See that in the title of this post? We're actually into February here at Loud Noises, kids, so let's keep the good times rolling along. And since the first of February fell on a Monday this year, I think you can figure out where I'm going with this post. Yup. Metal Monday.
For your only-a-week-old Metal Monday post I'm revisiting the 2010 debut LP from one of my favourite underrated/underappreciated techy proggy acts. The band is Son of Aurelius, the album is the very solid The Farthest Reachest, and the song itself is "Myocardial Infarction", a furious blast of nimble tech-death that crams more into a little better than a minute and a half than a lot of bands can get into four or five. The songwriting on 2014's Under a Western Sun might be better (and proggier!) but The Farthest Reaches still has some scorchers on it, like this one.
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Monday, 8 February 2016
Monday, 13 July 2015
Tuesday Last: Son of Aurelius - Pandora's Burden
Another week spent on the slippery, sloped ground in the shadow of the eight ball. Let's do this, FOR REAL THIS TIME, shall we?
To kick things off: a Tech Tuesday tune for last week from one of my favourite under-appreciated tech-death bands and albums. California's Son of Aurelius aren't quite a household name in the world of technical death metal yet, but based on the strength of their first two LPs, they've certainly got the chops to be. The musicianship of all involved has improved from debut The Farthest Reaches to sophomore effort Under a Western Sun, but I still have a hipster-style soft spot for the record that got me into these guys when nobody else seemed to have heard of them.
Your super late Tech Tuesday track for last week is "Pandora's Burden" from Son of Aurelius' mythological debut The Farthest Reaches, a somewhat slower, grindier number than a lot of the stuff on Farthest Reaches but just as intricate and pummeling. Kick off some catching up in aggressive style with this one.
To kick things off: a Tech Tuesday tune for last week from one of my favourite under-appreciated tech-death bands and albums. California's Son of Aurelius aren't quite a household name in the world of technical death metal yet, but based on the strength of their first two LPs, they've certainly got the chops to be. The musicianship of all involved has improved from debut The Farthest Reaches to sophomore effort Under a Western Sun, but I still have a hipster-style soft spot for the record that got me into these guys when nobody else seemed to have heard of them.
Your super late Tech Tuesday track for last week is "Pandora's Burden" from Son of Aurelius' mythological debut The Farthest Reaches, a somewhat slower, grindier number than a lot of the stuff on Farthest Reaches but just as intricate and pummeling. Kick off some catching up in aggressive style with this one.
Thursday, 1 January 2015
Tuesday: Son of Aurelius - The First, The Serpent
It's Tech Tuesday time once again, and I'm going back to the debut LP from a band that I feel is a little underrated right now. Hopefully this year's sophomore effort Under a Western Sun will change that. In the meantime, back to 2010!
That's the year that saw the release of Son of Aurelius' freshman record The Farthest Reaches, on which can be found your Tech Tuesday song for this past Tuesday, album closer "The First, The Serpent". Like the rest of the album, it's certainly technically minded enough for a Tech Tuesday song, but it's also strong on melody too, like a good melodeath album.
I think these guys have the potential to be much bigger than they are, so get in on or near the ground floor and check this one out so you can say you dug Son of Aurelius before they were big.
That's the year that saw the release of Son of Aurelius' freshman record The Farthest Reaches, on which can be found your Tech Tuesday song for this past Tuesday, album closer "The First, The Serpent". Like the rest of the album, it's certainly technically minded enough for a Tech Tuesday song, but it's also strong on melody too, like a good melodeath album.
I think these guys have the potential to be much bigger than they are, so get in on or near the ground floor and check this one out so you can say you dug Son of Aurelius before they were big.
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Tuesday: Son of Aurelius - Long Ago
A happy, if belated, Tech Tuesday to you! I've got something tasty for your Tech Tuesday this week, and while it's not necessarily the kind of, let's say, more straight forward tech-death I've been featuring lately, it is most definitely technically inclined.
I've written about California's Son of Aurelius before, and those of you remember those posts of yore might be thinking "but wait, Son of Aurelius are a tech-death band, what are you talking about?" Sure, their first album The Farthest Reaches is bona fide tech-death through and through, but their sophomore disc Under a Western Sun has a bit of a broader scope.
Technicality and musicianship are still there in spades, joined this time out by a proggier mindset reminiscent of the compositional journeying of bands like Between the Buried and Me. Under a Western Sun goes places, and if it meanders and wanders a bit more along the way than did its predecessor, it's nothing but a good thing.
Check out "Long Ago" for a badass, nearly seven-minute slice of what I'm talking about, complete with a cool little bass solo.
I've written about California's Son of Aurelius before, and those of you remember those posts of yore might be thinking "but wait, Son of Aurelius are a tech-death band, what are you talking about?" Sure, their first album The Farthest Reaches is bona fide tech-death through and through, but their sophomore disc Under a Western Sun has a bit of a broader scope.
Technicality and musicianship are still there in spades, joined this time out by a proggier mindset reminiscent of the compositional journeying of bands like Between the Buried and Me. Under a Western Sun goes places, and if it meanders and wanders a bit more along the way than did its predecessor, it's nothing but a good thing.
Check out "Long Ago" for a badass, nearly seven-minute slice of what I'm talking about, complete with a cool little bass solo.
Sunday, 18 May 2014
Son of Aurelius - Clouded Panes
Just when you thought it was safe to come out of hiding, there's yet more new shit coming your way in June. This time it's new stuff from indie tech death darlings Son of Aurelius.
The Farthest Reaches, the 2010 debut from Son of Aurelius, largely flew under most people's radars while generating rabid devotion in those that did manage to discover its end-to-end, laser-precise tech death riffing. Fast-forward four years and the band is finally rewarding the faithful with what sounds like it might be a more melodic sophomore disc.
Our first taste of the upcoming Under a Western Sun, "Clouded Panes", still abounds with slick tech riffs, but this time around vocalist Riley McShane's clean singing dominates the vibe of the song. Obviously some will be turned off by this kind of a stylistic choice, but I for one will wait and see what the rest of the album sounds like. If it's all this calibre, Under a Western Sun could be a fitting follow-up to the hidden gem that was The Farthest Reaches.
The Farthest Reaches, the 2010 debut from Son of Aurelius, largely flew under most people's radars while generating rabid devotion in those that did manage to discover its end-to-end, laser-precise tech death riffing. Fast-forward four years and the band is finally rewarding the faithful with what sounds like it might be a more melodic sophomore disc.
Our first taste of the upcoming Under a Western Sun, "Clouded Panes", still abounds with slick tech riffs, but this time around vocalist Riley McShane's clean singing dominates the vibe of the song. Obviously some will be turned off by this kind of a stylistic choice, but I for one will wait and see what the rest of the album sounds like. If it's all this calibre, Under a Western Sun could be a fitting follow-up to the hidden gem that was The Farthest Reaches.
Monday, 21 October 2013
Exotic Animal Petting Zoo - Through the Thicket... Across Endless Mountains
I won't force you to conjure up the same unfortunate mental picture of bands fucking and impregnating one another as I did a few days ago with my lineage of Son of Aurelius, but I want to play a similar game this evening. So this I'm going with a cooking analogy.
Start with the melodic sensibilities and mild experimental streak of Death Before Disco as your base, then add a healthy dose of the angularity and spastic chaos of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Now to temper that Dillinger mathcore insanity, thin the mixture out with a dash of the slightly more straight ahead hardcore/post-hardcore of Every Time I Die, and voila! You've got a little something called Exotic Animal Petting Zoo.
I've posted about these guys a couple of times before, but my opinion of them has risen since I picked up a copy of sophomore disc Tree of Tongues, so I figured it's time to give them the spotlight again. I can't quite pin down exactly why, but this band feels like a spiritual successor to At the Drive-In. Maybe the "recipe" above doesn't accurately convey this, but the combination of chops and manic energy possessed by Exotic Animal Petting Zoo just keep reminding me of the now-defunct ATDI.
Any way you slice it, however, they're a band you should know about. Check out "Through the Thicket... Across Endless Mountains" from the aforementioned Tree of Tongues and start getting familiar with Exotic Animal Petting Zoo post haste.
Start with the melodic sensibilities and mild experimental streak of Death Before Disco as your base, then add a healthy dose of the angularity and spastic chaos of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Now to temper that Dillinger mathcore insanity, thin the mixture out with a dash of the slightly more straight ahead hardcore/post-hardcore of Every Time I Die, and voila! You've got a little something called Exotic Animal Petting Zoo.
I've posted about these guys a couple of times before, but my opinion of them has risen since I picked up a copy of sophomore disc Tree of Tongues, so I figured it's time to give them the spotlight again. I can't quite pin down exactly why, but this band feels like a spiritual successor to At the Drive-In. Maybe the "recipe" above doesn't accurately convey this, but the combination of chops and manic energy possessed by Exotic Animal Petting Zoo just keep reminding me of the now-defunct ATDI.
Any way you slice it, however, they're a band you should know about. Check out "Through the Thicket... Across Endless Mountains" from the aforementioned Tree of Tongues and start getting familiar with Exotic Animal Petting Zoo post haste.
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Son of Aurelius - Mercy for Today
Imagine if The Black Dahlia Murder and Arsis made sweet, sweet metal love to each other, and one of them got knocked up, and then nine months later pre-Michael-Keene-show The Faceless acted as midwife for the resulting baby. That baby, my friends, could very well be named Son of Aurelius.
I came across these guys a few years ago (so long ago that I can't even remember how) but only recently got around to picking up a copy of their 2010 debut LP The Farthest Reaches. I now wish I hadn't forgotten about them for so long, because I could have been singing their praises this whole time. The eleven tracks on The Farthest Reaches are a sampling of some of the tastiest technical melo-death (melodic tech-death?) I've heard in ages that wasn't written by one of the three bands mentioned above.
You might not feel quite as enamoured with these guys as I am, but I definitely think you'll dig them at least a little. So check out "Mercy for Today", the furious opening salvo from The Farthest Reaches, and discover for yourself what seems like the Internet's best kept metal secret.
I came across these guys a few years ago (so long ago that I can't even remember how) but only recently got around to picking up a copy of their 2010 debut LP The Farthest Reaches. I now wish I hadn't forgotten about them for so long, because I could have been singing their praises this whole time. The eleven tracks on The Farthest Reaches are a sampling of some of the tastiest technical melo-death (melodic tech-death?) I've heard in ages that wasn't written by one of the three bands mentioned above.
You might not feel quite as enamoured with these guys as I am, but I definitely think you'll dig them at least a little. So check out "Mercy for Today", the furious opening salvo from The Farthest Reaches, and discover for yourself what seems like the Internet's best kept metal secret.
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