Examination of The... - The Whitest of Elephants

South Dakota. Home of my boss and Examination of The...

I heard these guys around the same time I was really getting into Isis and this has been the "other slow record" I've repeatedly turned to. Kind of Neurosis meets Kiss It Goodbye meets Harkonen. Perfect.

I know that it's ex-members of some screamo bands and that they have some other shit I gave up trying to find.

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OLD - Lo Flux Tube

James Plotkin, seminal guitarist of lots of cool shit, doing two-man grind before anyone else had thought of it.

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The Blinding Light - Ascension Attempt

"Metalcore" became a dirty word for me eventually, representing something weak and insipid - however, in the midst of metalcore's decline (or maybe well into its decline) this record came out. Brian Lovro from the all-mighty Threadbare, fronting something that sounded like Threadbare mingled with Carcass.

I was/am in love.

This album is fucking long and heavy, with some weird ass lyrics but some of the most inventive compositions I can think of short of Converge or Suicide Note.

These guys have a new record coming out sooner than later, which is exciting although some of the other projects they've had in the interrim were entirely forgettable.

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