Stoneburner / Life Drawing
Album: Life Drawing   Collection:General
Artist:Stoneburner   Added:Mar 2015
Label:Neurot Recordings  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2015-04-03 Pull Date: 2015-06-05 Charts: Loud
Week Ending: May 24 May 10 Apr 12
Airplays: 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. May 19, 2015: Sounds of the Underworld
An Apology To A Friend In Need
3. Apr 08, 2015: Brownian Motion
You Are The Worst
2. May 05, 2015: Sounds of the Underworld
An Apology To A Friend In Need
4. Apr 07, 2015: Sounds of the Underworld
An Apology To A Friend In Need

Album Review
Dark Emperor
Reviewed 2015-03-31
Stoneburner - Life Drawing
Label: Neurot Recordings

As anything that Neurot Recordings releases, this will be LOUD and full of crushing riffs. The band hails from hipster capital of the USA (Portland, OR) and delivers a punishing nine-track release. The band style is a nice hybrid of Sludge and Doom with harsh vocals, making it quite oppressive.

Review: Dark Emperor

FCC Clean
Play: 4,5,9, 2

1. (05:38) - Death-metalish opener, nice quality riffs, but just a warm-up (3 out of 5).
2. (10:20) - Hypnotic groove, quite a slow paced song that perfectly mixes Sludge with Doom riffs. (5 out of 5)
3. (01:29) - Meh accoustic tempo changer (1 out of 5)
4. (08:04) - Pummeling heavy southern-inspired riffs. Best song in this release (5 out of 5)
5. (10:36) - Atmospheric Post-Metal, similar to Neurosis. Second best track. (5 out of 5)
6. (01:08) - Another acoustic interlude.... meh. (1 out of 5)
7. (07:36) - Ritualistic drumming slowly grows into an all-out riffing barrage. (4 out of 5)
8. (03:47) - Heavy and sludgy.... and short! One quick stop-shop in this track. (4 out of 5)
9. (17:53) - Slow progressing monolithic piece. Quite moody and Post-Metal-ish, showing that the band might shift in the future in this direction... and they should. (5 out of 5)

Track Listing
1. Some Can   5. Pale New Eyes
2. Caged Bird   6. Giver Of Birth
3. Drift   7. Done
4. An Apology To A Friend In Need   8. You Are The Worst
  9. The Phoenix