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The twin pillars of Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light represent the extended dissipation of the energy and tension first formed on 2008's The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull. These are "coming to rest" records - both recorded at the same improv session, so one work, basically - whereas Bees Made Honey was ...

Buried in smoke.

Tweet vaso link Tympanogram Grade: B- In all honesty, I’m not sure if I’m the most appropriate person to be writing this review. Brendan is much more knowledgeable of the drone genre, and I am by all accounts a greenhorn who familiar with some of the works of Philip Glass, Brian Eno’s new age ambient music and Tim Hecker’s 2011 album, Ravedeath, 1972 . Please read this review as being from someone who has little [...]

Earth Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II Southern Lord 13 February 2012 by Dan Pelic These drone dudes and dudettes have outdone themselves. The tactically-withheld part deux to 2011’s Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I , has revealed [...]

A recent interview with Earth at www.tinymixtapes.com

The unrehearsed and unconstrained nature of Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II proves that even at its most spontaneous, Earth has the power to astound and inspire. Dylan Carlson, founder of influential drone outfit Earth, is an artist who knows all about innovation. Earth's droning metallic '93 opus Earth 2 was responsible for the creation of an entire genre of exceptionally heavy minimalism, and its legacy looms large in the works of such bands as Sunn O))), Nadja, Jesu, Barn Owl and Boris, along with a raft of other down-tempo post-metal and dark ambient artists. It [...]

Though the second installment of Angels of Darkness, Demons of light fixes some of the issues I had with the first, I can't seem to shake this incredibly strong feeling of musical deja vu. WATCH THE REVIEW

. . . By now, most music aficionados regardless of genre are familiar with the trajectory of Earth’s career. Dylan Carlson drastically transitioned his project from drone metal in the early 1990s to the desert noir group of today. Although the new sound might not be as ear- (and bowel-) shattering as before, it is still dark, experimental, and, of course, heavy. 2011’s Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I topped my personal year-end list, and II , released February 14, will be a strong contender for 2012. Recorded during the same April [...]

From the doleful yet somehow somewhat celebratory initial notes shed from Dylan R. Carlson's mourning guitar onwards, Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II, the second record to be released from the recording sessions of the same name at the local Avast! Recording Co. is a dirgeful affair, and a superbly gruelling, if typically lugubrious one at that. So emotive and consequently so involving, mere moments into opener Sigil of Brass you're left exasperatedly awaiting some austere voiceover to earnestly utter something along the quintessentially contrived lines of: "Nothing could prepare me for what was to come..." [...]

For a man who has spent many years battling addictions, is it any wonder that Dylan Carlson wants to keep himself busy and away from his demons? Following on from last year’s excellent Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I , Earth return with a second album in twelve months, the companion piece Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II . Recorded at the same time as 2011’s record by Stuart Hallerman, the man responsible for engineering the brutal drone of Earth 2 , it’s every bit as good as part [...]

"Indeed Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II is proof conclusive that Earth are a band now moving in musical spaces far beyond the drone/doom tag they helped create and define. As the album draws to a close with the almost Pink Floydian Jam 'The Rakehell', filled with effortlessly cool guitar swagger and driving drum patterns, its clear that Earth and Carlson are shaping up to continue to successfully innovate and transcend instrumental styles and genres for some time to come." [ Read Full Review ] I think it's safe to say that we enjoyed [...]

Ever since one of my all-time favorite rock bands, Earth, dropped the album Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I , I've been anxiously waiting for the album's sequel to be released. As you might remember from my review of that album . I was a fan of the songs, but somewhat on the fence with the addition of cello in Earth's music. The mix, in my opinion, wasn't exactly complementing this new instrument, making the overall sound of the record somewhat muddy. From what I'm hearing, that issue seems to be cleared up a bit. [...]

Since 1991 Earth and their commander-in-chief Dylan Carlson have been regarded by many as pioneers of drone/experimental guitar-based instrumentalism. This latest release was recorded during the same sessions as its 2011 companion piece Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I and continues to cement their evolution from the voluminous, ear-crushing doomscapes of their pre-hiatus work towards a more restrained and dexterous Jazz/Americana infused sound. The album’s opener, 'Sigil of Brass' raises a sparse and bleak curtain on proceedings as Carlson picks a brittle three note guitar line, allowing space for each note to [...]

Ben Hinz is lead-singer and guitarist for Doom/Triphop outfit The Ronald Raygun . He is also the owner of Dwarfcraft Devices , an acclaimed effects pedal manufacturing business centered in Eau Claire,WI (seriously, tons of people use his stuff, check out the videos and testimonials to get an idea.) While his music might suggest he'd just as soon bludgeon you to death with a lead pipe as look you, he was kind enough to send us to jot down a few ruminations on what he considered to be the best of 2011 . . . [...]

February 14th / Southern Lord

The second half of drone doom legends Earth's ponderous study in glacial folk and chamber doom, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light, has been announced for a February 2012 release date. Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II (duh) was recorded in the same two-week session as its predecessor but will have a slightly different feel than the stately, austere I. "The second part is more stuff like

Earth - "Old Black" MP3/download It seems a lot of folks out there are a-scared to call Earth's last few records - including the one up for review here, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I - "post-rock" because Dylan ... Continue reading �

• Earth - Old Black

Ricordo ancora le recensioni non proprio edificanti che certa stampa musicale riservava agli Earth oltre un decennio fa. Ben poco considerato nella sua veste di musicista, Dylan Carlson è rimasto a lungo legato alla cronaca nera del rock: fu a suo tempo intimo amico di Kurt Cobain , nonché proprietario dell'arma con cui la star pose fine alle proprie pene. Di conseguenza, quando alla metà dei '90 il gruppo entrò in ibernazione a causa dei problemi del leader con l'eroina, nessuno avrebbe scommesso un centesimo su di un possibile ritorno. Nel frattempo però sono saliti [...]

Earth Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light Southern Lord Once regarded as a showcase for guitarist Dylan Carson's overwhelmingly heavy guitar rumblings, Earth are now, more than ever, a band where each member pulls their weight.  The melodies of these five instrumental tracks, collected here on Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1, are just as likely to be carried by Karl Blau's deliberate, reverberating bass, or cellist, Lisa Goldston's ever-mournful strings, as they are by Carson's evenly-paced guitar.  There are even times when Carson is silent, an unthinkable development when [...]

For several years, Earth have hoed a fertile seam in the art-metal margins, specialising in a particularly remorseless brand of slow-evolving heaviness that’s gone on to influence such much-acclaimed noise-mongers as Sunn O))). 2007’s The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull saw the ever-evolving Seattle collective, centred on guitarist Dylan Carlson, adopt a more lyrical, melodic style, with only occasional echoes of the low frequency-frequenting drones of Earth’s early releases. This new album continues this development, adding some new elements (the mournful wails of sometime Nirvana collaborator Lori Goldston’s cello) to [...]