Album Type:
Album
Date Released:
05th
September 2014
Label:
Self Released
Thrust/Parry
LP- track listing:
1.Craving 02:57
2.Relapse 06:46
3.Soleil 06:22
4.Noordzee 01:26
5.North Sea 07:31
6.The Outsider 03:19
7.White Suit 04:54
8.It all seems 00:50
9.(thrust) 03:29
10.(parry) 02:08
11.Limitless 05:41
12.4:48 16:28
Bio
Instrumental / Space
Rock / Sludge / Noise / Stoner / Psychedelic from Brussels - BE
OMSQ has already
released two split EP’s in vinyl format on Belgian label Antée
Records. Both records are distributed in Belgium by Mandai (Amenra,
Zu, Big’n, Marvin, Three Second Kiss, Yowie, etc.) The band will
now release “Thrust/Parry”, its first full-length album.
OMSQ has started
hitting the stages in Belgium in 2013. They have already been playing
with heavy psychedelic and sludge masters such as The Men (US), Hey
Colossus (UK), Humanfly (UK), People of the North (US), Perhaps (US),
Djevara (UK), The Fierce and The Dead (UK), Earthmass (UK), Sumer
(UK), Gurt (UK), etc. First reviews of OMSQ’s live performances
described them as “an instrumental terror” and “atypical
space-rock, desert-rock, stoner-drone-prog,
doom-noise-psyche-sludge…”
Members
K54 - guitar,
keyboards, synths, programming
Bert - drums,
keyboards
AL_WNTR - guitar,
bass guitar
Ludo - bass guitar,
guitar, synth
Review:
Holy
Fuck – Where did the hell these guys come from. Their debut album –
Thrust/Parry is one hell of nightmarish racket that features all of
my favourite genres in one easy as hell loud destructive package.
You
want Sludge, Stoner, Space Rock and lots of NOISE then OMSQ is the
band for you. It's a dark twisted journey into the realm of Dark
Instrumental Rock that is gonna to blow your fucking whole world
apart. The first two tracks – Craving and Relapse – show you what
OMSQ are all about. Heavy pounding riffs that instantly grabs you by
the throat and doesn't stop for the next 62 minutes or so.
OMSQ
are very hard to describe as they throw everything at you and it's a
pulsating and thrilling experience to be apart of. Epic spacey riffs
with the demented and violent Sludge Metal carnage thrown in for good
measure. I never wanted this album to end as it's a work of twisted
genius. If you're a fan Of Pelican, Karma To Burn, Sleep, Kyuss,
Monster Magnet, Ufomammut and Ocean Chief you seriously need to check
this album out now.
OMSQ
do add a lot of different psych based ambient noises to their music
and it gives their sound a thumping and heavy desolate feel where
there is no escape from. The standout track on the album has to be
the final 16 minute track – 4:48 – which throws everything at you
while it becomes part of your sub-conscience. OMSQ deliver drone
based Sludge/Post-Metal/Stoner Riffs of the highest order which has
an air of authority and intelligence to it that you don't hear very
often in the realm of instrumental music.
This
album is a work of twisted genius and about as close to musical
perfection your likely to hear this year. Amazing. End Of.
Check
it out for yourselves as OSMQ have Thrust/Parry available for free
download from BandCamp. You cannot pass this album by. It's seriously
that good. Get downloading now. Or you can buy the physical versions
here on CD and Vinyl.
Check
The Band From Links Below.
Band’s website:
www.omsq.be
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/omsqband
BandCamp:
http://omsq.bandcamp.com
Written
by Steve Howe
