Genghis Tron / Board Up The House
Album: Board Up The House   Collection:General
Artist:Genghis Tron   Added:Mar 2008
Label:Relapse Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-07-06 Pull Date: 2008-09-07 Charts: Loud
Week Ending: Sep 7 Aug 31 Aug 17 Aug 10 Jul 20 Jul 13
Airplays: 1 1 1 3 4 3

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 08, 2009: Scatterbrain Radio
Relief
4. Aug 30, 2008: too heavy for titanium
Endless Teeth
2. Oct 23, 2008: On The Warpath
Relief
5. Aug 10, 2008: Mmmmm...Tastes Like Candy
City On A Hill
3. Sep 03, 2008: Emphysema For Emphasis
City On A Hill
6. Aug 09, 2008: Bloodstains Across Atherton-Nej! Ikke Amerikanisk Hipsteren Musikk
Recursion

Album Review
Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2008-07-01
Really interesting mix of technical extreme metal (bits of grind, death metal and “post-hardcore”), electronica, video game tempos & tonalities. It has that “anticipatory” feeling. Depsite their outward drifts in to say ambience (see #5) they consistently stay heavy. File near Neurosis, Converge filtered through the weird sci-fi dystopia of O.L.D. In all, a very strong album.

((((1)))) Video gamey/sci-fi intro then blasting metallic skitter skatter. Similar to O.L.D.
((((2)))) Straight ahead electro-grind-metal blast with a few slight detours.
(((((3))))) Bombastic, riffy, squirrelly guitar parts and some nice melodic breakdowns.
(((((4))))) Really good minimal ambient/down tempo beats n’ keyboards interlude.
((((((5)))))) Distant and cold electronics with a futurist/”newER wave” sound and loud ass guitars & vocals. Excellent!
(((6))) A bit TOO manic but still pretty interesting in the crazy shifts from blasting grind to sci-fi pop to breakbreaks!?!?
((((7)))) Instrumental jam with lots of crazy electronic overlaying and repeating riffs.
((((8)))) Fast grind/blast into metal into more “IDM-ish” electronics & beats. Killer doomy to grind parts at 2:01-2:45
((((9)))) Kinda silly how they can to these stop/starts super precise but it helps when you work with a drum machine. Pretty rad regardless.
(((10))) Interlude with high pitched electronics as interesting as it is annoying.
((((11)))) Sludgy, epic and introspective. Later it gets heavier & sorta proggy yet repetitious as it goes on.

Track Listing
1. Board Up The House   7. The Whips Blow Back
2. Endless Teeth   8. Colony Collapse
3. Things Don't Look Good   9. The Feast
4. Recursion   10. Ergot
5. I Won't Come Back Alive   11. Relief
6. City On A Hill   .