Browsing Archive: September, 2013

Review from Post Christ Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, September 23, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Post Christ Webzine
Published: September 23, 2013
*Google translation of French review

A year after his first album Volume I: Subradiant Architecture , OBSIDIAN TONGUE returns with a second album where the United States duo takes the ingredients of the previous album highlighting the method, but without making a record actually better ...

The set consists of six titles rather long, that is to say an average of more than 8 and a half minutes, a few distinctive style as they dig ...

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Review from Rock Freaks Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, September 20, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Rock Freaks Webzine
Published: September 20, 2013

The American black metal scene is thriving these days. Not only are lots of bands popping up all over the country, many of them are also really good. Obsidian Tongue is yet another name in this USBM uprising. Formed in 2009, the band currently consists of drummer Greg Murphy and guitarist/vocalist Brendan James Hayter. Stylistically Obsidian Tongue clearly take inspiration from two quite different bands from their country, nam...

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Review from Ave Noctum Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, September 19, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Ave Noctum Webzine
Published: September 18, 2013

Not the catchiest of names or titles I’ll grant you but one I would urge you to remember as if there’s any justice, you’ll be hearing it a lot more over the next 12-18 months. I was introduced to this Massachusetts-based duo courtesy of their fiery performance at 2012’s ‘Winter is Coming’ festival in Connecticut and was immediately struck by the power of their set. For a two-piece (Vocalist/Guitarist Brendan Hayter ...

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Review from Rock Metal Essence

Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, September 19, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Rock Metal Essence Webzine
Published: September 18, 2013
*Google translation of Italian review

The American duo of Obsidian Tongue returns to the international extreme metal scene with his second album, titled A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time , published by Hypnotic Dirge Records.

The product, which boasts the participation as a guest on the title track of Agalloch, ricoferma the good show from training with the onset, distinguishing itself as one of the most inspired pub...

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Review from Nocturnal Cult Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Tuesday, September 17, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Nocturnal Cult Webzine
Published: September 17, 2013

A cool wind of atmospheric black metal breezes in from the frigid forests of Massachusetts.  Obsidian Tongue's sophomore album is lovingly crafted and you can discern the care that went into each slowly developing track.  From the lumbering dirge of the opening notes of Brothers In The Stars you get a sense of isolation and despair.  The tempo picks up and you get cascading riffs with melodic accents and haunting shrieks.  ...

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Reviewed by Teeth of the Divine Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, September 9, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Teeth of the Divine
Published: September 9, 2013

After a little bit of a misstep with the Netra release, Hypnotic Dirge is back on track with a handful of very solid releases (Odradek Room, Galaktik Cancer Squad, Lycanthia, Frigoris), the best of which is the second album from Massachusetts atmospheric black metal act Obsidian Tongue, and for those of you who are fans of Agalloch , early Woods of Ypres and Thrawsunbalt, you should probably get this now.

And I don’t just thro...

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Review from Hollywood Metal Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, September 6, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Hollywood Metal Webzine
Published: August 29, 2013

I really wanted to love this album. Certainly, as the first few moments of “Brothers in the Stars” washed over me (after the drums kicked in – I’m not talking about the introduction) I was in good standing to do so. The song is quite beautiful, featuring dreamy guitars, pulsing drums, and savage vocals that float out of the mix like some beast howling in a forest at night. These hallmarks of atmospheric black metal ar...

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OBSIDIAN TONGUE - A NEST OF RAVENS IN THE THROAT OF TIME
 

 Released: July 29, 2013
600 Copies
Atmospheric Primal Black Metal

CO-RELEASE WITH DISSOCIATION RECORDS (OBSIDIAN TONGUE'S LABEL)


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