Pyramids "A Northern Meadow"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Post Rock/Metal
Label: Profound Lore Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 17, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. In Perfect Stillness, I've Only Found Sorrow (5:26) 
2. The Earth Melts Into Red Gashes Like The Mouths Of Whales (6:01) 
3. The Substance Of Grief Is Not Imaginary (5:32) 
4. Indigo Birds (7:55) 
5. I Have Four Sons, All Named For Men We Lost To War (3:50) 
6. I Am So Sorry, Goodbye (7:10) 
7. My Father, Tall As Goliath (4:30) 
8. Consilience (9:23) 

Line-up: 
R. Loren
M. Dean
M. Craig
D. Willaim
   With
Colin Marston (Gorguts/Krallice/Dysrhythmia)
Vindsval (Blut Aus Nord)
William Fowler Collins

Description/Reviews: 

Well, this is different! Sounding like a meeting of minds between Steven Wilson and Blut Aus Nord, Pyramids mix drum machine (programmed by Vindsval himself), high-pitched but bearable vocals and droning yet melodic riffs (with Colin Marston's aid) to near-perfect outcome. It's a curious album, not least because I missed the hype on the band's 2008 début and as such came to this completely free of preconceptions. I've seen this called black metal in places, but it's only black metal in the same way that recent Alcest is, ie not much; it's closer to the likes of Jesu, building walls of pleasant sound from industrial building blocks, yet doesn't have the fragility and innocent wonder of Justin Broadrick's project at its best. Instead, the overriding vibe is that of the post-rock elements (if song titles such as The Earth Melts into Red Gashes like the Mouths of Whales wasn't clue enough) given a sinister undercurrent thanks to the drum machine backing, dissonant riffing and moments like the electronically-fragmented vocals in The Substance of Grief is Not Imaginary and the gloomy Consilience. It's nowhere near as disturbing as the artwork, though.

 Read the full review at metalreviews.com

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