Kylesa - Ultraviolet
| Release date: | 24 May 2013 |
| Style: | Sludge metal |
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01. Exhale
02. Unspoken
03. Grounded
04. We're Taking This
05. Long Gone
06. What Does It Take
07. Steady Breakdown
08. Low Tide
09. Vulture's Landing
10. Quicksand
11. Drifting
The Best Sludge / Stoner Metal Album Of 2013
02. Unspoken
03. Grounded
04. We're Taking This
05. Long Gone
06. What Does It Take
07. Steady Breakdown
08. Low Tide
09. Vulture's Landing
10. Quicksand
11. Drifting
The Best Sludge / Stoner Metal Album Of 2013
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Rating: 8.0 |
Totally Groovy maaaaaaaaan. That pretty much sums up Kylesa's Ultraviolet. In a world of generic and boring sludge bands that rely on the same rolling and rolling riffs that are overused again and again, Kylesa manages to do something totally off the beaten path. Be (somewhat) original. This is good. Take your standard Savannah sludge release, and add a nice dose of acid. Boom, you've got Ultraviolet. The standard heavy-hitting, downtuned riffs that everyone loves are still as present as ever, the "air-drum on your van's steering wheel" drum fills and punk influenced beats are still in the mix. The "pleasantly" gruff female voice of Laura Pleasants* is still a charging force in the sound. So, by now you're probably wondering where the "(somewhat) original" comes in. Read more ›› |
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| Paz 777 Elite Posts: 4003  |
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| Alex F Posts: 3519  |
The whole thing is streaming here. I won't give any opinions until I've gotten through the album once or twice.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9155  |
Sounds awesome. Like, really awesome.
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| PocketMetal Posts: 750 |
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266  |
Checked this out. I like it. Very technical for sludge metal.
---- rekt
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| Night Sight Posts: 260  |
That's good album.i love that.
---- Alone in birth Alone in the darkness Alone in death Alone in the daylight
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2676  |
I love the variation between the groovy riffs and the mid-tempo melodic moments ... marvelous album!
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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| boo-boo Posts: 208  |
I love it, especially Long Gone.
---- World won't end today - it's already tomorrow in Australia.
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| Lord Dimitriy Posts: 47 |
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Love the way Exhale kicks this thing off. Such a fun and absorbing album.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| angel. Evil Butterfly Posts: 2419  |
Though it's a real enjoyable album, I can't deny that in some moments they go cheesy.
---- The Fangirl.
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7621  |
Unspoken is a sweet as hell song. Having gone back from Exhausting Fire and looked up the previous 3 albums, you can definitely see the progression, although I feel perhaps the biggest jump happened between here and EF's more hard rock feel, and something perhaps got lost in translation that led to that album's relative weaknesses. ST, SS and UV are all strong efforts I'm glad EF led me to discover though
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| Mercurial Posts: 1175  |
These guys need to come back, such a riotous band, and I still haven't seen them live.
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