Krallice
Ygg Huur
Avantgarde Music (2015)
Krallice was a band that was working like a Swiss clock watch. They were very punctual with their releases, putting out album after album, with just about one year gaps between each release. That was the case at least until and including the release of Years Past Matter. That was also the first time that the band did not release their music through Profound Lore Records. Ygg Huur comes three whole years following the release of Years Past Matter. That wait was quite scary, but it also raised anticipation for what Krallice would do with their music and what we would experience from a new offering from the band. The first aspect that comes into perspective, before even hearing a single note from the album, is its duration. Krallice's albums would span for at least an hour, even stretching to about eighty minutes as was the case with Dimensional Bleedthrough, but for Ygg Huur that duration has been halved. So, where does that lead to? Krallice would have to fit all their intensity, ferocity and technicality within the given space, something that they are able to brilliantly pull through, and come out much more focused and raging as a result.What … Read more
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Fat Wreck Chords (2015)
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Telegraph Harp (2015)
Known in his lifetime (1685-1750) primarily as an organist, German-born Johann Sebastian Bach has, in the course of the last … Read more
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Deafheaven
New Bermuda
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