Listening to Norway, m/n/33065-valkyrien-allstars-a-gjev-du-batt-meg">part 2. I'm still concentrating mostly on traditional folk records because that's more where my mood's at, but I am pulling a few other selections from the stacks, especially the ones that fall under the category "heard of, but never heard." Trinacria is a band I've always wanted to check out and I even remember m/n/19357">hearing about them when they first got going, but somewhere along the line I dropped the ball and never investigated further. Not sure why though 'cuz their album"Travel now journey infinitely" is m>killerm>. For the uninitiated, here is a summation of the band as lifted straight from their bio: "Trinacria was originally a composition by Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved), maja S. K. Ratkje and Hils Sofie Tafjord (both fromFe-mail), commissioned by Rikskonsertene for a concert series. The line-up was completed by Grutle Kjellson, Ice Dale (both fromEnslaved), Iver Sandøy (Emmerhoff) and Espen Lien. In short: after working together briefly, the composition turned into a vital project which, after touring, became a fully welded band." So yeah, in short: Enslaved + Fe-mail = awesome. Hardly a surprise, though sometimes the marriage of metal and noise is not so hot. Neurosis and man is the Bastard were the first bands I ever saw who did it and did it well, many others followed. Cult of Luna is one, Pig Destroyer is another, and of course Bastard Noise continues to bring the brutality as only they can provide (check out the new Endless Blockade split if you haven't already!). Naturally, Trinacria lean more towards the epic, blackened end of the metal spectrum as would befit their pedigree, but song-wise, the structure is more postrock-like as they build the pieces into huge crescendos over repetitive riffs and escalating chaos. Any of the six tracks contain therein would probably make for a suitable intro to the band, but I think the title-track closer is best as it's the most epic of all this epicness. Definitely an overlooked gem.
will be releasing a new motorpsycho 7" on February 22 featuring a short version of the track "X-3 (knuckleheads in space)" b/w "I.C.U (boinganoid)", an unreleased track from the recent "Heavy metal fruit" sessions. 1000 copies in a Kim Hiorthøy (as with all RG releases), preorder available soon.
Swedish goth/country act Isobel & November filmed and recorded the record release show for their latest album"The ghostwater gospel" back in November and the resulting film will be released on a limited DVD, available for purchase directly from the band. The live audio of the show will be aired by Swedish Radio P4 on February 8 at 5pm and again on the 15th at the same time.
"After almost a decade of making music together as marvins Revolt, we have decided to put the band to sleep for an unknown period of time."
Bummer, especially since I was just now getting into their latest record "Patrolling the heights". The band was always that way for me though, their music always needed extra time to simmer before it reached optimum flavor and that just doesn't fly in this short attention span world. I make notes to revisit, but many others have already moved on. Pity. Anyhow, here's to whatever comes next for those guys -- I'm sure they'll be doing good things whether with Rising or something else. (myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=36067944&blogId=528244342" target="_blank">Read the band's full statement)
Renown Swedish neoclassical/darkwave act Arcana will be remastering and reissuing their first four albums -- "Dark age of reason" (1995), "Cantar de procella" (1997), "...The last embrace" (1998), and "Inner pale sun" (2002) -- as a 4xCD boxset with additional bonus tracks culled from various comps and EPs. more details and samples: m/27thcycle.html" target="_blank">https://www.cycliclaw.com/27thcycle.html