Earth "Primitive And Deadly"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Psychedelic, Ambient, Post Metal, Sludge
Label: Southern Lord Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 2, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Torn By The Fox Of The Crescent Moon 08:54
2. There Is A Serpent Coming 08:06
3. From The Zodiacal Light 11:29
4. Even Hell Has Its Heros 09:43
5. Rooks Across The Gates 08:58

Line-up: 
Dylan Carlson – guitar
Adrienne Davies – drums, percussion
Bill Herzog – bass guitar
   With
Mark Lanegan – vocals (2, 5)
Rabia Shaheen Qazi – vocals (3)
Brett Netson – additional guitar
Jodie Cox – additional guitar
Randall Dunn - moog synthesizer

Description/Reviews: 

Dylan Carlson has always called Earth’s music ambient metal, and Primitive and Deadly is probably the best example of this he has done yet. While it definitely culminates every release they’ve done, there is a new atmosphere that Earth had yet to achieve up to this point. The biggest difference between this and their past releases would definitely lie in the more traditional structures that they’ve never really used before. The drones still seem to form into melodies overtime, but they are easily at their most dissonant since Earth 2. They definitely recall the gloominess of Black Sabbath, but at the same time the way they execute the atmosphere is completely different than anything Sabbath ever did. On “There Is a Serpent Coming” for instance, the whole song has a surprisingly poppy structure for Earth complete with choruses, verses, an intro, and Mark Lanegan’s vocals that bring back the atmosphere of a western storyteller. If you ever thought Earth couldn’t write a more traditional drone-rock type song, this album will prove you wrong.

 Read the full review at sputnikmusic.com

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