Includes unlimited streaming of swallowed by the sky via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3. His music explores things that humans feel on an intuitive level but struggle to fully understand. Red market nwvic nerve war sterilizer the sequence of prime. I usually like longer songs so that i can marinate myself in all of their gruesome savagery, but crypteria do a fantastic job of creating minute, memorable bangers with no extra time wasted.
The lead track that streamed on bandcamp, leading up to release day, featured more melodic vocals and guitars than those early tracks on vhol. Abuse of this feature may prevent future contributions from your account. Deeper than sky profound lore records profound lore bandcamp. The second fulllength release for the metal band formed by john cobbett of hammers of misfortune and aesop dekker of agalloch with sigrid sheie also of hammers. Mastered at trakworx in san francisco, california, usa. Photography, layout, and art direction by kevin clark. But on a thematic level, it digs deeper than the here and now, the bus stop in front of him, the string of tour dates looming ahead. Its a song cycle inspired by wallace stevens harmonium. Deeper than sky also proves that you dont necessarily need to look for nonmetal genre bedfellows to create a fresh and exciting heavy metal album in 2015. The organicelectronic sound weaves raios prayerful vocals with his afroinflected guitar lines, kamelngoni grooves, tribal percussion, and electronic production.
Two of the songs from this fourtrack release walls and locked in are currently streaming on bandcamp, where the ep is available as a name your price download, and the cassette can be ordered here. The vinyl edition of deeper than sky is presented as a single lp in a thick gatefold jacket with a high gloss finish. Vhol deeper than sky preorder profound lore records. For now though, all they have to do is take in and embrace the majestic metal on show here. Songs about people including myself is the revolutionary album that redefined vocaldriven synthwave in 2018. The wild, high production of vhol is replaced by a cleaner, more separated sound, allowing the four voices to stand out in greater relief. For example 3am is a hardcore punk number that displays vhol at their most straightforward, while red chaos is reminiscent of the debut album and may remind the listener of slayers angel of death in its beginning. The bands debut did a great job of landing vhol on the map, but this thing makes it clear that theyre here to stay and have an abundance of really, really loud things to say.
Evelyn by nearly headless, released 16 may 2017 ive awoken when the shadows creep after drifting at the hollow strum now the trampoline is draped in leaves and the day is nearly done so we snuck in through the backyard just before it got dark the sky was bluish purplish pink your hair was waltzing with the breeze the suns sheer curtain sank between the broken cloud links while the impatient. When their debut album was released in 20, vhol was a surprise to many with preconceived notions of what a new band comprised of two exludicra. Includes unlimited streaming of deeper than sky via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. And to conclude this roundup i have two songs from. The artwork for vho l s deeper than sky perfectly illustrates the shredded cosmos the album explores. Scattered out of focus lights ep by being still, released 14 may 2019 1.
Over the garden wall by the blasting company, released 22 september 2017 1. Includes unlimited streaming of through pinholes in the sky via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download. With their new album deeper than sky, vhol have created something totally. Released 23 october 2015 on profound lore catalog no. Black metal, doom, noise rock, and other extreme music styles. A diy record label in wisconsin founded and run by adam bartlett focused primarily on vinyl releases in the genres of u.
The new vhol album deeper than sky is now available for cddigital preorders via the vhol preorder page here all preorders come with a free automatic download of the new track the desolate damned and the itunes digital preorder is set at a discounted rate. Joni aficionados will no doubt recognize allusions in both the album and composition titles, but swallowed by the sky s connections run deeper than mere reference. Novallo i by novallo, released 01 september 2012 1. Whether its intentional or not, deeper than sky is more urgent than foreigners love can be. There are dozens of bands out there forcing indie rock and shoegaze into their black metal albums with the care of a burnout shoving their stash into a mattress to hide it from the police. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app.
Vhol astonished everyone with their 20 debut, a turbocharged blast of retro speed metal, blackened and psychedelicized. The tape edition of the vhol album deeper than sky is limited to 100 pro printed units. Through pinholes in the sky album cover painting by scott nurkin. Season of the witch device head trauma productions reverend mothers 2 reverend mothers. Of course, deeper than sky could just as well have been another passion project, the lovechild of a few eclectic superstars at least as far as the. Includes highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Want a download of sterilizer ii, but dont want to purchase from bandcamp. Combining the retro nostalgia of synthwave with modern pop music, the bad dreamers delivers heartfelt vocal hooks and handsome synth melodies on radiofriendly jewels like california winter, how to disappear, and reach you. I mean, seriously, deeper than sky can get really weird with its elements borrowed from thrash. Featuring members of hammers of misfortune, yob, and agalloch, vhol are the ideal modern metal band, fusing battletested stylistic forms. Tiny star by the blasting company, released 22 september 2017 i wish that i was a shadow id never leave your side and oh, on the moonless nights i would never hide your eyes are a thousand times deeper than the sky and i am a tiny star falling for all time when you are gone the earth will moan and swallow me inside but no, i will follow you far into the night your eyes are a thousand times. With their new album deeper than sky, vhol present something totally nextlevel, taking the sounds of their debut even further into the outer realms of sonic exploration yet remaining within the oldschool speed metal paradigm. The whole focuses even more on melody, and trades most of the black metal for thrash.
For those who placed cd preorders, all preorders have now shipped to those fortunate enough who will hear the album in advance before anyone else. If anything, vhols newest album, deeper than sky serves a single. Its a big melting pot of influences and the band is really having fun with it. The layout features stunning artwork by brandon duncan and john cobbett. For the remaining half a hour of deeper than sky, vhol do not forget any of their influences and go through each of them. Slow forever cobalt where greater men have fallen primordial luminiferous. Beautiful art including fullcolor 12 2 sided insert. Nerve war sterilizer the sequence of prime freebies. Deeper than sky by profound lore records, released 23 october 2015. William owens shotgun blasts of vicious, groovy death metal litter this album throughout its very short runtime. No download code included when vhols selftitled debut album was released in 20 its sound came as a great surprise to many.
There are moments on sky where it feels like cobbett is a practitioner of some kind of lost art, and while his playing is unique, it also feels familiar, and right. All four involved have a rare, vital chemistry, and deeper than sky keeps that fire alive while finding more ways to bend traditional metal formulas. If you hate heavy metal, or riffs, or fun, definitely dont check out deeper than sky. Deeper than sky continues that manic style, with some notable changes. Vhol by vhol, released 09 december 2016 curse these metal hands parlays the uk bands chemistry into a record whichfor all its tinnitusinducing ferocity and elegiac arrangementspractically drips with transcendent joy. Recorded and mixed at light rail studios in san francisco, california, usa. Vhol have come up with a special album with deeper than sky and it will be a difficult task to top it, but fans of the band can rest assured that they will definitely try. Songs about people including myself the bad dreamers. All songs considered in 2015, iron maiden reigned, a oncemysterious sacred music collective returned after 20. Cd version of the new vhol album deeper than sky is now available to order and ship prior to its oct 23 official release date. Deeper than sky by vhol, released 09 december 2016 curse these metal hands parlays the uk bands chemistry into a record whichfor all its tinnitusinducing ferocity and elegiac arrangementspractically drips with transcendent joy. Mick jenkins mick jenkins writing is rich with hardwon perspective and dotted with impressively specific, naturalistic details. Haze top 15 albums of 2015 more fuzz stoner rock blog. Speed metal sprint by hatebreed, battlecross, flotsam.
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