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Liturgy, from Brooklyn, are billed as yet another in the rapidly growing number of indie rock bands who’ve turned to black metal. And like many of their compatriots, what they lack in corpse paint they make up for in sheer sonic assault.
The blast beats are so fast and relentless that the snare drum is verging on metastasizing from percussive white noise into in a continuous sawtooth hum. The buzzing tremolo guitars are similarly fast, and the ferocious diseased vocal growls sound more animal than human. Dissonant, tremolo-picked harmony leads are very cool, as are the occasional droning, relatively soothing interludes between waves of intensity.
One such drone, the ninth track, features chanted, quasi-ritualistic vocals, and I can almost picture David Tibet chiming in comfortably at some point if the track were continued a fair bit longer than the brief 2 minutes of air time it’s been given.
The seventh track is a complete departure: it consists of unaccompanied electric guitars playing a somewhat bouncy, cheerful riff. Odd. Just makes the ‘Rennilation’ of the following track that much more pronounced. After the aforementioned drone/chant track that soon follows, the album continues unabated.
Excellent album.
Gordon B. Isnor
Events
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Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:47:01
Scion Rock Fest
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Cannibal Corpse, Pelican, 3 Inches of Blood, Voivod, Hate Eternal, D.R.I., Brutal Truth, Absu, Magrudergrind, Trap Them, YOB, Saviours, Shrinebuilder, Thou, Lullabye Arkestra, Ludicra, Liturgy, landmine marathon, Black Anvil, Struck By Lightning, Black Tusk, Acrassicauda, Lightning Swords Of Death, Dead Sea
at Masquerade, Atlanta United States
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:00:00
White Mice
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White Mice, Liturgy, Tinsel Teeth, Stress Ape
at Now That's Class, Cleveland, Ohio United States
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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:23:01
Liturgy
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Liturgy, White Mice, Tinsel Teeth
at The Mopery, Chicago, IL United States
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:00:00
WFMU & Aquarius Records Showcase
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Dengue Fever, Shit and Shine, Todd, Liturgy, Home Blitz, Moon Duo, Pierced Arrows, True Widow, Drunkdriver, Headdress, Sonny & The Sunsets, Iron Man, Speedwolf, Epileptinomicon
at Encore, Austin, TX United States
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:00:00
20 BUCK SPIN & PROFOUND LORE SXSW SHOWCASE SHOW
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Liturgy, Yakuza, White Mice, The Endless Blockade, Hatred Surge, Salome, Dark Castle, The Atlas Moth, Coffinworm
at Headhunters, Austin, TX United States
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:37:01
MtyMx All Ages Festival of Art and Music
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Liars, Andrew W.K., Dan Deacon, No Age, High Places, HEALTH, Telepathe, Neon Indian, Los Planetas, Slow Club, Fucked Up, Washed Out, Lucky Dragons, The Wave Pictures, Anamanaguchi, Thee Oh Sees, Salem, Toro y Moi, White Rainbow, Indian Jewelry, Best Fwends, Quiero Club, Chikita Violenta, Los Fancy Free, Kría Brekkan, Tanlines, Pocahaunted, Aa, Lemonade, The Beets, Pictureplane, Small Black, Teengirl Fantasy, Banjo Or Freakout, videohippos, dd/mm/yyyy, The Mantles, Twin Sister, Beach Fossils, Teenage Cool Kids, Acid Mothers Temple, Jóvenes y Sexys, Das Racist, So Cow, Liturgy, TV Ghost, KIT, Wet Hair, The Bitters, The Carrots, Hunx and his Punx, Fergus & Geronimo, Grant Hart, The Shakes, Talk Normal, Total Abuse, Cloud Nothings, Terrible Twos, MALE BONDING, Big Troubles, Explode Into Colors, Coasting, XYX, Mockinpott, MNDR, Ratas del Vaticano, Alexico, CAMPFIRES, Chinese Stars, High Castle, Los Margaritos, Yo! Linares, TEARIST, I.E., Sandwitches, Coathangers, baths, Soho Riots, Antoine Reverb, Drawlings, BamBam, Mentira Mentira, Natural Child, Mutating Meltdown, El resplandor, Josephine and the Mousepeople, Lazaro Valiente, Gauntlet Hair, Le Macabre Party
at Autocinema Las Torres, Mexico
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:04:01
BRO FEST 2010 (17 Bands)
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ASG, The Soft Pack, Rwake, Sleepy Sun, Dum Dum Girls, White Mice, Those Darlins, U.S. Christmas, Withered, Woven Bones, Liturgy, Sisters, Naam, Frankie Rose & the Outs, Slang Chickens, Tinsel Teeth, Snake Sustaine
at Double-Wide, Dallas, TX United States
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Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:49:01
Big Ears 2010
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Sufjan Stevens, Vampire Weekend, The National, Joanna Newsom, My Brightest Diamond, St. Vincent, The xx, Andrew W.K., Dirty Projectors, Gang Gang Dance, Tim Hecker, Terry Riley, William Basinski, jj, Adrian Belew, Clogs, Abe Vigoda, DJ /rupture, Andy Moor, Nosaj Thing, Doveman, Ben Frost, Nico Muhly, The Ex, Sam Amidon, Javelin, Liturgy, Iva Bittova, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Gyan Riley, Tracy Silverman, Ches Smith, Nadia Sirota, Konk Pack, Bryce Dessner, The Calder Quartet, Buke & Gass, 802 Tour
at Bijou Theater, Knoxville United States
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Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:11:01
WBAR Presents: 17th ANNUAL WBAR-B-Q
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Cold Cave, Jana Hunter, Think About Life, Burning Star Core, Blues Control, U.S. Girls, Liturgy, Prince Rama of Ayodhya, Twin Stumps, Old Men
at Barnard College/Columbia University, New York United States
