In Each Hand A Cutlass - The Kraken
| Release date: | 24 April 2015 |
| Style: | Post-metal, Progressive metal |
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01. The Deep
02. Overture [feat. Josh Wei]
03. Satori 101
04. Combing Through The Waves
05. Seagull 1751 [feat. Josh Wei]
06. The Kraken Pt. 1: Manifest [feat. Josh Wei]
07. The Kraken Pt. 2: Melee [feat. Josh Wei]
08. The Kraken: An Intermission
09. The Kraken Pt. 3: Monument [feat. Josh Wei]
10. Heracleion
11. All Or Nothing [feat. Altered Statesmen]
12. Ouroboros [feat. Hsiao Shan Loh]
02. Overture [feat. Josh Wei]
03. Satori 101
04. Combing Through The Waves
05. Seagull 1751 [feat. Josh Wei]
06. The Kraken Pt. 1: Manifest [feat. Josh Wei]
07. The Kraken Pt. 2: Melee [feat. Josh Wei]
08. The Kraken: An Intermission
09. The Kraken Pt. 3: Monument [feat. Josh Wei]
10. Heracleion
11. All Or Nothing [feat. Altered Statesmen]
12. Ouroboros [feat. Hsiao Shan Loh]
Amanda Ling - keyboards
Daniel Sassoon - guitars
Sujin Thomas - guitars
Jordan Cheng - drums, percussion
Nelson Tan - bass
Guest musicians
Josh Wei - violins
Altered Statesmen - programming
Hsiao Shan Loh - cello
Additional info
Recorded, mixed and engineered by Brad Wood.
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, assisted by Chris Allgood.
Drums recorded at Yellow Box Studios, everything else at Snakeweed Studios.
Additional recording and engineering by Leonard Soosay and Gerald Wong.
Cover illustration by Andy Yang.
21.12.2015
| 21.12.2015 |
Instrumental post rock / metal done right. It's been growing on me throughout the year, and I like it more with each spin. It's way better than God Is An Astronaut. It beats even Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster's third album which in my case says a lot. The Kraken is good stuff. Ivor's picks | More picks ›› |
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Comments
Comments: 8
Visited by: 109 users
| Esimunth Posts: 20  |
Glad you recommended this. Just listened to the new TNBT album last night, and yeah, this one wins that battle.
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| Netzach Planewalker Posts: 1761  |
Was a big fan of Tacoma Narrows' latest album so had to check this out. Very solid album, likely a grower as well. Good stuff.
---- My "blackened synth metal" solo project: maladomini.bandcamp.com. Whenever I write something funny, weird, or pretentious... I learned English by playing Baldur's Gate, okay?
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| LordFezzington Lost To Apathy Posts: 398  |
About half way through listen #1. Nonsensically enjoyable. Excellent staff pick.
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4115  |
Good stuff.
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7801  |
Yep, as far as post- in 2015 goes, its only competitors really are Sunpocrisy, Tacoma Narrows... and (depending on whether it falls under post-) Regarde Les Hommes Tomber. A really effective post-rock/metal album which judges all its shifts intelligently and which utilises guitar leads and solos cleverly.
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266  |
Glad this was added. Been following this band since their debut. Over-theatric and bombastic; a nice, clean, fresh monument for post rock.
---- rekt
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| boo-boo Posts: 208  |
Praise the Staff pick, this is incredible.
---- World won't end today - it's already tomorrow in Australia.
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| robpal Proglord Posts: 207 |
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