This is the first album of OBSIDIAN review. A group that has heavy influence on these ears. The sheer power in this recording is undeniable. Dylan Carlson contributed to the beginnings of ASVA, with founding members Stuart Dahlquist and B.R.A.D., both were former members of the brain shattering, BURNING WITCH. This album is a definite skull splitting chunk of drone. Asva are unique when it comes to harnessing their LOW frequencies. Use of organs and female voice Jessica Kenney (former band, Black Horse) bring a different element to the table of drones, sounding more intelligent than your average doomsters. Then there's Mr. Trey Spruance (mr. bungle/secret chiefs 3 mastermind) who never lets anything sound generic. This album is more like a soundtrack to empty corpses floating in SLO-MOTION through the mist on a vast open frontier plane! Every chapter on this gem has a tribal, holy (or unholy), Hypnotic, spiritual rythm that wont let the ears of it's listener escape easily. Dark ambience and earth moving soundscapes, yet the overall feelings your left with are, beautiful, organic, and majestic.
Check out all things ASVA. you will not be dissapointed. Check this live clip... although it doesnt really do them the justice the serve to ones ear in a live setting...
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