Enslaved - Ruun

[Demilich]

the term "post-rock" was first used around 1994 fwiw (i know that song might well have been written before that)

 

[Demonspell]

the genre as a whole sounds interesting. to post-rock fans: does pretty much all of this music follow the structure of starting off simple and building to a climax? that would be kind of stupid, to be honest, so i hope not.

Not all of it is drawn out crescendos and songs with nine-word titles, and most of the bands that employ the admittedly overused glorious wall of noise don't always reach the climax in the most obvious way. But I'm biased, as I mentioned with Enslaved's progginess, it's a formula that hasn't lost its appeal to me.

 

[Demilich]

I've never listened to any of the old Enslaved releases many times, but Vikingligr... and Mardraum sounded best to me!

 

[MFJ]

It's better than Isa, I'll say this.

 

[Ellestin]

building "climaxes" is easy when all you do is fuck around with dynamics and go quiet quiet quiet soft soft soft quiet soft quiet soft a little louder now rokkin guitars LOUD LOUD LOUD OH MY FUCKING GOD WE'RE BASICALLY JUST BEATING ON OUR INSTRUMENTS NOW

That made me lol because it's so true of 90% post-rock songs. I still dig the main names though, but the whole cloning around just isn't as funny as with black metal.

Ah yes, I fail to see traces of post-rock in "Ruun". How do you people come to this conclusion?

 

[MFJ]

The first song... that opening riff just reaks of something unnatural. Honestly that really fucks up the album for me. The opening track is crap and that first riff no joke literally pisses me off.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Can someone post me a track?

 

[Demilich]

That'd be nice, yeah.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

GY!BE only does the climax thing on Yanqui and a few songs from other albums. The rest have pretty sporadic and unexpected songwriting (see "Lift Yr. Skinny Fists"). Some call Sigur Ros post-rock and they never do the climax thing. Mogwai don't really do it much. Other than that, yeah, most of what I've heard...

 

[Dev]

Ah yes, I fail to see traces of post-rock in "Ruun". How do you people come to this conclusion?

Weed.

 

[Demilich]

 

[Dev]

They're is no clear post-rock/hardcore or else influence on Ruun.

In Sólstafir music maybe, in Enslaved I fail to see it clearly..

 

[MFJ]

Well... "Masterpiece of Bitterness" is way better than any recent Enslaved (minus BTL) anyway.

 

[Ellestin]

Well... "Masterpiece of Bitterness" is way better than any recent Enslaved (minus BTL) anyway.

q4t

 

[Dev]

Captain obvious to the rescue

 

[Demilich]

I want Masterpiece of Bitterness (but what a seriously goofy album name haha)

 

[J.]

I've come to the factual conclusion that Ruun is better than Below the Lights and Isa. And Masterpiece of Bitterness is just a bit above average.

 

[Climb Thar Hill]

And Masterpiece of Bitterness is just a bit above average.

 

[Papa Josh]

I love this latest release.

 

[Dark One]

I don't get how anti Isa and Ruun most are around here. Pretty much everything by Enslaved kicks my ass.