Eibon
Eibon


4.0
excellent

Review

by rasputin USER (201 Reviews)
March 4th, 2009 | 25 replies


Release Date: 2008 | Tracklist

Review Summary: sludge that violently packs the fudge

Although forming only in 2005 and releasing naught but a split and this very EP, Eibon definitely make a marked impact on the listener with their invasive and enveloping style of sludge metal. While most sludge relies on a gritty feel, Eibon takes it one step further by highly improving the clarity of their music in order to give a very large and somewhat complete sound; the feedback induced paralysis typically associated with the genre has not disappeared, merely better felt and clearly understood.

Beginning with ‘Asleep and Threatening’, a short feedback saturated drum introduction nuzzles its throbbing head in, before the bass and drums force home the final thrust with a literally huge and arse pounding riff. Akin to the latter half of its name, the sinister riffs on the track and on ‘Staring at the Abyss’ are seemingly threatening, expounding the thought of an impeding doom.

It would be a hard stretch to make a point of the band’s melody; there are touches here and there that meld together from the band’s avid cohesion, but it would be inappropriate to deem Eibon as a sludge band with any particular melodious aim. For the greater part, Eibon follows on with its apocalyptic grounding, delivering it both musically and thematically.

Aside from the hole-stretching nature of the band’s music, Georges Balafas’ vocals must be mentioned due to its contribution to the EP’s menacing tone. His screeches are extraordinarily raspy, but not in an ‘almost breaking’ kind of way; they resonate alongside the riffs and the feedback superbly, and really drive home the band’s sludge aesthetic.

It’s only a twenty minute chocolate romp, but you can sure that Eibon is one chocolate romp that you will not forget. The two songs on the EP are remarkably well written and sound fantastic, leaving one’s mouth watering for something, anything, more from the band. Highly recommended.



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rasputin
March 5th 2009


14968 Comments


All lost reviews are now recovered.

jrowa001
March 5th 2009


8752 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i listened to this a few days ago. its heavy stuff. great find

SnackaryBinx
March 5th 2009


2309 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

this romped my chocolate producer.

rasputin
March 5th 2009


14968 Comments


slays for days

SnackaryBinx
March 5th 2009


2309 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

romps chocolate for days

gaslightanthem
March 5th 2009


5208 Comments


Hey snackary I want to put my meat in your pooper and pull out with it covered in chocolate sauce. That's how much ILY.

SnackaryBinx
March 5th 2009


2309 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i don't know man, after listening to this there can't be much left. but you're always welcome.

gaslightanthem
March 5th 2009


5208 Comments


DEEP DICKING

I would so bold that if coding worked.

SnackaryBinx
March 5th 2009


2309 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

deep dicks



cocks if this doesn't work.

rasputin
March 5th 2009


14968 Comments


Eibon will give you a DEEP DICKING

SnackaryBinx
March 5th 2009


2309 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

it's bold and big!

rasputin
March 5th 2009


14968 Comments


it came from the heavens

gaslightanthem
March 5th 2009


5208 Comments


Eibon will give you a DEEP DICKING

Should be your conclusion.

Edit: I don't know how to do big writing This Message Edited On 03.04.09

Phantom
March 5th 2009


9010 Comments


[ size= ]Deep Dicking[/size]

This Message Edited On 03.04.09

rasputin
March 5th 2009


14968 Comments


[ size = number ] text [ / size ]



Phantom
March 5th 2009


9010 Comments


lol. But Kane is right. That should be the review's summary.

gaslightanthem
March 5th 2009


5208 Comments


Ta.

gaslightanthem
March 5th 2009


5208 Comments


And no the summary is fine, that just needs to be in the concluding paragraph.

Phantom
March 5th 2009


9010 Comments


:*

rasputin
March 5th 2009


14968 Comments


less fucking about, more checking out the EP

do it



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