It's been too long, Unfortunately the slave drivers that run my course have decided to make me carry out experiments in the arctic with the creature from the thing as a lab hand, He's somewhat difficult to work with and has a detestable penchant for Olivier Newton John. So while I have the time I shall write you a little article before another wave of `let's get physical!` hits me like a midget in a burlap sack.
I was sifting through the wide variety of false advertisements for porn and Viagra, it's for my friend you see..., when I cam across a band.
Mother Susurrus are a band from
Sweden Finland (Thanks to
Ines Bermudez) who play some bloody good music. The two songs that are available from their
website are a heady mix of stoner metal, screaming vocals and white noise which when blended together produce a miasma of groove and cluster headaches.
On first look the band really seem to have a penchant for tongue destroying titles with the listen-able songs being 1. Whoremonger and 2. Apocatastasis. These guys work bloody hard though with both songs clocking in at over 30 minutes combined.
Whoremonger pummels you with white noise before pushing out some very long groovy riffs. The drums and bass bolster the riff whilst throwing in some harmonisation. The vocals are screamed desperately. then the song opens up a bit with some almost rage aginst the machine type frantic block chord strumming. Normally a band would go straight back to the first riff but these guys first cast one of their most grooviest riffs before feeding back into an altered first riff which combines the break with the original riff.
Then silence, This falls back like a thick velvet curtain and simple guitar chords dominate with a beautifully gentle drum part which is very tom heavy. This is all propelled by progressive arpeggios which flow into single soloed notes.
Then single chord strums herald almost chanted gang vocals, then a pulsing build up, which i thought was a little obvious compared to the rest of the song, takes us to a higher dynamic. This breaks like a wave with some tasty drumming and block chords. Chord progressions help motion the song forward through this part.
Then it turns fucking evil! Screamed vocals and harsh wah wah push the listener down a darkly lit corridor which ends in a black room. The original riff comes forcing its way back and this slows to a slow pulse, eventually dying on the pavement, like some rabid dog, pulsating chest collapsing.
This band have some beautiful movements within their songs and to be honest I think they are an epic almost jam type stoner band. I will mention that some predictable song movements let them down a bit. But the inventive drum work and the bloody strong momentum that they keep, even in their slower moments, really makes up for it!
Basically if you're pissed off and want to groove a bit still, seriously give these guys a listen. They don't fall afoul of the mistakes, in my view, of eyehategod, as in being painfully slow and slightly uninventive, but manage to keep and interesting song structure. Basically mix Mastodon with Eyehategod and you're halfway there.
Enjoy it gu.....
Wait I haven't done the second song! Erm.. well if you like the sound of that first song and want to hear the other you'll have to visit their website, being not extremely famous it's only fair you give 'em some hits! It'll only take a Click -
website -
myspace. Would I recommend them? I'd say they are damn well worth the time!
Well if you like them please spread the word!!
Regards,
Shai Hu Lud....
