What are you Listening to Right Now? Febus XV

Very unique black metal that's almost psychedelic in the way the dark ambient influences are incorporated, but in a nightmarish esoteric way that also has something crude and folkloric about it.

Polymorphia wrote: Lear'sFool wrote: One of my favorite Liars albums.

I only discovered the band about a year ago, and I swallowed up all seven of their albums in a very short period of time, and generally loved them all pretty equally -- except for this one.  Not that I don't like it, but it really does sound like a completely different band to me.  So I like it, but not on "Liars" terms, if you catch my drift.

One writer pointed out that their album-to-album development has progressed in pairs.  Usually a completely radical change in direction followed by a consolidation of that style, followed by another radical change in direction, and so on.  Albums (2,3) , (4,5), and (6,7) all follow this pattern, but once again, (1) is the oddball entry that has no partner.

Guess it's foolish to complain about this album for that reason, because it's really a pretty hot little album on its own merits.  Though while I'm pointing out flaws, I have to say having the album close on a 20+ minute loop that's almost as long as the rest of the album combined is a bit of an odd way to go, and not really a fulfilling listen for me.


Edited by HolyMoly - March 06 2015 at 13:44

Not prog, but some of the catchiest, funniest music I've heard in a long time.

Edited by sublime220 - March 06 2015 at 13:50

^Agreed. The Liars post made me think of Wire! I guess I know why, now.

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