VESTIGES / PANOPTICON split LP

VESTIGES / PANOPTICON split LP

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*** This is a new and unplayed item, direct from the CRUCIAL BLAST shop. ***

DESCRIPTION FROM CRUCIAL BLAST:
  This new LP features two younger American bands who draw various aspects of their sound from mix of both hardcore punk and black metal aesthetics, with Panopticon being one of the more popular bands around right now doing this particular approach. Here, Kentucky's Panopticon has teamed up with the Washington DC band Vestiges, the latter delivering a couple of new tracks of their blasting blackened post-hardcore while the former brings us another set of songs that combine a strange mix of Appalachian folk influences, vicious experimental black metal, and glorious melodies that sear the blazing blackened metal with bursts of blinding white light.
   The Vestiges side opens with the sound of distant whirring ambience, a fog of swirling feedback tones and delicate minor key guitar that slowly drifts in from afar. The first song "VII" takes shape as a sort of sinister slowcore sound, that ghostly guitar melody floating over minimal cymbal patterns, the sound building slowly to crescendo, the vocals a mix of guttural bellowing and blackened shrieks, ascending until it finally erupts into a furious blackened blast of tremolo riffing and blastbeating drums, slipping into slower lurching tempos and somber sludginess. That goes right into "VIII", as the band launches into even more furious D-beat driven heaviness and apocalyptic melody, returning to more of that almost orchestral rock that opened the record. Its a soaring dark sound that sort of resembles the cinematic slow-burn rock of bands like Mono, mixed with modern atmospheric black metal, and makes for an excellent pairing with the likes of Panopticon. Fans of bands like Fall Of Efrafa and Lightbringer would dig these guys, as well.
   The Panopticon side features two original songs of his unique, progressive blackened metal. "A Letter" and "The Eulogy" both feature Panopticon's combination of Appalachian folk influences, soaring sky-burning melodies, and blastbeat-driven intensity, but the emphasis here is definitely is on the band's heavier material. The vocals swirl in pools of delay, a spacey distorted howl relegated to the back of the mix, casting a sheen of despair over the pummeling majestic music. It's filled with a kind of raw emotional power that is unusual for something this close to black metal, the blasting heaviness giving way to moodier passages where the blackened guitars transform into almost mandolin-like melodies. The band closes their side with a cover of a song by the deathcore band Suicide Nation, who I'm not at all familiar with, but the song certainly sounds like it could have been an original Panopticon song, especially when after a few minutes of blasting, crushing heaviness, it suddenly and dramatically transforms into a haunting bluegrass-tinged passage, the dramatic harmonies and sweeping grandeur fitting right in next to the other two Panopticon originals featured here. Needless to say, if you've become a fan of Panopticon albums like Kentucky and Social Disservices, you'll want this for their side alone.
   Comes in a striking gatefold jacket that also includes an 11" by 17" poster, and is limited to six hundred copies.   © CRUCIAL BLAST
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