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Showing posts with label Obsidian Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obsidian Kingdom. Show all posts

Friday, September 25, 2020

Obsidian Kingdom "Meat Machine"


Country: Spain
Genre(s)Experimental Progressive Alternative Metal
LabelSeason of Mist
FormatCD, digital, vinyl
Release date:  September 25, 2020
Tracklist
1. The Edge (3:58)
2. The Pump (4:24)
3. Mr Pan (5:38)
4. Naked Politics (4:21)
5. Flesh World (6:15)
6. Meat Star (4:41)
7. Spanker (4:19)
8. Vogue (3:42)
9. Womb Of Wire (5:17)
10. A Foe (5:26)

Total Time 48:01

Line-up
Rider G Omega: Guitars, Vocals
Ojete Mordaza II: Drums
Om Rex Orale: Bass
Eaten Roll I: Guitars and vocals
Jade Riot Cul: Keyboards and synths

Description/Reviews
OBSIDIAN KINGDOM is devoted to exploring the boundaries of Rock music. The Barcelonan band defies classification to this very day, drawing equally on progressive rock, post-metal, alternative and electronic music. However hard to pigeonhole, it remains consistent with delivering exciting content that never fails to surprise the audience.
‘Meat Machine’ is a frantic attempt at self-discovery, through a head-first plunge into the anxiety derived from sexual frustration, the absurd of reality and the inherent cruelty of a mechanized world. It is an emotional roller-coaster featuring an abrasive and overwhelming sound that draws equally from noise and art rock, post metal and late 90s alternative music.

Media/Samples 
The Pump
Meat Star
Bandcamp

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Friday, March 11, 2016

Obsidian Kingdom “A Year With No Summer”


Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 11, 2016
Tracklist
1. A Year With No Summer (6:27)
2. April 10th (4:46)
3. Darkness (7:08)
4. The Kandinsky Group (10:31)
5. The Polyarnik (2:41)
6. Black Swan (4:10)
7. Away/Absent (7:25)

Total Time 43:08

Line-up
Rider G Omega: Rhythm Guitars, Vocals
Ojete Mordaza II: Drums
Zer0 Æmeour Íggdrasil : Keyboards, Vocals
Om Rex Orale: Bass
Seerborn Ape Tot: Lead Guitars
   With
Jaime Gomez Arellano: Dulcimer, Waterphone (4)
Jr Morgue : Vocals, Guitars (8)
Kristoffer Rygg: Vocals (2)
Attila Csihar: Vocals (4)

Description/Reviews
The sophomore effort sees Obsidian Kingdom paring down their music; while far less extreme, A Year with No Summer presents a more unified front. The band haven’t quite added new sounds to their repertoire, but have simply streamlined their music into what most closely resembles a black metal-loving Riverside, something that I’m sure rings a Pavlovian bell for AMG. Though the approach here is far less rooted in extreme metal than on Mantiis, Summer isn’t a typical prog rock album at all, constructed of melodic snippets as well as post-punk dirges and heaving, doomy black metal. “The Kandinsky Group” confirms the band’s metal cred with a guest appearance by none other than Mayhem‘s Atilla Cishar, and though his only contribution is a rumbling whisper, the song lives up to the intensity required for such company. Like the album’s other lengthy tracks, “The Kandinsky Group” relies on minimalist grooves and slow crescendos, but even its funky guitar noodling and organs can’t undermine the foggy-eyed foreboding of the song.

Read the full review at angrymetalguy.com

Media/Samples 
Black Swan
Away/Absent  
Bandcamp

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Friday, November 16, 2012

Obsidian Kingdom "Mantiis"


Country: Spain
Sub Genre: Experimental, Post Metal
Release date November 16, 2012
Tracklist
  1. Not Yet Five - 4:18
  2. Oncoming Dark - 2:50
  3. Through the Glass - 2:24
  4. Cinnamon Balls - 3:03
  5. The Nurse - 1:49
  6. Answers Revealing - 2:34
  7. Last of the Light - 5:05
  8. Genteel to Mention - 2:50
  9. Awake until Dawn - 3:44
  10. Haunts of the Underworld - 3:51
  11. Endless Wall - 4:44
  12. Fingers in Anguish - 2:55
  13. Ball-Room - 2:21
  14. And Then it Was - 4:25
Line-up
Rider G Omega – Guitars and vocals
Prozoid Zeta JSI – Guitars
Zer0 Æmeour Íggdrasil – Keys and vocals
Fleast Race O’Uden – Bass
Ojete Mordaza II – Drums


Description/Reviews
Taking part in the long-lived tradition of rock operas – from David Bowie to King Diamond –, “Mantiis” embarks the listener in an eerie musical trip, noted for the coherent exploration of a wide range of styles and emotions. The band spares no sound resources in order to portray the most varied scenes; from quiet despair to utter violence.
Also read the review at postrockstar.com

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp free download

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