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Horseback - Dead Ringers



6.8 | 16 votes |
Release date: 12 August 2016
Style: Ambient Drone, Post-Rock

Owners:

8 have it
1 wants it


01. Modern Pull
02. Shape Of The One Thing
03. A Bolt From Blue
04. The Cord Itself
05. Lion Killer
06. In Another Time, In And Out Of Form
07. Larkspur
08. Descended From The Crown

Staff review by
Auntie Sahar
Rating:
8.2
On the morning of August 12, when I went on Bandcamp eager to listen to this new Horseback album in full, I saw a little blurb in the upper right corner that described it as music where "the distorted swagger of Neil Young's Crazy Horse sits at a table next to the haunted dronescapes of Sunn O)))." I burst out laughing then and there at how ridiculously silly this description sounded. But I would later regret it upon entering the realm of Horseback once more, and realizing just how accurate that label truly is.

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published 14.08.2016 | Comments (18)

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14.08.2016 - 20:09
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Such a low rating already. Criminal. Reinforces what I've said in the past about how it feels as though many people downvote albums as soon as they can. Sure this puppy isn't as heavy and metallic as some of the prior material, doesn't mean it's shit. The core aesthetic of the band is definitely still present. Excellent release
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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15.08.2016 - 17:21
LuciferOfGayness
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Written by Auntie Sahar on 14.08.2016 at 20:09

Such a low rating already. Criminal. Reinforces what I've said in the past about how it feels as though many people downvote albums as soon as they can. Sure this puppy isn't as heavy and metallic as some of the prior material, doesn't mean it's shit. The core aesthetic of the band is definitely still present. Excellent release

Dont know whats more criminal - downrating this puppy or giving it a 9
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15.08.2016 - 18:18
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by [user id=157444] on 15.08.2016 at 17:21

Dont know whats more criminal - downrating this puppy or giving it a 9

Well it's really more like somewhere between 8 and 9 to me now after a few re-listens... closer to the former, actually, might change the rating.
It's certainly not 6 or 4 material though, I mean goddamn
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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15.08.2016 - 18:23
LuciferOfGayness
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Written by Auntie Sahar on 15.08.2016 at 18:18

Written by [user id=157444] on 15.08.2016 at 17:21

Dont know whats more criminal - downrating this puppy or giving it a 9

Well it's really more like somewhere between 8 and 9 to me now after a few re-listens... closer to the former, actually, might change the rating.
It's certainly not 6 or 4 material though, I mean goddamn

Hard to go give ratings that fast. I still tamper with my ratings from last year
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15.08.2016 - 18:40
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by [user id=157444] on 15.08.2016 at 18:23

Hard to go give ratings that fast. I still tamper with my ratings from last year

I find myself changing my ratings on things now and then, but not that often. I should say it definitely happens more with those really complex, multidimensional type releases that blend a lot of different genres together. Because they're the types where how you feel about them is likely to change the more you discover what the album's really all about, for better or worse
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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27.08.2016 - 00:52
Rating: 8
Netzach
Planewalker
This album completely transports me to another time and place when I listen to it. Probably my new favorite Horseback album and one of the best releases this year imo. Would've given it a 9 if it went through some editing (cough, that last track, cough)
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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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12.02.2017 - 16:29
Reaper_Redeemer
I am pretty curious about the downvoting of this album too. Personally I voted as the best ambient album of 2016.
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