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***Recognized as one of the most virtuosic guitar wizards today, Mick Barr displays his awe-inspiring six-string histrionics in such bizarre outfits as Ocrilim (Hydra Head) and Orthrelm (Ipecac), bending and stretching the rules of modern-day playing and giving new meaning to progressive guitar-work. Nonetheless, Barr (who has also collaborated with the likes of John Zorn and Mike Patton) is quite the enigma today. Colin Marston, one of the most prolific and recognized musicians in technical / extreme progressive metal, also boasts an impressive pedigree, having played in Behold... The Arctopus (Black Market/Metal Blade), Dysrhythmia (Relapse), Byla, etc., as well as founded his own recording studio, Thousand Caves (in which he recently recorded the latest Jarboe solo album). On their self-titled debut, Krallice treads the musical landscape familiar to Barr and Marston, but this time the pair translates it into a visceral, tremolo-layered black metal monolith. Comprised of six epic, time-stretching hymns, the album is a vitriolic and hypnotizing assault on the senses that brings to mind early Burzum, Nattens Madrigal-era Ulver, Gorgoroth (Antichrist in particular), and US legends Weakling. Krallice is Barr and Marston's unique vision-- singular in the realm of US black metal today. 30-second MP3 excerpts: Wretched Wisdom
Cnestorial
Molec Codices
Timehusk
Energy Chasms
Forgiveness In Rot If you have a recent version of iTunes software on your computer, clicking on the link immediately below should open the iTunes application and take you to that album's iTunes page-- where you can listen to samples and buy this album, or individual tracks: Go to iTunes to browse downloads for Krallice "s/t" If you have a subscription account at emusic.com, you can download tracks for purchase here. This title is also available for download at AmazonMP3. For a complete listing of Midheaven exclusive albums available for download from the iTunes Music Service and emusic, please visit the Midheaven Mailorder/Revolver USA Downloadables page. |
