It’s raining, it’s always raining. Injury hurts. Indignation burns and fear runs cold. The only person who knows your soul suffers is yourself and over time, an anamorphic change can occur. You can carry a soulless waif, a barren waste inside. Or you find solace, whereupon you rise up and emerge from the fog. Depression is an unholy beast and there are only so many paths from it.
After time, after so many revolutions of this great orb, means to combat your inner fears can be realised. Many lay claim to music as that comfort and crutch. Those artists of emotion are few and far between. Neurosis is an outfit that have stared into the void and relay what is there, to ward off and help you avoid the pitfall. Sunno))) brings absolution from your pain. Then there is Earth, who takes delight in shining a great light, a sweet revenge on all that is bad and bare in the world and giving retribution for all its ill deeds.
Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light is a triumph over all the hurt of the world. Earth are aptly named. Sit back…close your eyes. The introductory chords ring true and hit your heart with such beauty and carefully considered voicing’s, that you consider the auditory artefacts to be embracing you, warming you. Riff becomes passage becomes song becomes cursive writings, a letter to the senses and taking a step back, you realise this is a gift, honey to be whispered into the ears of all who have hurt. Outside, it’s stopped raining. Inside, it’s warm.
9.5/10 You’ll like this if Sunno))) are too abrasive and Neurosis are too stark. If you’re already an Earth fan, this is a 10/10 album. The former rating is purely on unbiased objectivity.
Thursday 3 February 2011
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