Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling (2011) Great heavy post-rock album!

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— First review of this album —

This is a pretty good album, very consistent and absolutely listenable, so I would recommend it to the post rock fan in special, but also to any prog rock fan who would like to explore this different genre.

Tracklist :

01 Into the black wide Open
02 The Figrin D’an Boogie
03 Invisible Giants
04 Timebends
05 Arecibo (Long Distance Calling)
06 Middleville
07 Beyond the Void

01 Black
02 Fire In The Mountain

03 I Know You, Stanley Milgram!
04 Philadelphia Bluntset
05 The Very Last Day
06 Metulsky Curse Revisited

Tristeza -Spine and Sensory

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— First review of this album —

post rock/math rock band from USA.; well, where else? It seems that every band that plays this genre comes from that country (albeit also from different regions). I´m not an especialist or even fan of this kind of music, but since I like to try something new once in a while I decided to give it a shot. Besides, the name was quite curious (Tristeza means sadness in portuguese, but I don´t know if there is any connection with my native language).

This is their debut and I found the music inside quite interesting: guitar driven, as it is common with post rock bands, but there are (discreet) keyboards too. The tracks are all short (the only exceptionis When We Glow, which clocks a little over the 6 minute mark) and totally instrumental. As usual on this style, the melodies are quite delicate and minimalistic. For the casual listener they might sound repetitive and without much structure, but after some spíns it´s easy to find that they are quite nice and atmospheric (NOT new age). Different, ok, but not self indulgent nor too freakish like so many avant guard or ´modern´ stuff I´ve found during the years. Here the music is definitly more on the soft side, like a soundtrack of a film, making you think of nice landscapes and travellings.

REST IN GORE - "CULINARY BUFFET OF HACKED INNARDS" 2011

— First review of this album —

After years of silence, one of Japan's most Brutal Slamming Death Metal bands is finally releasing their long awaited and highly anticipated debut Full Length CD. Ultra Brutal Guttural Slamming Death Metal. The wait was worth it! Amazing artwork done by the master Tony Koehl.

01 - Septic Apoptosis (2:25)

02 - Splattered Slime (2:59)

03 - Stench of Flesh (1:60)

04 - Pus from Rotten Sutures (3:02)

05 - Putrid Autopsy (2:38)

06 - Rupturing Stomach (3:06)

07 - Piereced Eyeballs (2:47)

08 - Gutrectomy (2:49)

09 - Separated Bodyparts (2:57)

10 - Pathogenic Germs (2:33)