These guys rock. Lyrically, I am still out in left field with Baroness, but musically they have me. This is a crushingly beautiful debut record. These guys do kind of wear their influences on their sleeve on this debut (and somewhat on the follow up Blue Record), but their mix of metal, proto-emo, hardcore and yes, even southern rock, makes for a musical smorgasbord that just has to be be heard.
As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original vision is at least partially consumed by their new sounds, and their albums feature as many or more elements of post-rock, prog, hardcore, alternative, industrial or jazz as they do metal. Regardless of the genres in which they dabble, acts… more »
Before we get into what Hipster Metal Parking Lot entails, watch this. Now picture that very same tailgating session with the kind of cool kids who usually spend their afternoons debating deleted Smiths singles at the stuffy record store down the street. A sad situation, really. That's why we're here — to save the painfully hip from themselves by reminding them what it means to rock in a way that won't give them too many… more »
