Album Type: 7inch
Date
Released: 14/2/2015
Label: The
Compound/Battelground Records
‘The
Outer Dark’ tracklisting
1). Willow
2).
Something in the Way (Nirvana Cover)
Review:
Up
on the chopping block is the new.... collaboration between Godhunter and Amigo
the Devil. I can't in all technicality label this a split, as there aren't two
bands contributing two different anything to this album. Amigo has teamed up
with Godhunter to bring this epic doom western soundtrack to our lacking aural
orifices, and it's nothing but impressive. Amigo landed the vocal role for both
‘Willow
‘Willow’
starts off with a lovely, simple strum pattern that makes me think of sadder
westerns, or western styled movies, Its a melancholic sound, and blends
perfectly with Amigo's mellifluous vocal delivery. It has an odd rhythm, it
starts slow, and then adds a little speed, and then in time with the vocals,
almost stumbles up faster, then right back down while a lonely melody strikes
up with the rhythm. I keep wanting it to start galloping and break the tension!
Again, this is very stripped down musically, with a weird bass drum effect
going on in the background, a dark parody of a human heart beating. It follows
along with the tempos, slightly. The sound is incredibly full, and it feels
like a soundtrack, something to fill a huge space of a world its created in
your mind. The lyrics fit the mood well, as they are quite dark. I always feel,
with Godhunter and their projects, that it’s a running theme of restrained
violence and passion, almost the romantic side of psychosis. This album is no
different, as there is an undercurrent of death, just under the heavy perfume
of the song. It's striking me right where my own darkness sleeps, and it’s a
wonderful lullaby.
The
second song, ‘Something in the Way’, is a different beast, starting with just
the music. Where Willow had a strum base, ‘Something…’ has the picked melody at
its root, with a biting lead in the middle of the mix, balanced well with
within the other instruments and effects. ‘SITW’ is also different in that it
takes the bass and makes a doomy vibe on this track. It's rumbling on the
bottom thewhole way though, and leads a sinister tone. The tiny little sub I
have for my computer, playing this as I review, is just cutting in and out so
bad, sounds like maxed out 15s in a honda civic from outside the car. Again,
that evil vibe is on display, this from someone under their bridge, who has
made pets of what they have captured. It’s a brutal song, without the normal
hallmarks of brutal songs. Its deep, it’s dark, and it leaves a greasy feeling
in the mind. It's Johnny Cash listening to Tool on heroin. It's not too brutal
to make it through, but you'll not be the same afterwards.
Hope
to see more of this unholy union from Amigo the Devil & Godhunter
Words By: Hunter
Young
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