Heron - Empires Of Ash (2022), Sludge/Doom Metal (D) Options

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*Artist: Heron

*Album: Empires Of Ash

*Year: 2022
*Genre: Sludge/Doom Metal
*Country: Canada (IMG:http://metalarea.org/forum/style_images/flags/Canada.png)
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 88MB

Tracklist:
1. Rust and Rot
2. The Middle Distance
3. Hauntology
4. Hungry Ghosts
5. With Dead Eyes
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Total playing time: 36:36

Extended info

Scott Bartlett Guitars (Sand Witch)
Ross Redeker Guitars, Vocals (additional)
Jamie Stilborn Vocals, Electronics (ex-Compound Terror, Night Mother, ex-Acting Ensign, ex-Awful Majesty, ex-Chaos Assassin, ex-Immaculate Infection, ex-Shadowrun, ex-Sinews)
Bina Mendozza Drums, Vocals (additional) (Mendozza, Nostrum, ex-Cambodia, ex-Dollhead, ex-Hector, ex-Hevybevan, ex-Huzzan, ex-Only One Dead, ex-Queazy, ex-Siamese Mistress, ex-Ten Miles Wide)

Empires of Ash offers an immersive experience into the eerie gloom. Bringing together a concoction of slow heavy chords, atmospheric synths and angst-ridden vocals, HERON attempt to make sense of a shared hollow experience.

"HERON is pleased to announce our third full length offering, Empires of Ash. Empires of Ash is an ode to impermanence and was created in the aftermath of the long, lonely hours of isolation. The album contains sweeping and melancholy post-metal sections intertwined with crushing doom and acidic sludge. Thank you for staring into the void with us."

Combining four veterans of the independent music scene and a back-breaking amount of gear, HERON mixes post-rock textures with suffocating guitar riffs, dread-inspiring percussion, and agonizing sludge-metal vocals. No stranger to the live stage, HERON tours extensively and has played with such giants as HIGH ON FIRE, CONAN, PALLBEARER, and PRIMITIVE MAN. Empires of Ash journeys through a dynamic array of soundscapes and moods across each track. It's a haunting production delving into some of the darkest emotions brought about through an expected series of events. "Rust and Rot" begins with a dramatic sludge-fuelled build-up of percussion and guitars before emerging into a dark and heavy onslaught. "The Middle Distance" unveils an unsuspecting serene calm of lighter guitar melodies, and cymbals. It's merely the calm before the storm and the immense guitars create an enveloping atmosphere of fuzz. An enthralling sense of vastness is presented in "Hauntology", while "Hungry Ghosts" delivers a fiery attack. HERON's bitter anguish exudes through "With Dead Eyes". The instrumentation transitions into a more minimal form initially, giving space to the commanding harsh vocals. As the track progresses the power intensifies.

HERON twist and turn through turbulent waters as they navigate a large scope of swirling emotions. Musically the band showcase a diverse range of styles which weave together in Empires of Ash into a harrowing narrative.

Dedicated to all those we have lost along the way

"Death stands above me, whispering low
I know not what into my ear:
Of his strange language all I know
Is, there is not a word of fear" Walter Savage Landor.

Technical info

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Input File: 01 - Rust and Rot.mp3
Channels : 2
Sample Rate : 44100
Precision : 16-bit
Duration : 00:09:28.00 = 25048800 samples = 42600 CDDA sectors
File Size : 22.7M
Bit Rate : 320k
Sample Encoding: MPEG audio (layer I, II or III)
Comments :
Title=Rust and Rot
Artist=Heron
Album=Empires of Ash
Tracknumber=1
Year=2022-12-02
Genre=Sludge | Doom Metal

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