Black Mountain
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Topic: Black Mountain
Posted By: arcer
Subject: Black Mountain
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 17:34
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Anybody checked out this Canadian band yet. Their new album In the Future is getting really good reviews (and has a cool cover). Just listening to the donwloadable stuff from their website and checking out their MySpace stuff and it's pretty cool stoner rock in a 70s Sabbath vein. Interesting. Checking 'em out at: http://www.blackmountainarmy.com/downloads.php and http://www.myspace.com/blackmountain |
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: January 23 2008 at 04:56
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I got this album the other day too; I'm surprised these guys didn't make any waves on this site as there's a definite prog influence on their work. I saw an interview with one of them and he mentioned how King Crimson's 'In The Court Of The Crimson King' was his favourite track, whilst gushing over the mellotron.
Can hear that Zeppelin/Sabbath thing for sure, but unlike Wolfmother, I think they transcend it. There's even a fair bit of Floyd/Tangerine Dream influence on their sound to my ears.
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Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: January 23 2008 at 11:54
Yeah I reckon they are definitely worthy of consideration for the site - especially as the sticker on the front of their album specifically says Pscyh-and-Prog spiritual pioneers Black Mountain  Album's really good. Bit of noodly synth work, some spacey overtones, crunching 70s guitars, bit of folky acoustic. Can hear bits of King Crimson, Sabbath, Zeppelin, heavier Neil Young, all sorts really. Definitely worth a listen people! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 23 2008 at 23:32
Sounds very interesting Arcer. 
One to look out for -- thanks!  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: January 24 2008 at 00:13
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Love Black Mountain, but if you want to hear a more prog/psyche version rather than hard rock then you should check out McBeans other project, The Pink Mountaintops ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: January 24 2008 at 10:20
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I've always heard of the band when talking about Stoner Rock. I'm currently on the look out for them and if they sound proggy enough then they might have a place here in PA. Fans of Black Mountain may want to check out: ../artist.asp?id=3050 - DEAD MEADOW ../artist.asp?id=2854 - KINSKI ../artist.asp?id=2851 - MAMMATUS ../artist.asp?id=2973 - TITAN All of them here in PA. Aside from those, http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=33358049 - Witchcraft is another great band that you'll like. They have a vintage sound to their music and it's very Sabbath influenced. Cheers. ------------- 
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: January 24 2008 at 22:07
| named after the Led Zeppelin song, no doubt. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: February 05 2008 at 19:58
Actually I heard they're named after a big pile of hash.
 I'm listening to their new album 'In the Future' and there's no way they don't belong on here. The question is in what category, maybe heavy prog? Either way they're really awesome, I'll have to say their new album is better than The Mars Volta's and that's saying something. -------------  
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King Crimson776 wrote:Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: February 06 2008 at 09:37
| listened to that two free songs from their web-site - very good indeed, I wonder why they're not here yet! |
Posted By: StyLaZyn
Date Posted: February 06 2008 at 13:24
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Check this link out: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18742924 - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18742924 National Public Radio has them as the Artist of the Day. Very cool. They call them Hipster Prog Rock, whatever the heck that is.The song on the NPR website is reminiscent of older Prog. If all their material is like this, they deserve a spot on this site. ------------- 
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Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 15:48
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Listening to this album while typing this. I never heard of them before but the guy in the record store recommended me this. After listening some songs I was convinced to buy this and I haven't had any regrets ever since. And indeed, there's some strong hints of older prog in here, some synth parts even remind me of Tangerine Dream. -------------  |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 17:02
Getting it today, a collegue mentioned it. Let's see if this is worth the bandwidth  He's usually right - so I expect no problems there.
------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Matti
Date Posted: April 10 2008 at 02:46
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I came across the fresh Black Mountain CD In The Future at my work in the library and checked if the band's in PA. Why not yet, even if it's been talked about here already in January? Hopefully the Psych/Space Rock team are working on it. PS. Totally new band to me, but seems really interesting...
The sticker on the CD: "Psych-and-prog-spiritual pioneers Black Mountain are back with their second full-lenght album. It has the epic ring, the beloved deep rock touchstones and the genius folk fragility that made their self-titled debut an instant classic."
King By-Tor (on another Black Mountain thread): "I came across this Canadian five piece recently and wondered how they didn't make any waves on this site! I think these guys would make an excellent addition to Space rock as they've done a great job mixing some of the styles of modern rock music with the old space prog stylings. While I haven't heard their new album, their first album is very very good with some great progressive pieces on it."
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Posted By: lizdarocker
Date Posted: April 11 2008 at 20:16
| pretty damn good, thanks for the links. |