ARTIST: Hadoken
TITLE: The Ancient Machine
LABEL: Self Released
GENRE: Instrumental Rock
BITRATE: 196kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 50m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-08-00
RIP DATE: 2008-10-23
Track List
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1. Pulsa diNura 9:03
2. Vesuvius 5:47
3. The Death Stone (Sesshoseki) 9:40
4. Vagues ScΘlΘrates (Rising From 8:36
The Sea)
5. Aerial 7:28
6. A Clock Tower Sleeps 9:31
Release Notes:
http://www.myspace.com/surgefist
First of all, let me clarify, with great joy and relief, that this band has
nothing to do with the horrible English band called Hadouken! Massachusetts
based six-piece Hadoken play a blend of experimental post-rock. Some may
consider post-rock a dirty word, but the music that Hadoken create is far from
tired and worn.
Their debut album, The Ancient Machine, flows beautifully and does not just sit
neatly in the background. The music takes you on various journeys whilst
soothing and invigorating the senses. Album opener ôPulsa diNuraö is a fine
example of some of the brilliant work that has been created. The track opens
brightly with flowing light instrumentation such as is common to this genre of
music. However, Hadoken do not follow the rulebook like so many other post-rock
bands, and soon the music takes you away. After building to a mountainous
crescendo the music falls away as a piercing violin riff, which would not be out
of place on MetallicaÆs S&M, rips through the silence. The rest of the band
follow and then take the riff into a whole new passage of music. Just as you
think the song has crashed to an almighty end, the band switches to a soothing
section laden with violin and soft guitar work that feeds delicately into the
following song.
The use of violin in the music is a master stroke by the band which allows sharp
staccato notes to be fed through the rumbling bass and neat guitar work. The
songs on the album have a very varied feel to them with plenty of different
sounds and patterns being created around you.
Hadoken have the ability to take you with them through songs which are sometimes
dark and moody but always with a ray of glimmering light peeking through. Some
of the bigger bands, such as Explosions in the Sky, take just one song to go
somewhere building up to a loud eventful finish. Hadoken rise and fall and twist
and turn throughout their songs, never taking things too far but with an eye
well trained towards progress; this creates a sense