Vulture Industries - The Tower
| Release date: | 27 September 2013 |
| Style: | Avantgarde metal, Progressive metal |
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01. The Tower
02. Divine - Appalling
03. The Hound
04. Blood On The Trail
05. The Dead Won't Mind
06. A Knife Between Us
07. The Pulse Of Bliss
08. Sleepwalkers
09. Lost Among Liars
10. Blood Don't Eliogabalus [bonus]
02. Divine - Appalling
03. The Hound
04. Blood On The Trail
05. The Dead Won't Mind
06. A Knife Between Us
07. The Pulse Of Bliss
08. Sleepwalkers
09. Lost Among Liars
10. Blood Don't Eliogabalus [bonus]
Review
Lyrics Bjørnar E. Nilsen - vocals, keyboards, percussion, guitars
Øyvind Madsen - guitars, keyboards
Eivind Huse - guitars
Kyrre Teigen - bass
Tor Helge Gjengedal - drums, percussion
Session musicians
Gjermund Fredheim - harmonica
Simon Futterlieb - saxophone
Guest musicians
Herbrand Larsen - vocals, keyboards
Additional info
Recorded in Conclave & Earshot studios by Bjørnar E. Nilsen.
Mixed by Herbrand Larsen.
Produced by Nilsen and Larsen.
Mastered by Jens Bogren in Fascination Street (tracks 1-9).
Drum engineering by Iver Sandøy (tracks 1-9).
Track 10 mastered by Herbrand Larsen in Conclave & Earshot studios.
Cover art and layout by Costin Chioreanu.
Rating:
9.2
9.2
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Rating: 9.2 |
As it stands, The Tower is a remarkably listenable record for the avant-garde genre. One shouldn't expect Unexpect levels of what some may describe as borderline incoherent music, instead this has a more accessible and immediately satisfying sound. If you hold any reservations for the complex nature of the genre Vulture Industries offer a uniquely charismatic entry point. Read more ›› |
02.10.2013
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Long gone are the Arcturus copycat days, now Vulture Industries just released their most personal album to date. Soaring, theatrical, twisted, deeply emotional, awesome. Try here or there! Darkside Momo's picks | More picks ›› |
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| annodomini Posts: 784  |
After quite weak second album, I was afraid, that Vulture Industrie won't be able to create something good as :The Dystopia Journals". However, they proved me wrong. "The tower" is definitelly their best to date and so dark and intimate. I evevn wish there would be more saxophone and jazzy parts as in "Lost among liars". Nevertheless it's one of the best this year.
---- the riddle wants to be...
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| phanto Posts: 163 |
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| Neshat Posts: 10  |
For me it is one of the best avant gard metal album that i ever heard and also their best album to date A Knife Between us and Lost Among Lairs are amazing !
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| -DC-002- Mastercommander Posts: 1703  |
I've listened to, The Tower a few times so far and I'd say it's easily one of the best albums of the year. Vulture industries are new to me but hearing their other albums now, they seem solid.
---- Coldgrits
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| ColdRail Posts: 73  |
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| Mechaniacal Posts: 107  |
Man, the only weak moment on this album is The Dead Won't Mind. The rest is really good stuff.
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889  |
I think I've just listened to the album that I will vote for in the coming MS Awards. Seriously, I doubt any other avant-garde metal band will be able to top it. 
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
This band suffers from the same disease as Diablo Swing Orchestra and gets worse with every subsequent release.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| angel. Evil Butterfly Posts: 2419  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.11.2013 at 17:18 what's the disease ?
---- The Fangirl.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by angel. on 06.11.2013 at 17:24 that the debut is the best and the one after is worse and the one after that even worse and so on 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| angel. Evil Butterfly Posts: 2419 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.11.2013 at 17:29 I agree
---- The Fangirl.
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| BloodJuNkie Of Egypt Posts: 648  |
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| LascaillesShroud Posts: 164  |
Bought this last week finally, should be here in the next few days and I'm super excited for it. The Tower and Lost Among Liars are killer tracks.
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| Lethrokai Posts: 507  |
Ok, I've listened to this album quite a few times now, but I really don't get what makes it special. It's perfectly good music, but there's nothing that really makes me think the album is worth another try.
---- Sometimes you just need to roll the dice and look away.
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| -DC-002- Mastercommander Posts: 1703 |
I have listened to their other albums and it seems like they got rid some of the things that made them experimental. Vulture Industries are still fairly unique and this is still a great album to me, but the squeaky clean production makes it lose a lot of what made the previous albums so good. nockin' it down from 9.... to 8.6 based on these startling reevaluations 0_o
---- Coldgrits
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| Michaelis Posts: 67  |
One from the best albums in 2013. Hope this year will be as good as the last year.
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695  |
Written by ColdRail on 14.10.2013 at 14:12 Haha, that was how I found out about this band. I was looking around Youtube for some Devil Doll stuff and saw that cover in a live video. I was like "someone fucking did a Devil Doll cover?"  And a pretty good one too.
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| Sand Posts: 66  |
I like to say that this album is something a revolutionist would listen to.
---- Non serviam
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| _deepblack Posts: 211  |
Different atmosphere great album Excellent vocals and everything is cool
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| Calabi Posts: 12 |
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333  |
IMO this sounds more interesting than their previous album. Need more listens though. It's a good album, but after a few listens it feels like that many of these songs are too similar. There's not that much of a distinction, except for maybe "The Hound" and "The Dead Won't Mind". Anyway, I'll be definitely listening this more in the future.
---- My vision is augmented
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4117  |
Written by Diverge on 21.03.2016 at 03:23 Thought I'd test this out to see if it works. Used your quote from another thread to give you a notification here. Not without reason tho! I know you like prog/avant-garde stuff so I thought I'd recommend this
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| Diverge Posts: 1334 |
Written by LeKiwi on 21.03.2016 at 03:50 Good recommendation. I've heard this album before but I don't think I made my mind up about it at the time!
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4117 |
Written by Diverge on 21.03.2016 at 04:03 Indeed, it's a weird one. Let me know when you decide
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| yeah1980 Posts: 143  |
Not exactly my kind of music, but a very good album.
---- "Be water, my friend" (Bruce Lee)
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