| Various Artists / Nortt/Xasthur |
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| Album: | Nortt/Xasthur | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Nov 2005 | |
| Label: | Southern Lord Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-12-11 | Pull Date: | 2006-02-12 | Charts: | Loud |
| Week Ending: | Feb 12 | Feb 5 | Jan 29 | Jan 8 | Jan 1 | Dec 25 | Dec 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 17, 2013: | Deathcrush Glemt, Blood From The Roots Of The Forest, Dog Og Borte | 4. | Nov 10, 2006: | Carrots & Sticks...But Mostly Sticks Dog Og Borte | |
| 2. | Jan 28, 2012: | Catharsis: blacker than the blackest coffee Lurking In Silence | 5. | Aug 07, 2006: | The National Congress Of Vaselines Dog Og Borte | |
| 3. | May 15, 2009: | Emphysema For Emphasis Dog Og Borte | 6. | Jun 09, 2006: | The Top Shelf Of Vaselines Blood From The Roots Of The Forest |
| Album Review |
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| Ragnar of Ravensfjord Reviewed 2006-02-17 | ||
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This is an excellent pairing of two very dark, black metal bands. Note this isn’t typical of really any permutation of B.M. out there these days unless you have a grip on enticing oddities as “black doom” and “suicidal black metal”. Denmark’s Nortt makes fuzzy, ultra-slow & bleak, monotonous doom. Whereas Southern California’s Xasthur creates 3 fantastic pieces that stray away a bit from metal but never escape the blackness. Shoegazer sounds for evil people. Nortt – (Note: all lyrics & titles are Danish) ((((((1)))))) Minimalist, sad piano mixing with layers of guitar fuzz. Very similar to Skepticism. ((((((2))))) More slow-mo grimness. Very spacious & slowing buring inside. Great use of note resonation. (((((3))))) Plodding & hateful black doom. Slowing down the slowest Darkthrone song to 12 ½ RPM. Uneasy listening-par excellénce! ((((((4))))) Awesome dark ambient ‘ala Cold Meat Industries label. Xasthur – Creepy, weird BM from L.A. (((((5))))) Murky, abysmal (in a good way), repetitive guitar fuzz & sad minor chords Something like My Bloody Valentine gone to Hades. ((((6)))) Trademark Xasthur sound: howling vocals, claustrophobic bass + some (subconscious?) influence from Swans & Godflesh. (((((7))))) Very sullen, enshadowed, cycling chords mixed with hazy distortion. Later gets kind of dark ambient. Very dream like & dare I say “pretty”? | ||
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