Last Minute to Jaffna "Volume II"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Post Metal, Doom
Label: Argonauta Records (CD)
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: March 2, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Chapter XV 06:30
2. Chapter DCCXV 08:08
3. Chapter XII 10:40
4. Chapter DCLXVI 06:29
5. Chapter XIII 10:56
6. Chapter XIV 08:55
7. Chapter XXV 11:37
8. Chapter XXVI 07:16

Line-up: 
Danilo Battocchio - guitar, fx
Valerio Damiano - vocals, guitar
Andrea Skinner Pellegrino - drums
Gianmaria Asteggiano - bass
   With
Gigi Morello - drums (4)
Mike B - backing vocals (2, 6)

Description/Reviews: 

“Volume II” kicks off with the slow burning “Chapter XV”, which unfortunately I find to be a bit of a false start. Building from quiet, delayed guitars to heavy distorted riffing, it fails to engage until Valerio Damiano unleashes his powerful roar about five minutes in and then everything clicks into place. Fortunately this is a minor blip as over the course of the subsequent seven tracks Last Minute to Jaffna draw the listener right in and don’t let go until the bitter end. Lengthy epics “Chapter DCCXV” and “Chapter XII” follow which highlight what the band do best; astral voyages through Isis-style soundscapes riddled with spiky melody reminiscent of Mastodon.
The real highlights of the record though come in the forms of “Chapter XIII” and “Chapter XXV”. Both of these tracks are dark ballads of the kind favoured by Scott Kelly, both beginning in whispered near silence before being stretched into crunching, cathartic dirges. The later of these two behemoths establishes a particularly evocative atmosphere at its inception, smearing faraway crackling static over chiming chords as heavily reverbed drums join the fray to create a real otherworldly feel.

 Read the full review by Charlie Butler at thesludgelord.blogspot.com

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