Before the Coruscating Apollyon
Dark ambient, perhaps funeral ambient. Still slowing down and reaching for deeper abysses, evolving into funeral doom.
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Red eyes fail to close Red eyes fail to close
Instrumental excerpt from the entire 18 minute song. Imagine 'Shanghai III' on a deep undercurrent of bass guitars.
As signs and months slowly align As signs and months slowly align
Working session - 2 layers of bass guitar have been added. Best listened to as hi-fi through headphones or decent speakers.
Inside Fatigue (excerpt) Inside Fatigue (excerpt)
A 5 minute extract from the full version. All low end below 52 Hz has been filtered out, but still it's advisable to listen to it through headphones or good hi-fi speakers.
Another deep dark winter Another deep dark winter
After a 1-minute intro, an evocation of the almost claustrophobic melancholy often found in wintry days
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A dark ambient or perhaps funeral ambient project, still evolving and moving slowly (how fitting for a band in this genre) towards funeral doom, i.e. the metal content is increasing.
This "band page" should be seen as a way to get feedback that could guide me in my musical evolution, rather than a way of self-promotion.Band/artist history
Started in September 2003, gradually evolving towards funeral ambient/doom.
Contributed to a label compilation in 2003 or 2004 but that release never saw daylight.
Some songs in 2004 - 2005 involved the help of a session pianist. Plans to experiment with female spoken vocals have been discarded in 2005.
2006 and beyond saw further changes in style but due to extensive travelling and working hours the plans for a first release have been postponed year after year. 2010 might actually be an optimistic estimate.Have you performed in front of an audience?This is a 1-man band, so I couldn't play live even if I wanted to. And I strongly doubt I'd ever find any musicians to turn this into a veritable band because unfortunately very few people play this kind of music.
Your musical influences
Mostly influenced by funeral doom and doom in general, some black and other metal and select dark ambient, though my music still fits more into the dark/funeral ambient category.
There are no direct influences from any bands though as I regard what they are creating as completely different from my own outpours of thoughts and emotions. However it is attending their concerts, listening to their music that keeps me motivated to continue playing my own music.
Belgium
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almennurh say : very persistent AND consistent stuff - daring too.
Ha, good to know you are still alive!
Thanks for the comment (I'm always a bit uncertain about my vocals; so the positive reaction is very much appreciated).
Sorry about the 4 minutes; I just had the cut the song there to save it... the rest was total crap.
Btw, I just listened to Raising a Chalice to Sad Eyes... I really like the atmosphere. Helaas kon ik niets van het Vlaams verstaan... the vocals are more like an instrument than that they tell you something.. but it suits the music very well.
(As if my vox are always clearly intelligible... lol)
Greetings
Hey man!
Still alive?
Well, I am, and I put a new track online :-)
Still a lot of atmosphere; i like it
Cheers
Well, I played some of your stuff on my radio show. Right after a twisted Charlie Manson interview. Mixed with another artist from soundclick at the same time, just so you know. http://thefalsegods.livejournal.com has a show playlist and download links for you.
And I've downloaded some stuff by Until Death Overtakes Me, I think, but I think I must have liked your stuff here a lot more.
Hypnotech, first of all thanks for the comments and the constructive feedback, that's what this site is all about!
You're right, most of these tracks are more of an experiment, e.g. the dry drums in Grievous. I must admit though that I hardly if ever finish a song because I quickly grow tired of my own creations.
And if you were already impressed by BtCA, I could only recommend you to listen to Until Death Overtakes Me (also here on soundclick).
Best regards,
Ruben
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