This is a re-issue of one of the most classic doom/stoner albums ever. not only is the music incredible - but the lore behind it solidifies the ultimate rebellion against the industry. After SLEEP broke up; Matt Pike was reborn in HIGH ON FIRE; while the rhythm section went on to blow minds in OM. but before those voyages, these dudes pumped out a 63 minute tune that shaped a genre. get some fresh water in the bong and let 'er rip.
Impacting with the same bleak emotional pounding as Neurosis, the lumbering drone of Sleep and the stylistic flair of groups like Isis and Pelican, Morne are outsiders who dwell far beyond the trendy circles of post-metal or the insular enclave of stoner metal. Polish-born front man Milosz Gassan relishes his role as a mercurial outcast. When he's not working at a Boston theater building stage sets, he spends endless hours obsessing over every tone and… more »
The Concept Album, enshrined in such epic meisterworks as Tommy and The Wall, not to mention Styx's Kilroy Was Here, is often given short (about the only thing short about them) shrift in the instant d-load of a favored track. But ever since the invention of Long Playing discs allowed rock musicians the same four dimensions enjoyed by classical symphonists and operatic composers and jazz improvisers, there will be artists who think on a scale… more »
