Album
Type:
EP
Date
Released:
09th
January 2015
Label:
Drown
Within Records
Remnants
– Track Listing
1.Adrift, Sideral
Abysm 06:56
2.Fields of Tulips
on Pluto 08:01
3.Remembrance is a
Celestial Path 03:46
4.Remnants 06:00
Members
Gabri: Guitars,
Keys, Bass, Post-production.
Red: Bass, Keys,
Post-production, Graphics.
Review:
Italian
Post-Metallers – Summit – have released a stunning debut EP that
is filled with emotional post-metal riffs and ambient post-rock
interludes that combine for one intelligent offering of heavy music.
Fans of Pelican, Neurosis and Mogwai will get a kick out of Summit's
music as they play intelligent music with a hefty sideline in ambient
space sounds that takes you to the far reaches of space itself.
Opening
track – Adrift, Sideral Abysm – captures a band lost in the
wilderness of space and trying to find their way home. The music has
a very tragic quality to it as it firmly lies in the more sombre and
depressive side of Post-Rock/Post-Metal. For a duo, Summit, have
created some stunning sounds that you would expect from a much bigger
band. It ends with a gloomy ambient feedback noise getting louder and
louder by the second before it finally ends devouring everything in
it's wake.
Second
track – Fields of Tulips on Pluto – carries on the cosmic theme
with a haunting post-rock sound adding different layers of noises and
soundclips for another sombre tale of wonder and regret. The drums
finally start to appear around the 1:45 minute mark with the song
becoming ever more heavier by the second. Summit can be called an
experimental band as they a lot of different sounds to give their
music added depth and dimension.
Third
Track – Remembrance Is A Celestial Path – is more of casual
post-rock affair for the first 90 seconds or so before Summit explode
into life with sounds that remind me of ISIS created back in the day.
Summit wisely add vocals to the mix as this song stands out as one of
the EP's strongest tracks. A highly intelligent and thought provoking
style of post-metal to get your teeth stuck into.
Finally
we have the last track – Remnants – and it's where Summit unleash
their heavy arsenal of riffs upon to the masses as the EP comes to a
crashing end. Remnants features a more lo-fi style of post-metal
riffs compared to the other EP's tracks and it allows Summit to build
upon heavy layers of doom and gloom style noises. It's the perfect
way to end the EP as Summit have crafted a stunning musical odyssey
with a beginning, middle and end. And what a way to end the EP with.
Remnants
is an excellent EP that will hopefully lead to bigger things for
Summit. As they have a huge world of ideas to impress you with. I'm
quite excited of what Summit can achieve in the future.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Chris at Drown Within Records and Summit for the promo. Remnants
is available to buy now.
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