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My second favorite progressive metal album in existence. With the singing, both the torturous harsh screams and witchlike cleans, being handled by the female fraction of the band, each element is enacted with more emotion than most of their male counterparts could hope to muster. A Larger Silence It's what actually keeps things sounding metal, as the guitars mostly play high-pitched chords with very little obvious distortion. This dynamic is the ultimate epitomization of escapism, one whose forlorn imagery lies in clear sight, but is effervescently veiled by a convincing sense of hope that seemingly lies in far off lands, real and imaginary. Guitars sound like guitars, not digital chunks, twisting around each other in mournful wails, triumphant resolutions, and dreamy chords. Like Khemmis, Pallbearer is keeping the epic doom genre relevant without being cliched.

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Despite the consistency of the album's sound, it is very instrumentally diverse, with each track having many standalone moments of luddicra that make it instantly memorable.

Ludicra's sound has been described as black metal and avant-garde metal. The Tenant is an epic contrast of damnation and salvation, of hope and despair. Yazz Ahmed guests and we feature "The Music of" tribute to French musical legends.

At times, Christy Cather offers her own tortured vocals to the mix, often on top of the clean singing. On the downside, the somber, reflective attitude of the album does not draw out the best from lead vocalist Laurie Sue Shanaman.

Ludicra – The Tenant

If outwardly we accept that nothing can be done without money, Ludicra remind us how frustrating this reality feels. Ludicra balance the beautiful and the ugly like few can. But mostly it centers on isolated-sounding sadness.

But the music is strong as well, so you really have no excuse not to give it a listen. The Seattle band is optimized for one thing, and one thing alone: Foundations Of Burden by Pallbearer. Composer Mario Diaz de Leon uses traditional classical instruments in combination with experimental electronics on his latest album Cycle and Reveal featuring four recent works.

Composer Mario Diaz de Leon Merges the Acoustic and Electronic on 'Cycle and Reveal' album stream premiere Composer Mario Diaz de Leon uses traditional classical instruments in combination with ludidra electronics on his latest album Cycle and Reveal featuring four recent works. Underrated American treasure Jude Johnstone presents refreshingly spare, uncluttered grownup ballads on her latest, Living Room.

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Seldom falling prey to tasteless blast beating, the majority of the album dotted with percussion that uses curious insertions of syncopation make itself standout, ,udicra the while taking great strides to accentuate the lead guitar's blistering riffs. Or browse results titled:.

Popmatters is etnant independently owned and operated. Cobbett's classic metal tendencies rise to the surface on more than one occasion, and each time he does so, it's one of the album's highlights. The Colony by Oil Thief. Something this passionate simply can't come from anywhere but the very heart of one's soul.

Ludicra - The Tenant

Clean White Void It's not uncommon to see metal bands start out operating within the strict confines of a genre template only to stretch their sound far beyond what scenesters would define as "true", developing a more all-inclusive approach, and over the last five years Ludicra has been one of the very best at it. This dynamic is the ultimate epitomization of escapism, one whose forlorn imagery lies in clear sight, but is effervescently veiled by a convincing sense of hope that seemingly lies in far off lands, real and imaginary.

Bandcamp Album of the Day Sep 10, go to album. Themed around the idea of entrapment within a crumbling society, and the luidcra hinderance of one's psychological sanctity, The Tenant deals te is drug addiction, despair and hopelessness. Ludicra have never been a band to repeat the same album twice. Revisiting our best electronic albums fromwe find these records have stood the test of time. When coupled with the poetically misanthropic lyrics, the beautiful album cover and expressive liner art that depict the band members trapped behind apartment windows, rattles the soul to the core.

For the last decade, Bay Area quintet Ludicra has been one of the best-kept secrets in metal music, quietly breaking new ground in extreme metal with a series of albums that, while rooted in black metal, have dared to think outside the parameters of that one particular genre.

Sharing the pacific coast with Agalloch, a fair aesthetic comparison should made musically between Ludicra and the aforementioned. Download the latest version here.

Black metal, shoegaze, classic rock, and blackened folk all rear their heads, but Ludicra never fall prey to the indulgences of genre-hopping. That album marked a move towards progressive rock and traditional heavy metal that bore a striking similarity to the stylistic shift that Norwegian greats Enslaved were undergoing at the same time, black metal tennt be damned.

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