Release
date: March 22nd 2016. Label: Self Released. Format: Cassette/CD/DD
Cold
And True – Tracklisting
Viscous
State
Fulgur
Between
Two Thirds
Repress
I
Shimmer
Cold
And True
As
Dirt
Band
Members:
Instruments,
voice, recording, mixing, mastering, art by Ben Price
Review:
I've
been a fan of At The Graves ever since I heard their first releases I
and II back in 2011. I became a fan of the bands heavy and complex
sludge/post-metal riffs. Ben Price is the main person behind At The
Graves. They've had a few line-up changes over the years but Ben is
now doing At The Graves as a one-man band. Don't let that tag put you
off as Ben seriously knows his stuff. His music is a mixture of ISIS,
Neurosis and Cult Of Luna Sludge/Post-Metal sounds with harsh vocals
to match.
At
The Graves are about to release their 2nd full length
album. Cold And True is a harsh and desolate cold as hell experience
with the music instantly you drawing in. It's been a long time since
I've listened to a great post-metal album such as this. Intelligent
lyrics with heartfelt vocals matched with brutal sludge driven riffs.
It's hard to believe this is the work of one man.
Songs
such as Viscous State, Fulgur and Two Thirds demonstrate why I rate At The
Graves so highly within the Post-Metal field. The
instrumental work is superb through-out. This is the first At The
Graves album in 4 years and it's definitely been worth the wait. The
album has quite a lo-fi and distorted raw sound but it works
superbly well. It's quite a depressing album to listen to at times as
Ben has written some fairly bleak lyrics.
Though
the thing that surprised me the most was Ben's willingness to take
risks with his music. You can even hear shades of Grunge and Noise
Rock appear on the album at times. Cold And True is quite a bold and
adventurous album for Ben to make. It's strays away from the sounds
of the earlier releases that At The Graves have released over the
last 7 years.
When
songs such as Shimmer, Cold And True appear it's then you begin to
realise what a stunning album this is. Yeah it's different to
the usual At The Graves sound but it's always good for a band to try
something different. Cold And True is a must have album. Plain and
Simple.
Words
by Steve Howe
