- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Mouth of the Architect
Album: Dawning
Label: Translation Loss Records
Playtime: 53:16 min
Genre: Metal
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Rip date: 2013-06-27
Street date: 2013-06-25
Size: 105.96 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 265 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
"Mouth of the Architect are sticking to their guns on Dawning with some
seriously quality post-metal that presents itself naturally and without any
bells and whistles. Dawning is a no-frills outing that seeks to solidify the
band's position as one of the better post-metal acts out there, and does so
quite well. Think of this as more of a crossover between the band's 2008
atmospheric record Quietly and the aggression presented by the band on their
first two records.
Any genre that carries the prefix "post" is usually pretty hard to do
correctly. There has to be that precise writing that strikes the balance
between atmosphere and substance just perfectly enough to keep the listener
interested, yet drive the music to the intended destinations with a sense of
purpose. Fortunately, Mouth of the Architect seemed to be pretty aware of that
whilst writing Dawning and really took their sound to another level. For
instance, look at the opening track "Lullaby": it builds and builds and builds
with a sense of purpose, carefully adding layers to the monstrosity, only to
drop out to a clean guitar and vocals. The drop only lasts a moment though
before the band blindside you with a loud explosion of what can only be
described as "beautiful and uplifting metal"à prepare yourself for it; it
scared the living hell out of me the first time I heard it, which is an
attribution to the amazing dynamics the record portrays.
Keeping true with band's overall sound through their existence, Dawning
presents an extremely natural sound on this record in a different way then
they did on 2008's Quietly. Quietly took a much more "in your face natural"
approach to their sound, while Dawning makes it sound like you're listening to
the band play in a pretty large hall, opening up their sound to be much larger
and less claustrophobic than Quietly was. It's fitting for a record that takes
you through peaks and valleys of emotions, uplifting you and crushing you on a
journey that ends beautifully. The closer "The Other Son" could have easily
passed for a Godspeed You! Black Emperor song if there weren't any vocals, in
that it's like seeing the sun for the first time after being underground for
years and years. Combine that feeling with the massive production of the album
and it's simply divine.
Dawning needs to be put on at full volume in a dark room and concentrated on;
felt. Mouth of the Architect disappeared for five years to get this one right,
and they did so well."
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Lullabye ( 9:27)
02. It Swarms ( 8:37)
03. Sharpen Your Axes ( 6:55)
04. How This Will End (11:23)
05. Patterns ( 9:35)
06. The Other Son ( 7:19)
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