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"This is a vision of horror. That for the day. "
Reverend Bizarre I discovered a few years ago, the release of her debut album. Cantor of a doom-metal purist says he wants incantatory, and refers only to the first three albums, Black Sabbath, Saint Vitus and Pentagram, which diverts some images shamelessly. Reverend Bizarre is not alone, however, there is a real passion that charmed me. However, the titles of ten minutes without solid riffs punctuated, eventually get tired. Probably because I see in the solo, even minimalist, part of lyricism needed to take off the nightmare the darkest fantasies into a small clearing. Then I found interesting Reverend Bizarre, but without any measure with Sleep, Electric Wizard, Goatsnake and High On Fire.
And then there was this disc. Has Sami Hynninen said Sir Albert Witchfinder "on bass and vocals, Kimi Kärki said" Father Peter Vicar "on guitar and Jari Pohjonen said" Mr. Earl Of Void "on drums, the trio decided to return Finland the sources of such doom and dice the late 90s. His integrity, his EP as long as their albums, its incredible prolixity, and his melancholy old-fashioned group did a mini-legend.
when, in 2007, they decided to separate on a third album, claiming they had told all and that any other output discography would shaded their discography, they do not know how hard this is major.
It is a combination of impeccable riffs, a rhythm hover above reproach. And the song of Sir Albert Witchfinder seems touched by grace evil.
This title is in itself a journey into the human soul. Mid-tempo, the first title queries, tireless. It is the soundtrack to these gloomy cityscapes that can be seen on a Paris highway. These large gray buildings, these sites decommissioned, these commercial areas out of sight. And the filth, the acrid smell that takes you by the throat. Everything you sick. Everything seems artificial. Cradingue these landscapes, the magical tree in the car, air conditioned office, laundry and sink clogged at home. All this feels the precast. Everything is formatted, you're not free, and this is a reality.
So this first song is 29 minutes of a force deaf, as if the beasts of the underground world of HP Lovecraft were finally out of the ground to shred with the greatest ferocity jumble your boss, your colleague obsequious, or your stepmother. It is hoped this storm as one who cleans and foremost human stupidity, it is expressed by men or by their creations. The Vicar
scrapes his Gibson SG with a haunting riff, angry. Sir Albert sings despair, fear. His voice, lyrical, bombastic German described the witch. The pagan myth of Pan-German legends, The Valkyrie, the bloody dog. And then behind, there are these black warriors, covered with metal armor, black leather and animal skins. Leather and their faces covered with a thick beard, Cruel eyes glisten in the moonlight. They are ready to attack.
you, driving your old car sight threatening their silhouettes on the hill in the distance. They will charge, they are there to save us from our conditions of slaves, and there will be no quarter. They will use their occult powers to finally restore the balance of forces of nature, those that can not be challenged. There's echoes of paganism Norse, these fearsome warriors, barbarians aspects, but whose culture and understanding of the elements had an incredible advance on our poor ancestors and mediaeval Christians.
knee, this disc has already been through a thousand worlds swallowed. However, the arid "Sorrow" will not help you to regain your wits. 'They Used .... "Was a wild ride, this second title shot in the head. He is the Way of the Cross infernal man before his impotence. There is even a mirror. A reflection glacial bluntly. Sir Albert incantatory, serious, like a priest sordid, unwholesome. The riff heavy falls heavily on deep bass drums and apocalyptic.
is a vision of horror. That of everyday life. That of the human misery that makes you end up in an office among an army of poor backgrounds whose only ambitionnels are football matches, a nice bike, a big car, big house comfortable, and respect sweating Submission of the rank of chief. All this set with model child and a woman sexually and always subject primed. Is this a result of this vision that the Vicar is roaring chorus icy, while feedback? But this disc is revenge, then in a final death rattle, the guitar gets angry. She begins to thunder, sip of thumping bass and drums relentless. Vicar triggers the storm, while sustain. We are not dogs, we have no right to be that. The rage in my heart, Reverend Bizarre illuminates the horizon of the victims. The sun glows even for those who love him.
"Funeral Summer" drove the nail into his chest. Sinister, sarcastic, he is just playing with words in light appearances . Yet the hatred is there. "One Last Time" closes the chapter. It is a dismal spell, which ends in a procession of wah-wah and chorus epic that seems to recall that nothing is won. It's been going wrong, it's the worst that could happen, but it happens every summer.
The second disc will see a succession of two large heavy-songs: "One Last Time" and "Caesar Forever", just an instrumental interspersed with crossed feedback and hate, between two long breathing unhealthy apnea in hell. Because these two songs are massive, powerful, granite. But unlike albums previous aridity is by no means a failure. It is an adrenaline despair. The first, a disappointment in love that goes into slow drive punctuated by shots of hate-hat sounding like the death knell. The second for an apology of a black dictator, who refers to many grim examples of flesh and bone. It is the translation of this terrible thirst for power leads only to destruction.
"Caesar Forever" is an obelisk of heavy riffs that only accentuates the feeling of power, but also face crushing power.
But here, everything is clean. No free demonstration, not imitation Django Rheinardt. Found again this climate Crimsonien the first album. Before plunging into the abyss.
Yet even sang the bass seems to agreements metallic killing more heroic. There is a need for air, a desire to emerge from the mire. It feels worn, before we resume the anger, and erase all the latest hints of lucidity. Unless this is immense need of love, brotherhood, being with people you love, in whom you trust. As if that were ultimately not really within our reach.
"Bonus Track" is a Drone conclusion of the whole. This title does nothing, except a scary buzzing. It is the catalyst of intense emotions experienced before. It is this violent return to reality, as the sound of vacuum cleaner or ventilation system wakes you in your deepest sleep. With this discomfort back to a reality too shabby
For this album lifts you to a higher level of sensitivity. It is simply not possible to return free of such emotional journey. And casually, he became one of the cornerstones of the huge rock of the 2000s. As an obelisk. As a presence. All Rights
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Predecessor "Argus", so he was released in 1971. What delighted me most is this beautiful pocket enigmatic, this sunset glowing behind a tangle of tree branches completely enigmatic, ghostly. And then there's this mystical name, with the cover reveals the rather rural nature and pagan.
Finally there among the Top Wishbone Ash, I mean closer to the bone. For it is in fact the disc progressive blues quartet, nothing less. While the following discs will clear more of a lush melodic heavy rock, Ash plays the blues and boogie. But in his way.
What you should know is that Wishbone Ash were formed from the ashes still smoking from the British Blues Boom. This current of the late '60s saw Chicken Shack, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, Savoy Brown, Cream and many other clear blues and jazz with the fury of rock.
Dice "Go Tell", a superb and energetic instrumental jazz-rock, the band explores new colors with a masterly thoroughness. We could see there than just jam, but already biting instruments actually more than just backtrack.
Then follows "The Pilgrim". Misty, melancholy, especially in his introduction, he reveals the true major influence of Ash: The Fleetwood Mac Peter Green. More specifically the album "Then Play On." We thus find in the introduction to "The Pilgrim" magnificent "Underway". And more generally the twin guitars. For the real inventors of this technique have in fact extended and perfected the technique of guitar dialogues ¨ Peter Green and Danny Kirwan. The long instrumental odyssey, punctuated too jazzy vocal lines, plunging the listener in a strange world made of old yellowed photos 70s, vast grassland and woodland traversed by a wave that plays with pebbles.
And then there are breaks in feedback, blackening the sky, indicating the arrival of the danger. Concern grows, wind blows through the tall trees, and a silhouette, hunched and grimacing emerges without the flashes of the storm. A fox flees from this vision, the long grass lie downwind, and the figure seems to announce the bad omen.
Next comes "Jailbait." It's back to the urban, the industrious little town, the faces of the workers starting work early, the sun even rose. This is the story of convict will escape and warns her that baby. The doubt settles. The feedback rises, the vibrato of the Flying V and the Stratocaster to meet together in the terrifying hoots, announcing a sad end. The man goes out, but what will he find? The love she still? It is in any case a boogie rustic, giving the most beautiful games to guitars.
But these are the guitars of Wishbone Ash, that is to say control, fine, chiseled, turns crystal clear and hot, or croaking. Do not look here a boogie to the Status Quo, this is not the kind of home. The riff is not fat their niche. Everything seems thoughtful juxtapositions of rhythm and solo guitars fit perfectly, Nothing seems left to the facility to primary riff. However, it shows an incredible sense of honesty and simplicity.
Is it a coincidence that the prisoner and his "Jailbait" is followed by "Alone," a melancholy instrumental? Concept album if there is not, this disc seems well thought out. This small inset 2'30''is yet a small miracle. "Lullaby" is a beautiful instrumental, which does nothing but refreshing. "Valediction" is the weak point of the album. Its melody a little too religious and impersonal striker coherence, despite its good performance.
Fortunately, the finale to forget this little faux pas: "Where Were You Tomorrow" is a boogie typed Savoy Brown. Simple, exuberant, he takes the listener for ten minutes in an odyssey almost nostalgic for the time, incredibly invigorating hand. Piece recorded live, so bursting with spontaneity, it is a delight to rock music. You'll find yourself listening to this track in full, without any second zap, solos drum, low, or exchanges with the public.
from this album, very instrumental, wobbly, it remains an amazing feeling. Comparing with "Argus" and "New England", this disc is rough-hewn, almost, than its predecessor, this first album which contained "Phoenix". Yet there are the superb sound, this blues rough and imperfect but wonderful these horizons that make this album a magic nugget. These imperfections are born great tenderness, that we may have the honest, human and generous.
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This is a number of groups of all time. They are characterized by rather discographies provided (I mean beyond three disks), a career rather long (over five years), and even a mini-hit country since totally forgotten. And yet everyone who cares. Because they have left no mark in history music, simple or so followers recent arrivals of a wave on the decline: it may well include Savoy Brown, Atomic Rooster or Krokus, all quite good, delivering quality discs, but that history has never held because less powerful than the "II" Led Zeppelin "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath. It should then want to discover them, in daring to draw a discography totally unknown and no reference, no known commercial or musical milestone. There are yet
nuggets. This first disc Silver is one. For the record, Silver is the group of Rod Argent, former keyboard and composer of The Zombies. The latter left to posterity the psychedelic pop "Odessey And Oracle" in 1968, pretty little nugget that the world music hip discovers ... lately. In Silver, we discover a pretty good drummer named Robert Henri, and for good reason, because it was one of the best friends ... Keith Moon. Even an ascetic, so.
And above all, there are a Russ Ballard on guitar and vocals. And there it goes bad. Because the character could concentrate all that is worst in Rock Music. It is indeed the author, years later some good FM tubes, such as "Since You Been Gone "and" I Surrender "by Rainbow, or the producer's solo album the singer's girlfriend ... ABBA, among others.
"Like Honey" begins as a gentle, almost jazzy. After "Liar," Ballard song that will become a tube for the group Three Dog Night in the mid 70s. As such, in its original approach, is almost frightening. Misty, just punctuated by a bass drum, remote keyboards and guitar laid-back, the song explodes on the chorus of a few cymbals and backing vocals shouting "Liar." "Be Free" is compared to "Liar," a commercial song. More accessible, it is a gentle, but nothing miraculous.
This is not the case at the top of this disc: "Schoolgirl". Just what the title has something vicious. First there
After this title, everything seems bleaker. Yet there are some nice nuggets like this "Freefall" seeing Ballard roost on acute castrato awkward that make this song its character. Ca, and these keyboards, liquid again, and then the chorus BEATLES on the chorus, majestic and so intimate.
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