Today I feel like I’m on another planet. Today I feel like I might be floating in space. Today I know I’m living a dream. Today I’m writing a review of the stellar album called The Gorgon Tongue: Impale Golden Horn + Forbidden Planet by Horseback, which will be released by Relaspe on May 10th, 2011.This album is actually a combination of two of Horseback records – one being Impale Golden Horn & the second being Forbidden Planet (previously a cassette-only release). As a combined body of work, these two records mesh well together. The band’s creative spirit on Impale Golden Horn has the power to take over the listener’s imagination. From the very first song, I found my self transfixed in a state of blissed-out euphoria. On the second track, “The Golden Horn”, my mind was taken over by wind-like sonic atmosphere. Horseback is a master at making repetition sound like it’s not taking place. They use tones, drone & feedback to create walls of gentle but power melodies. Reverb is in place in many of their compositions, where it actually clears out space for the listener to take more of the band’s musical soundscape. Horseback’s work on Impale Golden Horn reminds me how we all feel empty sometimes, but there are always beautiful & unknown valleys to explore.
HORSEBACK’s ‘The Gorgon Tongue: Impale Golden Horn + Forbidden Planet
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With Forbidden Planet, Horseback takes a bit of a different approach in the way he crafts this record. What stands out to me first is the way he uses the concept of juxtaposition. The music is sinister, and his vocal delivery is that of a blackened possessed wizard. Even within his hate-filled vocals you can hear this melodic death tone that draws you in. On the music side, I really dig the bleak layers of energy that they have created with Forbidden Planet. If this record represented a day in life, it would be the grey days that begin with no hope, but end up becoming some of the raddest day days we ever lived. The combination of these two albums on The Gorgon Tongue: Impale Golden Horn + Forbidden Planet is well-balanced and takes me to a place of pure awesomeness!
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