Life Drawing

Stoneburner
Neurot Recordings
General | Mar 2015

Reviews

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)

Recent airplay

An Apology To A Friend In Need
Sounds of the UnderworldMay 19, 2015
An Apology To A Friend In Need
Sounds of the UnderworldMay 05, 2015
You Are The Worst
Brownian MotionApr 08, 2015
An Apology To A Friend In Need
Sounds of the UnderworldApr 07, 2015

Charting

2015-04-03 — 2015-06-05 Loud
Week EndingAirplays
May 24 1
May 10 1
Apr 12 2

Track listing

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