By: Aaron Pickford
Album Type: 7" Inch Split, Disc 4
Date Released: 4/6/2012
Label: Hell Comes Home
Akamame/Lesbian’s Fungal Abyss 7inch/DD track listing:
A).
Rain Will Be The New Gold - Akamane
B).
Humongous Fungus - Lesbian’s Fungal
Abyss
Akaname is on split:
Jamie
Saint Merat | Drums
Ben
Jackson | Guitar
Matt
Payne | Bass
Matt
Faisandier | Guitar
Lesbian’s Fungal Abyss is:
Arran
Mcinnis | Guitar
Dan
LaRochelle | Guitar
Dorando
Hodous| bass
Benjamin
Thomas-Kennedy | Drums & Percussion
Feat...Nathan
Smurthwaite | Guitar
The Review:
The
most striking thing about this vinyl series so far is the depth and variety of
talented bands project founder Joel has been able to recruit. Akaname is not a band I was at all familiar with prior to
this release, however because of the quality of music I have heard in the
series so far, I was hoping that this was not going to be a weak
point. Worry not, because the track by Akaname
is an absolute belter! What we have here is an example of superior
quality progressive instrumental metal, with flashes of black metal and grindcore.
Starting of with a slow labouring post metal type vibe to the track with a
repeated passage of riffs and decadently eerie atmospherics, the
track burst into life with those aforementioned flashes of black metal riffing
and then a pulsating grindcore descending riff. It is striking too that
there are also moments of angular mathcore time changes as well. It is
orchestrated brilliantly, saving the best till last with the blast of alternative
picking riff to match the battery of the syncopated kick drums. It truly
is a majestic track and at just over 6:00, there is plenty here to hold your attention.
Akaname are certainly one's to watch for the future and
judging by this track, they are capable of great things.
Improvised
in the studio under the influence of Teonanacatl aka a hallucinogenic fungi,
better known as mushrooms. Is it any wonder ‘Humongous Fungus’ is a trippy, psychedelic musical
experiment? Well that's how it felt listening to the track over and over;
hell I didn't need to be on mushrooms because I felt my mind being altered just
by listening to the track. Given the improvised nature of the track, that
does in no way, make this a bad track; in fact ‘Humongous Fungus’ is bloody amazing. As you might expect, it is atmospheric, slow and ambient, with
droning bass humming along hypnotically with a plethora of hallucinogenic
soundscapes consuming you. A delicate din of drums and the subtle
sounds of the guitar create a engaging, mesmeric and spell binding track.
The yang to Akaname’s dark and often brutal track, Fungal Abyss have produced a
wonderfully hypnotic mind altering track which needs to be experienced in
all of its audible splendour
