Mar De Grises - The Tatterdemalion Express
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NAD
What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse
You make me sad.
Whoa, even AMG knows Ufomammut rules: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uqjx7ia4g72r
Whoa, even AMG knows Ufomammut rules: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uqjx7ia4g72r
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
So yeah, this album just gets better with each listen.
If there are 120 seconds that seal this in my top 3, it's 6:00m - 8:00m of "To See Saturn Fall". Hair raising stuff......put everything aside and just give up 120 seconds of your life to see what I'm talking about.....I hear that and I think "album of the year".
Possibly.
If there are 120 seconds that seal this in my top 3, it's 6:00m - 8:00m of "To See Saturn Fall". Hair raising stuff......put everything aside and just give up 120 seconds of your life to see what I'm talking about.....I hear that and I think "album of the year".
Possibly.
J.
Old Fart
Black Winter Day
Member
J.
Old Fart
J.
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J.
Old Fart
OK, Mar De Grises has obviously heard Arcane Sun. If not, then somehow there are telepathic channels from Ireland to Chile.
I need to read their interviews to see if they mention it.
BTW, this album rules, but it may take a lot of time (like Arcane Sun did). Thanks for the recommendation.
I need to read their interviews to see if they mention it.
BTW, this album rules, but it may take a lot of time (like Arcane Sun did). Thanks for the recommendation.
^^^
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Yeah, I figured it would be nigh impossible for J to dislike this album. Beautiful piano, mournful doom, and splashes of dynamic riffing.
Again, the last two minutes of track #2 is what makes life worth living, and the rest of the album is almost equally as exceptional making it....top 3 material.
Certainly the best debut of the year.
Again, the last two minutes of track #2 is what makes life worth living, and the rest of the album is almost equally as exceptional making it....top 3 material.
Certainly the best debut of the year.
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
NAD
What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse
Yeah now I really need Arcane Sun.
Also I need to spend more time with Mar de Grises, it's a little hard to listen to because you have to really be in the right mood to enjoy it.
Also I need to spend more time with Mar de Grises, it's a little hard to listen to because you have to really be in the right mood to enjoy it.
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Yeah, that's how it appears at the beginning, because primarily all you hear is lots of slow funeral doom type material, but then after a while, the album has an ability to suck you in. And then you realize there is much more going on than what you initially thought....it's a bit weird to explain. It's just an album that keeps unfolding with each listen, but you have to motivate yourself to listen to it.One Inch Man said:
It's funny because people are hearing Arcane Sun, or Tiamat, but I'm also hearing Chopin. The ongoing piano work is what keeps the album truly alive.
Of course it does require a bit more attention than the average release, since it's so deep, but I've put away all non-2004 albums for now because the year end is fast approaching, so I'm only focusing on '04 albums to get a solid top 10 list together.
I think this is an album we'll be talking about for a while.....
Sgt. Baker
All pain. No gain.
HOLY SHIT I'M SIGNED INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT.
The album gave me chills when I first heard it, and that one Saturn song had a riff stuck in my head so I know it's gold. Just a matter of getting to it, I haven't really been in the mood for deep introspective stuff for awhile now. It may not grab me by the sack until the year is over, I dunno.
The real NAD
The album gave me chills when I first heard it, and that one Saturn song had a riff stuck in my head so I know it's gold. Just a matter of getting to it, I haven't really been in the mood for deep introspective stuff for awhile now. It may not grab me by the sack until the year is over, I dunno.
The real NAD
J.
Old Fart
Tiamat and MdG vocalists actually do have a lot of similarities now that you mention it. Namely on Tiamat's Wildhoney.
Black Winter Day
Member
I think that's pushing it a bit far...JayKeeley said:
Yeah, great album though. The weird experimentalism on track 2 is what grabbed my attention on first listen. It's not often that these sort of doomish bands experiment much further than keyboards/piano/violin/etc., but this one contains the genuine sort of ambitiousness that generally gives me a stiffy. It will be tough to keep this out of the to 10, but we shall see...
