a r t i s t : Skullflower
t i t l e : IIIrd Gatekeeper
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Crucial Blast CBR63
g e n r e : Noise
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2007
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 103,5 MB
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A reissue of Skullflower's acclaimed 1992 album IIIrd Gatekeeper,
featuring the lineup of Matthew Bower (guitar), Stuart Dennison (drums
and vocals), and Anthony DiFranco (bass). IIIrd Gatekeeper is an
immensely heavy album that was originally released on HeadDirt, the
label run by Justin Broadrick of Godflesh/Jesu/Final fame back in the
early 90's, and featured Skullflower at their heaviest, grinding out
slow, sludgy riffs and crushing, almost industrial rhythms amid a
tempest of psychedelic guitar noise and dense sheets of feedback -
easily the most crushing, rock-based music that Skullflower ever
produced. IIIrd Gatekeeper served up a skulldozing dose of post-
industrial dirge rock that sat comfortably next to Godflesh, Swans,
and Ramleh in terms of dark, druggy, hypnotic lumbering heaviness.
This is one of our favorite albums ever at Crucial Blast, and we are
presenting this reissue with new liner notes, a new package design
that retains all of the original artwork from the HeadDirt release,
and a remastering job courtesy of Scott Hull at Visceral Sound.
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01-Can You Feel It? [06:38]
02-Black Rabbit [04:13]
03-Larks Tongues [04:31]
04-Center Puss [06:11]
05-Saturnalia [07:37]
06-Rotten Sun [07:01]
07-Vanadis [06:34]
08-Godzilla [11:12]
09-Spoiler [08:54]
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62:51 min