Tag: Irata

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New Audio: Marseille France’s KVARK Releases a Muscular and Cinematic New Single

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Tracing their origins through the formation and split up of several different bands throughout the Marseille region of France, including Sarcopt, Malthiüs, Catacomb, Ibogaïne, La Brokante, From blond, Not a Br(a)in, Arthosis and others, the Marseille-based metal act KVARK is an ongoing collaboration  between two old friends that officially started back in 2017. Since their formation, the French duo have been working on their most recently released five song EP — and with that EP’s latest single “Here Comes Trouble,” The French duo specialize in a muscular yet cinematic take on instrumental metal, reminiscent of Irata and Ministry, but with an expansive prog rock tendencies.  

Employing the use of CGI graphics, the recently released video is a mind-bending and appropriately lysergic visual that would likely inspire you to want to take hallucinogens and vibe out. 

New Audio by William Ruben Helms

Denver-based post-metal, instrumental trio Cult of the Lost Cause have developed a reputation for compositions that eschew solos and jam-based songs and focuses on dynamic songs that balance a sense of beauty with a muscular insistence — and for songs that can stand up to the live concert experience as you’ll hear on the enormous, cinematic, power-chord  driven “All Those Opposed” off the band’s soon to be released Contritions, which is slated for a February 26 release through Sailor Records. Sonically, the song manages to remind me quite a bit of Irata‘s self titled effort; however, without the psychedelic jazz leanings.

 

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If you’ve been following JOVM for the past month or so, you may have come across a post or two on Silber Media’s experimental 5 in 5 project. The label, which is the label home of the Durham, […]

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Silber Media, the label home of the Durham, NC-based Irata and best known for an emphasis on experimental acts that specialize one drone have enlisted a number of bands on their roster in an interesting project that they’ve dubbed […]

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Silber Media, the label home of the Durham, NC-based Irata and best known for an emphasis on experimental acts that specialize one drone have enlisted a number of bands on their roster in an interesting […]

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The Stockholm, Sweden-based trio, Kriget (means “The War" in Swedish) play a highly challenging, experimental music that defies all known genre conventions. “He Lives In The Same Forest As Me,” off the trio’s newest effort, Dystopico buzzes with an ominous […]

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Ending a year in which they were busy touring to support their Harmonicraft EP, Torche recently announced a limited run (about 1000 print copies) of their latest single, “Harmonslaught” as a 7" through the band’s Amnesian Records […]

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a Q&A with Irata

Back in 2010, the Greensboro, NC-based trio Irata released their impressive self-titled full-length debut, which landed on this site’s best of list that year. The band released the follow-up to the effort, Vultures, earlier this […]

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Album Review: Irata’s Vultures

Irata Vultures Silber Records Release Date: November 1, 2012   Track Listing 1.     Old Smoker 2.     Keepers Maker 3.     Deluge 4.     Miser 5.     Serpents   Personnel Jason Ward – drums, synths and vocals Jon Case […]

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The Greensboro, North Carolina-based trio of Jon Case (bass), Jason Duff (guitar, sax, moog) and Jason Ward, a.k.a Irata released one of my favorite albums of 2010, and they’re back with a new EP, Vultures which SIlber […]