(We present another edition of Andy Synn’s three-line reviews.)
With Islander and associates currently knee-deep in the complexities and logistics of this weekend’s Northwest Terror Fest, it looks like it’s fallen to me to try and keep the lights on around here.
Honestly, the things I do for this place…
Anyway, to keep things ticking over, here’s a little something to highlight three bands who have, so far, slipped between the cracks of our usually comprehensive coverage (other than a couple of mentions in some round-ups), all of whom lean towards the darker, more atmospheric side of things.
COLDFELLS – COLDFELLS
Bleak, blackened, bracing
The perfect soundtrack to a
Dark night of the soul
https://coldfellsdoom.bandcamp.com/album/coldfells-3
https://www.facebook.com/coldfellsdoom
PURE WRATH – ASCETIC EVENTIDE
Not so much wrathful
As it is reverential
Sombre and sublime
https://purewrath.bandcamp.com/album/ascetic-eventide
http://www.facebook.com/purewrath
ROSK – MIASMA
Sorrow, anguish, and
Rain without end. A black heart
Within a thin shell
10 Responses to “ANDY SYNN PRESENTS: REVIEWS IN HAIKUS (COLDFELLS, PURE WRATH, ROSK)”
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Brother Andy, you gotta up your poetry kung fu. Maybe something like:
Rosk/Miasma
Thick fuming anguish
Joy for the hypersomic
If noses were ears
Cause, miasma. Right? I’m a damn poet.
Anyway, thanks for the sweet picks! Great stuff.
Glad you liked them… but I’m definitely happy with the Rosk haiku… it says exactly what I wanted it to say…
Fair enough. It’s your thing. Do it however you want.
Trust me, there’s layers to that one. I tried to say a lot more than the minimal word count would suggest.
Presenting the essence of an album though about a dozen words ain’t no exact science, but I feel that Andy nailed it pretty well. That said, I certainly hear “Thick fuming anguish” too, whence the music don’t take a more fragile route.
There’s some heartfelt emotional atmosphere on this one, something that admittedly can be said about each of these fine releases.
That Coldfells record is fantastic, perhaps my favorite release of the year to date. Anything Aaron Carey is involved in is usually well worth checking out.
Oh great, more boring blackgaze
Ummm, nope, not really. Good try though.
PURE WRATH – ASCETIC EVENTIDE
Our logo is rad
Also our artwork is rad
Andy says good stuff
Fun article, great job as always.
Ha, I liked this. Simple, and to the point.