• Interview with earthtone9

    earthtone9 discuss the creative process behind In Resonance Nexus, their collaboration with producer Lewis Johns, and offer insight into the album’s exploration of themes like perception and reality.

  • Interview with Hail Spirit Noir

    Hail Spirit Noir delve into the inspiration behind their intense new sound, the philosophical and scientific themes that shape the album, and the collaborative process that brought Fossil Gardens to life.

  • Interview with Fuck The Facts

    Fuck The Facts drummer Mathieu Vilandre was kind enough to take some time to answer some questions regarding their new album “Pleine Noirceur”.

Showing posts with label Batillus. Show all posts

Batillus – Concrete Sustain | Review

09:47 1 Comments
Active since 2007, Brooklyn’s Batillus are one of the most intriguing sounding bands I’ve come across in a long time. “Concrete Sustain”, the band’s sophomore effort (following 2011’s “Furnace”), features six profound, brooding songs that incorporate elements from several different genres. Their approach is rooted firmly in doom metal, with heavy, bleak guitar chords, agonizing growls, sluggish, pounding drums and rumbling bass lines, but there’s also a strong industrial/drone influence on this record that occasionally brings to mind a heavier version of Swans. This amalgamation might sound odd in words, but Batillus actually know how to fuse these disparate sounds with rather enjoyable results.
The album opens with nearly a minute of noisey feedback, industrial effects and martial drums as part of opener “Concrete”, a song that melds cold, military percussion with crushing guitars and the creepy, raspy vocals of Fade Kainer to create a rather disturbing and chilling atmosphere. Following track, “Cast” carries out the same gloomy and industrial feel, but on “Beset”, Batillus adopt a more minimal approach to churn out nearly eight minutes of punishingly-slow and mournful doom metal. Album closer, “Thorns” is another strong track, offering a bewitching fusion of trad doom with post-rock elements.
All in all, “Concrete Sustain” is pretty solid release that fans of doom and unconventional music will want to check out.

Band info: www.batillusdoom.com
Label info: www.seventhrule.com
Read More »
Published by SCRATCHtheSurface
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)
Copyright © 2013 .::SCRATCHtheSurface Webzine::.