Sunday, April 01, 2007
ryan oppermann
oxide lullaby
[2004, snip-snip]
ryan oppermann's the birth name of the dude behind the redrot, fabrico incubo, klinikal skum, narcoleptic ward, neuntöter der plage, post-mortem junkie and xombie projects. i've focused the majority of my attention to his dealings as redrot. that's mostly because it's sick as hell, but partly because i lost my xombie, p-mj and der plage downloads when my c drive went kaput last year, and have yet to reacquire them. as for redrot, i'd recommend picking up the new (redrot, new?! score!) 12" split with hair police, taken from a halloween show of last year.
how this managed to sit on my computer for so long without me getting around to listening to it remains a mystery, but i'm glad i finally did. first, totally not what i would've expected. at all. second, pleasantly surprised. third, holy fuck is there ever a diamond in the rough tucked away neatly in the middle of this album.
the fourteen minute opener oxide lullaby comes across more as a terrific score to some obscure italian horror flick. it's rather sublime with a wonderful and haunting background layer. the echoed musical arrangements that'll soon enter aide the overall aesthetic remarkably. there's a distinct edginess to this that ryan wisely plays to by adding some brief jarring noise that consistently catches you off guard, it also prevents you from keeping the volume too high, which you'll have the urge to do in order to pick up on everything. after the near half-hour basement terror of lockjaw, we get to rusted crust. this is seriously one of the most memorable pieces of music (emphasis on music) that i've heard in a while. this has the unique distinction of being oppermann's most beautiful and severe work. rusted crust has this harsh as hell metal screeching sound which is periodically piercing the serenity of this ridiculously good guitar line he's laying down. when that guitar peaks at about 3:40 in and changes form a bit, fucking hell. even better is at 5:12 when it reverts back. wow. after that track, things'll get more into comfortable straight-forward noise territory with the twenty minute take the sewer to the rats' nest and bleed the rest. hrm, the title on this one isn't leaving very much to the imagination as to what this'll sound like. dense, but still interesting in its minimalistic approach in the first half, and then again with its thick and loud rumblings toward the end. the closer, calm corrosion, revisits rusted crust's vision, but keeps it grimy.
take my word for it, rusted crust is amazing. that track alone is worth the four bucks that this disc'll set you back. luckily enough for you tightwads, oxide lullaby's a good album through and through, so your purchase would be an economically sound one. yes, despite the fact that this was released in 2004, it's still available. that's one of the best aspects of snip-snip, things rarely go out of print.
Calm Corrosion
(fixed the link)
[2004, snip-snip]
ryan oppermann's the birth name of the dude behind the redrot, fabrico incubo, klinikal skum, narcoleptic ward, neuntöter der plage, post-mortem junkie and xombie projects. i've focused the majority of my attention to his dealings as redrot. that's mostly because it's sick as hell, but partly because i lost my xombie, p-mj and der plage downloads when my c drive went kaput last year, and have yet to reacquire them. as for redrot, i'd recommend picking up the new (redrot, new?! score!) 12" split with hair police, taken from a halloween show of last year.
how this managed to sit on my computer for so long without me getting around to listening to it remains a mystery, but i'm glad i finally did. first, totally not what i would've expected. at all. second, pleasantly surprised. third, holy fuck is there ever a diamond in the rough tucked away neatly in the middle of this album.
the fourteen minute opener oxide lullaby comes across more as a terrific score to some obscure italian horror flick. it's rather sublime with a wonderful and haunting background layer. the echoed musical arrangements that'll soon enter aide the overall aesthetic remarkably. there's a distinct edginess to this that ryan wisely plays to by adding some brief jarring noise that consistently catches you off guard, it also prevents you from keeping the volume too high, which you'll have the urge to do in order to pick up on everything. after the near half-hour basement terror of lockjaw, we get to rusted crust. this is seriously one of the most memorable pieces of music (emphasis on music) that i've heard in a while. this has the unique distinction of being oppermann's most beautiful and severe work. rusted crust has this harsh as hell metal screeching sound which is periodically piercing the serenity of this ridiculously good guitar line he's laying down. when that guitar peaks at about 3:40 in and changes form a bit, fucking hell. even better is at 5:12 when it reverts back. wow. after that track, things'll get more into comfortable straight-forward noise territory with the twenty minute take the sewer to the rats' nest and bleed the rest. hrm, the title on this one isn't leaving very much to the imagination as to what this'll sound like. dense, but still interesting in its minimalistic approach in the first half, and then again with its thick and loud rumblings toward the end. the closer, calm corrosion, revisits rusted crust's vision, but keeps it grimy.
take my word for it, rusted crust is amazing. that track alone is worth the four bucks that this disc'll set you back. luckily enough for you tightwads, oxide lullaby's a good album through and through, so your purchase would be an economically sound one. yes, despite the fact that this was released in 2004, it's still available. that's one of the best aspects of snip-snip, things rarely go out of print.
Calm Corrosion
(fixed the link)
:: posted by avant gardening, 2:48 PM