Showing posts with label Sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sleep. Show all posts

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Pilgrimage


Om's 2007 album Pilgrimage is an effort of understated beauty. Combining elements of stoner-metal, down-tempo, drone and Buddhist influenced spiritual chants, Om are less of a band and more of an experience. Born from the legendary Sleep, Om have taken the former band's stoner/Sabbath sound and journeyed ever onward into the unexplored realms of mind and soul. No Top 40 hits for you here kids, just unrestrained musical expression. Now dim the lights and turn the volume UP.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Holy Mountain



Crushing and psychedelic doom crusted, this album (if played at the proper volume) just may cause one to implode and revert to a pile of dust, which of course will then be blown away by the sonic vibrations still flowing from your speakers. Although, they are no longer your speakers as you are now dust and dust has no legal claim to ownership of property. I'm just saying...

Anyway, Sleep is legendary. And if you can handle this you will be better for it. They disbanded in the late '90s after a too short career as a result of a disagreement with their record company. But in their short run they influenced scores of musicians. If you are partial to dirges, bass vibrations and rhythmic vocals I...well, I don't see how you don't already have this. A recent announcement has declared them as one of the Friday night acts for ATP NY 2010. They will be performing Holy Mountain in its' entirety. It'll be beyond mind blowing. So polish up the old bong and brace yourself for impact.

the straight dope