Jimi Sweeney
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Under The Weight Under The Weight
Swirling guitars, a lot of rubbery bass, a little piano in the bridge, loud drums & spoken word. Lots of post-metal. Influenced by Katatonia, Agalloch & Neurosis with some Rush & King Crimson thrown in.
Saturnalia Saturnalia
Creepy piano, chanting, lots of distorted guitar, deep bass, and doomy drums. Influenced by Neurosis, and some prog like heavier King Crimson, Tool.
Why Did You Leave? Why Did You Leave?
Weird trip hop drums, 3 different guitars battling it out, odd, pulsing synth, spoken word.
Black Friday Black Friday
Krautrock, Captain Beefheart & heavy King Crimson. Lots of tight riffs & deep bass & fusion drums. My spoken word vocals: very Captain Beefheart influenced.
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Atmospheric guitars, sparse percussion, resonant bass, and echoing spoken word all in an experimental, progressive soundscape.
The Return Trip The Return Trip
Industrial with electronica & metal influences. Programmed drums, ambient, distorted guitars, oozing bass & spoken word. Godflesh, Kraftwerk, King Crimson & Eno all thrown together. No synths, all guitars.
Desolation Eternal Desolation Eternal
A sequel to an earlier song called Desolation. A little more uptempo but still sludgy. Some trembly, distorted guitars & wobbly bass, jazz-fusion drums, creepy spoken word & voila, the beast is unleashed.
Temptation Eyes Temptation Eyes
A song I used to do in karaoke, now deconstructed with a psychedelic/acid rock take. Lots of distorted guitars, synth brass, deep bass & pounding drums & clean vocals.
Myth & Lies Myth & Lies
Sludgy, nearly funeral doom metal. dirgy rhythm guitar, a doomy lead, deep bass & foreboding drums. Double-tracked vocals. Went heavy on this.
Lady of the Autumn Lady of the Autumn
Progressive sludge metal with deep bass synth, doomy guitars, upfront drums & some spoken word. Kind of spooky sounding.
Phased Out Phased Out
Phased leads, throbbing bass, chunky rhythm guitars. Stoner/Doom Metal. Cool bridge...
Leaving This Planet Leaving This Planet
4 Psychedelic guitars, 2 basses droning: weaving a tapestry of the destruction of the earth by mankind. No percussion nor lyrics. Close your eyes & leave the planet!
Melting Melting
Experimental sludge metal. Weird vocals, dual lead guitars, pounding bass, fusion drums.
The Grand Delusion The Grand Delusion
Progressive doom metal. Some pretty strange-sounding guitars & somber spoken word passages.
Premonition Premonition
Progressive rock with a little metal thrown in, no synths used, all instrumental. Guitars trading riffs & leads, a odd sounding bass guitar & my usual fusion/ jazz drumming.
Stranded On The Prairie Stranded On The Prairie
Progressive, sludgy doom metal with tons of guitar, throbbing bass, weird, sequenced synth, booming, thudding drums.
Crash & Burn Crash & Burn
Progressive doom/sludge metal, riffing guitars, bottom-heavy bass, fusion drums & spoken word passages in various places.
Stardust Eyes Stardust Eyes
A Krautrock influenced song with lots of sequencers but no synths. Persistent rhythms get the toes tapping.
Vibes Vibes
Dueling lead guitars, bass & drums in lock step in a doom metal context. Some atmospheric moments & spoken words.
Whirr Whirr
A roller coaster of dynamics: heavy & light, with doomy guitars & ambient moments. Spoken word passages too.
