Sorxe "The Ark Burner"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Post Metal, Sludge, Psychedelic
Label: Prosthetic Records
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: October 11, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Dependence Day (9:10)
2. Exiled (7:13)
3. Full Transmission (8:45)
4. Wondering If I Exist (8:44)
5. A Negative Exorcism (6:31)
6. The Ark Burner (13:30)

Total Time 53:53

Line-up: 
Shane Ocell - Drums, Vocals
Tanner Crace - Guitar, Vocals, Synth
Jonathan Portnoy - Bass, Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Sorxe’s brand of sludge metal has always been a compelling one. On this latest album the band’s psychedelic and experimental mix of post-metal and sludge returns to the territories of their debut album more than their second album did, and overall manages to mix the strengths from both into a cohesive and engrossing whole. 

Read the full review at wonderboxmetal.com

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Sorxe "Surrounded By Shadows"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Sludge, Post Metal, Doom
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 2, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Steamroller 04:23
2. Her Majesty* 05:47
3. Join Us 04:13
4. Smoke Signals 09:12
5. Make it So* 10:23
6. Creeper Beast* 04:31
7. Made to Suffer 05:11
8. Surrounded by Shadows 05:15
9. The Mountain Man 08:02

Line-up: 
Shane Ocell - Drums
Tanner Crace - Guitar , Vocals, Synth
Christopher Coons - Bass
Roger Williams - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

The opening track is aptly named 'Steamroller'. It's heavy, really heavy. A simple pounding riff drags you in and stamps all over you, while the vocals sway between angry as hell and a cleaner, more ethereal sound. Flutters of stoner-rock inspired guitar tails make the continued riff more interesting. The pace slows, the drums become more oppressive, the whole song changes in to something else, a progression that makes sense as it moves towards a spaced out passage. Then we're off again. Things remain aggressive until the last second. Stand-out track indeed! A good way to start an album.
Track two 'Her Majesty' has a post-hardcore feel. The vocals are more pronounced from the off. Weird guitar noises pulsate until the riff builds, accompanied by a tribal drum pattern. Then we get handed another riff, this one seems to have come from the Mastodon school of metal. The music moves between these two elements until we're introduced to a dark, blues infused breakdown. It doesn't take long for the heavy to resurface and lead us out.

 Read the full review by Keeran Williams at thesludgelord.blogspot.com

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