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ARTIST : Opium Lord STOREDATE : 00-00-2015
ALBUM : The Calendrical Cycle: Eye Of RIPDATE : 06-30-2015
YEAR : 2015 RUNTIME : 32:35 min
GENRE : Death Metal LANGUAGE : English
LABEL : Candlelight Records GRABBER : EAC Secure
SOURCE : CDDA ENCODER : FLAC 1.2.1
QUALITY : 900 kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels SIZE : 218.8MB
URL : http://tinyurl.com/oerulll TRACKS : 7 Files
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01 Challenger 4:38
02 Pink Mass 4:00
03 Crystals 4:23
04 Black Libraries 5:09
05 Azazel 2:57
06 Ghost Singer 4:35
07 Krocodil 6:53
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32:35 min
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│ Given the city's size and formidable history in metal I often wonder │
│ why Birmingham fails to produce more touring extreme metal bands. │
│ Luckily Opium Lord have briefly allayed these concerns with the │
│ release and touring surrounding their latest release, 'The │
│ Calendrical Cycle: Eye of Earth'. │
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│ Straddling that line between doom and sludge that makes the doom │
│ nastier and psyches the sludge out, Opium Lord hit the sweet spot. │
│ Whilst obvious in theory, the reality is that it is exceedingly │
│ tricky to make this type of music that tweaks the doom to be less │
│ boring and the sludge actually aurally edible. Few bands manage it; │
│ many get mired in a half baked mix of both genres. The guitars here │
│ growl rather than fuzz or screech, the songs prowl rather than plod. │
│ The tones are weighted to being more mid and bass heavy, more mix │
│ desk worship than amplifier worship. Hell, you can hear the bass │
│ through the mix from the sheer force of its frequencies, it's │
│ crushing. │
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│ Whilst not a very long LP, the album uses it's run time well. │
│ Sludge/doom has never been one for dynamics, the tropes of the genre │
│ limiting its range of expression, but Opium Lord use this well to │
│ create an unrelenting and smothering blanket of oppression that │
│ characterises the album. Whilst certainly not lacking in the song │
│ writing department, the strengths of this album lie more in it's │
│ sound and feel; yet the production is what ultimately gives it the │
│ life it has and makes it worth repeated listens to allow the rich │
│ heaviness to soak past your ears and into your brain. │
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