El-Ahrairah El-Ahrairah 2009 Demo
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Archelirion
August 1st 2016


6594 Comments


This review dude hooooly shit. Knocked it out in one paragraph, nice work. Will try and get around to checking this one.


TheSpirit
Emeritus
August 1st 2016


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Thanks man! I actually think you would really dig this.

MoosechriS
August 1st 2016


6353 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Cool review dude, glad to see these guys getting some love around here. Had to bump my rating up to a 4 after revisiting this and the blessing alongside the new full length. I'd kind of forgotten about these guys in a way as the tapes had just ended up amongst the mass of others i've got and never ended up getting played for ages, then you told me about the new release and boom! They've been in solid rotation ever since, hopefully should get my new s/t tape through any day now too :]

TheSpirit
Emeritus
August 1st 2016


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah these guys are actually fantastic. I've never heard them until the new album, but going back to listen to their older stuff has been amazing.

zaruyache
August 2nd 2016


27390 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Fauna: first half great, second half (clean bit and melody) loses steam

Flora: g r e a t first half, but loses steam after the clean section and the latter bm section isn't as good as the first

Lands: slow to get going, but slow riffing actually starts making a cool melodic atmosphere in the second half. Really like the way the tape sounds like it's damaged toward the end; the sound fading in and out reminds me a lot of William Basinski's junk.

I'm thinking a 3/5.

TheSpirit
Emeritus
August 2nd 2016


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Fair enough. I also love the way the tape kind of sputters out at the end. I also really like the clean sections, but to each his own.

TheSpirit
Emeritus
August 2nd 2016


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm glad you liked it though ;]

zaruyache
August 2nd 2016


27390 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

It's OK :3 Checking out The Blessing now. Might not listen to all of it since I kinda wanna it up the new Shataan tonight, too.

TheSpirit
Emeritus
August 2nd 2016


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The blessing is super noisey

Hawks
August 2nd 2016


87474 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Gonna jam this in a little bit here.

zaruyache
August 2nd 2016


27390 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

The blessing is super noisey



first track was cool, second was some of that Wold-y blackened power electronic or w/e nonsense that I hate, third track is cool.

Hawks
August 2nd 2016


87474 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This is fucking awesome, like it just a litte more than the LP probably. And yeah the production sucks hard, but it rules at the same time.



I'm having the same experience with this demo that I had with Ash Borer's first demo, kinda just blowing me away.

ScuroFantasma
Emeritus
August 2nd 2016


11997 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

At first I was thrown by how noisy this is and thought I wouldn't like it, but once I accepted its sound I really, really dug it. This is a different kind of bm, but it sorta returns to the original goal of second wave style, to have the 'poor' production serve an atmospheric purpose. Never heard anything quite like this though.



Review is really well written and structured, and now that I've heard this it's spot on with its description. "Somewhere between the instrumental tumult and white noise exists a gorgeous resonance that was almost certainly an unintentional byproduct, but its presence is invaluable. It's the link to the meditative escapism the album thrives on." That part especially is perfect. The album nearly pulsates due to the nature of its production.

Hawks
August 2nd 2016


87474 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The production honestly puts this over the top for me and makes it my fav of theirs. This demo in particular reminds me so much of the first Ash Borer demo just with a little more experimentation.



The production on their other demos gets a little cleaner (or better, idk if clean is the right word), but I love how they consistently mix raw bm, punk, and drone type ambience into their sound.

ScuroFantasma
Emeritus
August 2nd 2016


11997 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

That AB album is kickass too

Hawks
August 2nd 2016


87474 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah I honestly see these guys as a mixture of Ash Borer and Axis of Light. And anyone familiar with those bands won't be disappointed with these guys.

ScuroFantasma
Emeritus
August 2nd 2016


11997 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I can get behind that, they're like Axis style with the atmosphere and production of Ash.

Hawks
August 2nd 2016


87474 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Exactly how I would put it bro.

TheSpirit
Emeritus
August 2nd 2016


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Scuro, what do you think of this?

hansoloshotfirst
August 2nd 2016


1580 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

sweet review. good to see them getting some more well deserved love.

their lp is among my favorite bm albums this year so far.



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