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80. Caspian – Dust & Disquiet ( Dust & Disquiet ) Caspian seem to be one of the few post-rock bands that has no problem in keeping their new output interesting in all the right places. While Waking Season was toying with the idea of vocals, on Dust and Disquiet the bands has pretty much implemented the best parts of this idea into their work. And still, the lengthy closer and title track touches the sublime without any of these new elements. It´s something that would have fitted into their earliest works and yet shows a band that has been honing their craft for years now. Dust & Disquiet will enhance you and show every newcomer to the genre of instrumental music in the vein of post-rock, just how mind-blowing this music can be. Dust And Disquiet by Caspian 79. Ratking – Arnold Palmer / Flurry ( 700 Fill ) I just couldn´t decide which of these tracks is greater. The hypnotic swirling of Arnold Palmer or the freezing yearning of Flurry. Both tracks...

30. Old Man Gloom – The Ape Of God When thinking about doom metal, what comes to mind predominantly is the concrescence of downtrodden guttural vocal work, heavy instrumentation and the occasional feeling for ambient sound. Old Man Gloom however stretch that formula adding the hardcore elements of Converge and a good amount of eerie noise found in projects like Lotus Eaters. The Ape Of God might come close to recalling the experience of waterboarding. The instrumentals evoke drowning, although there is not even a stretched instrumental part present. It is drowning while standing in the dry, fully aware of the externally infused torture upon you. Hard hitting tracks like “Fist Of Fury” further this notion of torture through their unforgiving screeching and Aaron Turners voice stopping the progression of the track as if asking “had enough now?”. For the noise part, almost every lengthier song features a meditative section, that is, praying for the rashness to have finally st...