Release
date: March 10th
2017. Label: Self Released. Format: DD/Vinyl
Ain-Soph
Aur – Tracklisting
1.Middle Pillar
2.Nothingness
3.Crucible
4.Merkabah
5.Limitless
Nothingness
6.Limitless Light
Band
Members
Grant
Netzorg: Vocals, Strings
Joseph
Weller Myer: Drums
Review
Greetings
all,
I
had the extreme pleasure of checking out the new In the Company of
Serpents record, Ain-Soph Aur. I've been a huge fan of this Denver
Doom Metal duo ever since I stumbled across their demo tape a few
years back. Ain-Soph Aur is the band's second full length and it is
devastating from beginning to end. I'm confident to say that at this
point the fellas in ITCOS can out-neurosis the mighty Neurosis, which
is no small feat. This record is both dissonant and heavy.
The
album opens with the subdued intro of Middle Pillar which spends
about a minute easing you in before it absolutely rips your face off
for the next 7 or so minutes. The next track Nothingness sounds like
the background music to a dark spaghetti western and leads the way
into the amazing Crucible.
The
first 4 minutes play as a raspy, jazzy stomp before utterly exploding
into a massive wall of bone crushing sound. Merkabah is a another
raspy acoustic number that is dark and unsettling. Limitless
Nothingness is a short little banjo(?) and noise track that leads
into the final, heavy as hell destroyer that is Limitless Light. 12
plus minutes of heaviness personified.
I
can not recommend this album enough. If I had one minor, and I mean
minor, gripe it would be the brevity. I get it is due to vinyl, but
that doesn't mean I have to like it. Do whatever you have to do to
snag a copy of this monster. Grab the vinyl, these guys do an amazing
job with the look and sound on all of their releases.
It
is still really early in the year, but a solid album of the year
contender is here. Highest Recommendation!
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Words by Todd Stealey
Thanks
to Earsplit PR for the promo. Ain-Soph Aur will be available to buy
on DD/Vinyl from the band on March 10th
2017.
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