Ben Frost - By The Throat [2009]

1 Killshot
2 The Carpathians
3 O God Protect Me
4 Híbakúsja
5 Untitled Transiet
6 Peter Venkman Pt I
7 Peter Venkman Pt II
8 Leo Needs a New Pair of Shoes
9 Through the Glass of the Roof
10 Through the Roof of Your Mouth
11 Through the Mouth of Your Eye

Ben Frost's 2007 album Theory Of Machines caused quite a stir within the electronic music community, shattering genre conventions with its deft conflation of intensely dark metal, academic electroacoustics and blissful, drone-weaving modern classical touches. By The Throat takes these same principles and develops them into something altogether grander. This is an album of contradictions: during the opening piece 'Killshot', you'll be exposed to music that's both viscerally hard on the ears and achingly beautiful, combining gracefully cinematic dulcimer melodies and mesmeric swells of noise that swirl amid a sea of nerve-shredding electronics. The track segues into a dirge of howling wolves with 'The Carpathians', a piece of doom-laden menace that competes with the grimmest moments of SunnO))) or KTL in terms of intensity. We're only a couple of tracks in so far, but already this is shaping up to be pretty special. Despite opening with a tuneful flurry of string plucks, 'Hibakusja' soon reveals a darker side, collapsing into a horrifying mess of respiratory unpleasantness, as if soundtracking a drowning man trying to keep afloat - the field recordings of someone desperately drawing breath take on a creepily emotive timbre once immersed in serrated noise signals and melancholy string arpeggios. This is no easy ride, yet despite the disturbing undercurrents and horror soundtrack tactics this album never ceases to sound beautiful. Co-produced by Frost and the dependably excellent Valgeir Sigursson, By The Throat also owes some of its sonic prowess to contributions from Amiina, The Arcade Fire's Jeremy Gara and fellow Bedroom Community star Nico Muhly. This formidable and far-reaching body of work might be one of 2009's most singularly impressive listening experiences, and very likely the only record you'll hear this year whose repertoire consists of both luscious classical chamber compositions and the hunting calls of killer whales... A very high recommendation. - Boomkat

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Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses - Manfauna (EP, 2007)

"Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses are a British instrumental quintet that plays dark, antiquated sounding music encompassing elements of Eastern European folk, avant-rock, broken-down calliope music, and neo-classical film composition. More a trip to an anachronistic world of neo-baroque psychedelia than a simple study in diced-up ecclecticism, the music on Perils sways between lush chamber orientated melancholia, apocalyptic bombast, and epic ghost train high-drama. Featuring members of Guapo, Aethenor, Chrome Hoof and Cathedral."

Label: Latitudes

Line-up:

Daniel O'Sullivan
Orlando Harrison
Sara Hubrich
Leo Smee
David Smith

Tracklist:

1 Manticore
2 Taus
3 Garp Gadriel

www.myspace.com/headlesshorses

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Hekate - Sonnentanz (2000)

1- Der Nibelunge Nôt *
2- To Break A Heart
3- L' Ivresse
4- In Deinem Leben
5- Findhorn
6- Fatherland
7- Dos Kelbl
8- Du Mein Einzig
9- Danse De L' Obscurité
10- Die Sonne Im Geiste
11- Die Gedanken Sind Frei
12- Sonnentanz

* Track 1 was divided into two tracks

This is the first full-lenght album from Hekate, “Sonnentanz”, proves its evolution. The music is sort of a mixture of neo-folk and medieval styles, completed with powerful drumming and use of electronics. Hekate consists of many members and a rich instrumentarium and with several vocalists (male and female), so that the songs are pretty varied. Sometimes it sounds bombastic, with martial drums and trumpets, sometimes fragile and beautiful with female voices and acoustic guitars and strings. Most lyrics are in German, but there are also texts in French, Yiddish and old German. My favourite track is "Du mein einzig", and was my first approach to the sound of Hekate, that was in V.A. Miroque Vol. VI, that i buy some years ago.

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...The Soil Bleeds Black - Alchemie [1999]

1- Magia Naturalis

2- Luna Begets Mercury

3- Winter Marriage

4- Make Not Vain the Cup thou Drankest

5- Mineralia

6- Moonburn

7- Lapis Philosophorum (A. Blickos - vocals)

8- Fire of the Sacred Seal (Peter Petterson (Arcana) - vocals, keyboards)

9- Jongleurs in a Threefold

10- Silver Song

11- Dethrone the Wounded King

12- Some Sweet Sorrow did Her Heart Distraine, Act I

TSBB have made themselves less dependent upon synthetic sounds in their debut recording for World Serpent. “Alchemie” is a conglomeration of songs based heavily upon the medieval occult science for which the album is named and its Focusing on traditional instrumentation and composition. The album also features other songs portraying Arthurian legend and the bravery of knights on the battlefield. The well-known Swedish Cold Meat Industry artist, Arcana , make a very special guest appearance on the track, “Lapis Philosophorum.”

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...The Soil Bleeds Black - May The Blood Of Many A Valiant Knight Be Avenged [1998]

1- This Is A Tale...
2- Enter The Green Knight
3- To Strike One Stroke For Another
4- A Twelvemonth Of Fear For The Coming Year
5- Rejoice
6- Victory Is Mine
7- Foreshadow
8- Now Sets Off A Noble Knight
9- Sorrow With Summer Comes
10- Sir Gawain Bores His Emblem Bright
11- Across Country He Rides For The Table Round
12- A Castle Most Comely
13- We Welcome Thee, Sir Gawain
14- There Was Meat, There Was Mirth, There Was Much Joy
15- The Good Host's Deal
16- The Lord, His Host, Leads The First Hunt
17- Fair Pastimes They Pursue
18- She Kisses The Knight So True
19- With Many A Brave Blast They Boast Their Prize
20- Sweet Melody
21- Gallant And True Sir Gawain Still
22- Off To The Wood Away
23- Gracious Gawawin Gives Thanks
24- Now The New Year Draws Near
25- In His Richest Raiment
26- That Princely Steed
27- Warning From The Man That Rode Nearby
28- The Chapel Green
29- What A Place Acursed
30- Strike Once More
31- Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
32- The Green Knight Fails At The Third Throw
33- Hony Soyt Qui Mal Pense
34- Gawain Sets Out Anew

TSBB's themed third album based on the "Tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." This album exhibits TSBB's first explorations into non-synthetic instrumentation and carries both jovial and melancholic atmospheres.Just another FANTASTIC album for this great artists. Highly Recommend

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While Sad Spirits Around Me Stroll - In the Distance (demo) [2007]

1. Among the Stars (2:59)
2.The Morning Dew Runs in My Veins (3:42)
3. Astral Prophecy (3:24)
4. The Harmful Black Bird (3:14)
5. From a Tomb-like Refuge (3:04)
6. The Secret Moon and the Sleepy Meadow (3:32)
7. Their Woods (3:09)
8. Become the OBSCURE (5:00)
9. The Gate (5:07)
10.In the Distance (2:09)

Available only as cassette.
http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=155706

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