Shadowcast Sun
From HeathenHarvest.com… Shadowcast Sun, like the band Earth use clarity and dynamic to power their sound instead of distortion. By saying this, I am not saying they are Earth clones, both bands strength of clarity and dynamic are totally different, Shadowcast use a majestic yet unpretentious build up in their tracks. They seem to indirectly evoke a sense of Slint (and more) again without being clones.
The album opens up with Double Flow which starts with spacious untreated guitars flowing out a gentle riff, restrained beats eventually join in along with keyboards or sample adding atmosphere. Distortion comes in, the drums power up, but not to overload. Shadowcast maintain each tracks dynamic well, they add up guitar build up with enough measure for it to be moving without becoming boring. Zenith shows them beginning to communicate between themselves in tracks which takes a certain amount of musicianship beyond just making a nice arrangement.
Void is held well together as an album by using a lot of similar elements within tracks scattered on the album and carefully differs in what is prominent within each build up, there is clearly a sense of group agreement in place when deciding what takes prominence.
I would like to see a sense of improvisation replacing calculation in future as Shadowcast seem easily capable of producing strong material. It would be great to see an albums worth of tracks selected that were the best of a lot of strong material or even one long piece of improvisation.
The only strain of metal that I can link this to is Czech Republic band Thy Catafalque, but even then it is only vague at that. Fast metal beats occasionally rise to the surface, but they along with the guitars seem to stretch much further a field than expected. I would argue this album to be a strong piece of self produced music that seems to have hybridised a lot of genres.
Artist – Shadowcast Sun
Album – Lucid Dreamscape Remedy
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Experimental, Post-rock, Post-metal, Ambient-metal
Tracklist
01 – Clandestine
02 – Death Of A Side
03 – Arcane
04 – 29 Seconds
05 – Destine
06 – Thread
07 – The Lucid
08 – Auric
09 – Black Tear
10 – Oneiric
11 – Blue Pierce
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Shadowcast Sun – Lucid Dreamscape Remedy Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Shadowcast Sun
Album – Lie; Up; Sky; Scroll; [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – ??? / 2010
Genre – Experimental, Post-rock, Post-metal, Ambient-metal
Tracklist
01 – Lie; Up;
02 – Sweeping Apathy
03 – Designing Disaster
04 – Grey Clouds And Green Trees
05 – Sky; Scroll;
06 – Lies Within You
07 – Translucent Contract
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Shadowcast Sun – Lie; Up; Sky; Scroll;
Shadowcast Sun – Lie; Up; Sky; Scroll; [ Remastered Edition ]
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Artist – Shadowcast Sun
Album – Void
Release Date – 2009 / 2010
Genre – Experimental, Post-rock, Post-metal, Ambient-metal
Tracklist
01 – Double Flow
02 – The Shiver
03 – Catalyse
04 – Die Write
05 – Zenith
06 – Miasma Serene
07 – Falls The Face Of Foresight
08 – Compulse To Stale
09 – The 7th
10 – Without Form
11 – Panicked Release
12 – Unseen
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Shadowcast Sun – Void
Shadowcast Sun – Void [ Remastered Edition ]
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Recommendations: Thy Catafalque ~ Drudkh ~ Caïna ~ Amesoeurs ~ Sólstafir
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(92 votes, average: 4.51 out of 5)
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