gets their chance to showcase their considerable abilities in protracted jams, their instruments blending into the hallucinatory harmonies of a bygone era of music.This is their debut album.


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Monday, May 13, 2013

Diagonal - The Second Mechanism [2012]

The Second Mechanism is second album by progressive rock band Diagonal. Opening cut Voyage/Paralysis is like a meeting of Pink Floyd, Eloy, and Soft Machine, while the more aggressive These Yellow Sands sees space rock guitars, analog keyboards, and Passport styled sax lines collide for an exciting prog brew. Mitochondria contains some furious jazz-fusion passages mixing with Tangerine Dream styled electronics (the unison guitar/keyboard/sax lines are outstanding), which will appeal to any fan of classic Soft Machine, and Hulks sees the first appearance of vocals in what is otherwise a dense mix of dark prog & jazz, complete with some searing guitar solos and stabbing sax that culminate in an almost free-jazz finale. Closer Capsizing is a soaring jazz-fusion meets space rock jam with scattered sax, guitar, and keyboard melodies fluttering about the mix, with some nice heavy rock guitar riffs and leads towards the back end of the song.



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The Cult of Dom Keller - The Cult of Dom Keller [2013]

Formed in 2008, Cult of Dom Keller are four psychedelic generals from England Uk who’s kaleidoscopic sonic tapestries weave a mind expanding blend of experimentation, lysergic freak outs and space blues bastardisations that pull the listener into their dark psychedelic world. This their debut album.



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Mars Red Sky - Be My Guide EP [2013]


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Mars Red Sky - Mars Red Sky [2011]

Time for some French psychedelic stoner rock! Mars Red Sky's debut album is totally amazing. The stoner grooves are all over while psych elements build up the atmosphere. The vocals manage to get you in a hypnotic trance state. In its total, Mars Red Sky is a beautiful well-structed album like a comet in the sky; heavy, burning and at the same time mesmerizing and spacey.

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Anciients - Heart of Oak [2013]

Somewhere between sheer, apocalyptic heaviness and precise riffing, lays otherworldly Anciients,  a Vancouver-based rock juggernaut forging crushing heavy metal evocative of veterans High on Fire and contemporary sonic craftsmen, Opeth. Anciients have combined fuck-off-huge chords with mind-altering riffage that takes you on an unfamiliar trip. Heart of Oak is their debut album!




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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Kadavar - Abra Kadavar [2013]

Berlin trio Kadavar have worked quickly to become one of the most prominent acts in the European heavy underground. Their 2012 self-titled debut sounded so organic that even the mp3s had an analog hiss, and while they carried their songs across with an ultra-natural feel, it was the confidence in the material and the spontaneous feel of the performances that made Kadavar’s Kadavar such a watershed release. This is their second album.

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