Zozobra - Bird Of Prey

Well fuck me it’s been a long time between posts by yours truly. Ironic then that I should be posting about a band proving to be quite prolific. Zozobra have wasted no time brining us Bird Of Prey their follow up to last year’s debut Harmonic Tremors.

Yet again this album’s pretty much the work of Caleb Scofield, the band’s songwriter come bassist come guitarist come vocalist, but for this album he’s been joined by Isis drummer Aaron Harris who also handles the production and mixing.

Sonically this new album strays very little from what made Harmonic Tremors great. Severe amounts of distortion, slow hypnotic riffs, layered shouty unintelligible lyrics and a wall of sound production that makes you feel like the whole thing’s been recorded live in a train station toilet.

Altogether Bird Of Prey plays like a continuation of the sound Zozobra developed on Harmonic Tremors. It's a welcome addition to what looks to become an impressive discography.

Also like its predecessor, Bird Of Prey is a rather short affair, about thirty minutes, so at the end of it you may find yourself eagerly waiting their next effort. But hopefully, if Bird Of Prey is anything to go by, the follow up won’t be long off.

Zozobra - Heartless Enemy

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Made Out Of Babies - The Ruiner

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. Metal experimentalists Made Out Of Babies are close to releasing their new album The Ruiner. Their follow up to 2006’s brilliant Coward (sample from that album bellow) will drop in the states June 24th. If the track Cooker, which can be found on the band’s myspace site (check the link bellow), is anything to go by this will be a worthy addition to their already brilliant discography.

Of course it is somewhat presumptuous to make any sweeping judgments about the album on the basis of one song. But fuck it, here I go. I predict The Ruiner will be a welcome step forward for the band; and with producer Andrew Schneider (Zozobra, Unsane, Pelican) behind the desk it’s definitely in good hands. I also predict I will go out of my way to get the album, and that it will kick ass.

Made Out Of Babies - Mr. Prison Shanks

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