Before the Eyewall "Before the Eyewall"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Instrumental Psychedelic, Doom, Post Metal
Label: Self released
Release date: March 14, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. SKYRISES (9:18)
2. Path of Ash and Desperation (15:52)
3. Tome of the Concentric Eye (14:24)
4. SKYFALLS (3:28)

Line-up: 
Garrett LoConti - Guitars, keyboards, samples
Aaron O'Brien-Eichman - Percussion, keyboards
Scott Hyatt - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

There are elements of post-metal lurking about in some of the ambient/heavy switchoffs and tidal riffy plod, but even at their most atmospheric, Before the Eyewall don’t succumb to the trap of redundancy in which so much latter-day post-metal is caught, “Skyrises” leading off with a fitting build of feedback hum and cymbal wash before LoConti announces the start of the lurching, angular progression with guitar howl and deep Sunn-amped tonality counteracted by the airier lead work that ensues. Smoothly and patiently, they unfold the interwoven heavy and ambient changes and tempo shifts that will mark the bulk of the next three tracks, repeating parts but never really announcing any singular movement as the chorus or leaving anything unchanged. Still, the flow they create over the course of the nine minutes of “Skyrises” is remarkable and the quiet intro to “Path of Ash and Desperation” suitably hypnotic, giving a sense of tension even at its stillest points. 

 Read the full review at theobelisk.net

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