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░ ██ ██ Artist: Ice Dragon ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: The Burl, The Earth, The Aether █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-02-14 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Psychedelic Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: PRC Music ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Reissue ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ ôYour stained fingers attest to your diligence in █
█ mixing potions and learning their secrets.ö █
█ █
█ While Ice Dragon may not be the best music for █
█ climbing up to the Sigillum Sanguis in Oblivion or █
█ battling Alduin in Skyrim, this Bostonian band's █
█ style can be likened to the mixing of alchemical █
█ ingredients during either one of those sprawling █
█ RPG's. It goes far and beyond just mixing genres █
█ together, even though Ice Dragon does that, but █
█ their music holds this mystical, mysterious vibe. █
█ These strange auras are formed through combining █
█ things that we are comfortable with and tweaking █
█ them until they no longer resemble what we once █
█ knew. █
█ The Burl, the Earl, the Aether is the sophomore █
█ album from this prolific psychedelic doom metal █
█ act, which was originally released in 2010 █
█ independently and is being reissued by PRC Music █
█ in May of 2014. Taking equal parts from the slow █
█ paced doom of Black Sabbath, the trippy █
█ psychedelia of The Doors and the fuzz-ridden █
█ heaviness of Electric Wizard, Ice Dragon blends a █
█ potent mix of dirty doom metal, but it's twisted █
█ in form. ôAquageddonö is a slow paced trudge, █
█ complete with heavy, Sabbathian riffing, wailing █
█ vocals and all of the feedback and noise you could █
█ ever want. ôWinged Prophetö and ôMeddoeö showcase █
█ some acoustic strumming, an ethereal atmosphere █
█ and a dazzling mix of vocals that sound like a █
█ blend of Jim Morrison and Bobby Leibling. ôSquares █
█ Inside Squaresö showcases a superb stoner groove, █
█ but slowed down and with some added vintage fuzz █
█ for good measure. ôAlucardö focuses on Hendrix █
█ like rhythms before dropping into an ethereal █
█ bluesy jam, complete with vocals that sound like a █
█ young Glenn Danzig (ôAttitudeö, anyone?). While █
█ each track brings something a little different to █
█ the fold, you can be assured that it will be █
█ doomy, trippy or mind-bendingly psychedelic. █
█ Ice Dragon's sophomore album is an ever changing █
█ beast, but it's blended with expert care. The █
█ Burl, the Earl, the Aether showcases eight tracks █
█ of music that will make you feel like you're under █
█ the influence of some type of illicit substance. █
█ Which one? Your guess is as good as mine, because █
█ each track is like stepping into a different trip. █
█ The mix sounds straight from the basement, with █
█ feedback and reverb throughout. I really can't █
█ imagine an album like this being as potent as it █
█ is with a clean production, but perhaps those █
█ stellar vocals could be brought forward. The █
█ guitars get lost a little bit too, like during the █
█ heavier riffing on ôSpellpouchö, where the thick █
█ bass trumps all. █
█ While a lot of today's ôoccult rockö and █
█ psychedelic doom acts play with some seventies █
█ throwback music, Ice Dragon lay everyone else to █
█ rest. The band doesn't toy with psychedelic █
█ trippiness, they embody it. The Burl, the Earl, █
█ the Aether is, at times, as heavy as a bulldozer, █
█ and powerful enough to knock down walls, but it is █
█ also full of bluesy leads and ethereal █
█ psychedelia, that's likely to cause more than a █
█ few listeners to have flashbacks. Going back to █
█ the strange alchemy, imagine a seasoned blend of █
█ Black Sabbath, The Doors and Electric Wizard: █
█ fuzz-ridden doom metal with more psychedelic █
█ empowerment than the Mystery Machine. █
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░ 1. Squares Inside Squares 6:37 ░
░ 2. Spellpouch 8:13 ░
░ 3. Meddoe 3:38 ░
░ 4. Hexagon Riders 7:11 ░
░ 5. The Watcher 6:26 ░
░ 6. Alucard 4:02 ░
░ 7. Winged Prophet 5:29 ░
░ 8. Aquageddon 11:24 ░
░ 53:00 ░
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