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1. The October Bird Of Death
2. Mr. Hunk
3. The Race From Homind To Star Flight
4. Euglena
5. The Protagonist Fails, The Pugilist Fails
6. Shields
7. Proud Sons Of A Magnanimous Land
8. Stretching For The Zenith
9. Sekret Redem
Release Date: 2006 | |
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On 2 Lists
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| Summary: A monolithic underground masterpiece. |
3 of 3 thought this review was well written
Finding music you enjoy is quite simple these days. It's too bad there are still a lot of bands that slip under the radar. Guess what? Sika Redem are one of those bands. They're based in Conventry, England and are known for melding post-hardcore, post-rock and post-metal with erratic transitions. They mention Converge, Isis, Mogwai, Circle Takes The Square, Pink Floyd and Off Minor as their influences. I can safely say that this is pretty much as close as you will get to the sound of all those bands combined.
There is also an added instrument into the mix. When Tommy Jones isn't unloading his emotionally distressing post-hardcore vocals, you will often find him singing in indistinguishable clean vocals. Even though they're usually hard to decipher, they build a whole different atmosphere by adding chant-like meloncholic spaceyness and a different vibe to break up the chaos. You will immediately notice it on the albums opener The October Bird Of Death where he uses his voice to actually intensify the incoming climax. On your first listen through, that track will be the one you may come back to first because it is slightly more accessible than the rest.
The other track I would like to mention is perhaps the most colossal monster to ever meet your ears. Stretching For The Zenith starts off with a nice softly played riff with the bass and drums following to play along to it. The song seems like it's going to be a nice stoner-esque chill out session to flow into the end of the album. This is far from the truth. When Tommy's screams start, everything gradually gets more claustrophobic as the song progresses. Unlike other tracks that let you have a breather, the breaks are about as long as a blink of an eye. The screams are basically unrelentless for about 8 minutes and just when you think the song can't possibly change to another direction, it does. The climaxes are quite quick and slightly overwhelming. Sekret Redem is placed right after it and slows everything down to let you try to absorb everything you've just heard before it's all over.
The mathy technicalities are also a highlight. They never try to go over the top and just show off. Their compositions, while quite spastic, seem well thought out. To put it simply: Entheogen is an unconventional must listen for everyone. There is just so much emotion in this album that you need to listen to it a few times over to correctly absorb all the different feelings it outlays.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Oh and the guy who produced the Cult Of Luna albums also produced this.
Get onto it.
The October Bird Of Death:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhlmXu1gXA
Stretching For The Zenith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpvNiC1_OoU
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They're based in Coventry in England and they meld post-hardcore, post-rock and post-metal with random chaos.
You might want to change this to something like this: They're based in Conventry, England and are known for melding post-hardcore, post-rock, and post-metal. I would expand on that 'with random chaos' bit.
they sound quite amazing and adds a chant-like meloncholic spaceyness and a different vibe to break up the chaos.
Just a pet-peeve, but please refrain from saying things like 'sounds quite amazing'. Also, change 'adds' to 'add' because 'adds' doesn't work in context.
as a blink of your eyelid
Might want to change this to 'as a blink of an eye'.
I noticed that you italicize both bands and song titles. To help differentiate I like to italicize album titles, leave band names as they are (obviously capitalize them), and frame songs in quotation marks. Good review though, you used artists as a comparison to give the listener an idea of what to expect when listening to them. You can obviously write well, but you should transition things more appropriately and work a little on sentence structure. But yeah, make those corrections and you're all set. Pos'd.
Digging: Between the Buried and Me - Colors Digging: Between the Buried and Me - Colors
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll go fix it now.
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This sounds like something I'd love.
Digging: Carissa's Wierd - Songs About Leaving
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Check out the youtube videos dude.
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It's a shame that no one has checked this out yet.
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all you had to do was mention Cult of Luna
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I like how the first linked video for Stretching For The Zenith on youtube is "Me on Acid, Coke, Speed and Ecstasy all at once. in 2008"
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Hmmm, sounds interesting. Will get
Nice work Powerban
Digging: Amon Tobin - Amon Tobin Digging: Amon Tobin - Amon Tobin
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Thanks dude.
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Listened to a track on YouTube. Not bad.
Digging: Jaga Jazzist - A Livingroom Hush
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I heard Stretching... but the snare sucked
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can understand that assumption. this album is pretty raw. it takes more patience than usual. it's rewarding though, probs needs about 5-6 listens to get into it.
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maybe this song might help you guys out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo0OOUUMtEk
it's their latest stuff yet to be put on an album.
a lot more post-metal, and sexy.
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Band sounds interesting, but I'm not digging the review. Awkward in many parts, doesn't seem to flow nicely. Short, but not as sweet as I'd like. Not trying to sound like an ass or anything; just putting my couple cents out there.
Digging: Jom Mom - Avery Cagle: True Story of a Banning
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While you seemed to have put your two cents out there, you haven't helped me out at all. Not saying you're an ass either, just more information like Gyro suggested would be great.
I can probably use a few dashes/hyphens in some places actually. I have an uncanny way of making my reviews seem awkward and I'm not quite sure how.
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I can see why you suggested this to me Powerban. This is pretty sad how unnoticed this is...
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Well, you tend to start paragraphs with sentences that belong in the middle of paragraphs ; i.e. ones containing "also", "as well", etc.
The other thing that stands out is how you write two sentences that could easily could be combined, which makes the review seem choppier.
As far as things like the information/opinion ratio, though, your review excels, which is where so many others falter.
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