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FROM WITHIN

Anekdoten

 

Heavy Prog

4.08 | 493 ratings

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Marty McFly
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4 stars End minutes of Hole are quite like mellotron driven post-rock, aren't they ? This album is a beast that's hard to tame. Very, very difficult to write review on. But this can be applied to their every album. At least I feel it that way. I know that I have to somehow do this review, because sooner or later, I would stumble across it again. But I even didn't know if I like this or not, as this music is simply weird. I know that I said this few times, but here, mellotron driven (mad) with heavy sounds to psychedelic states of minds of cursed poets with only one desire, to survive this madness.

4(-) I suppose. Don't ask me more, I really don't know. Yes, my first review when I openly admit that I simply DON'T have F-word clue what going on. Dark, dark, for certain moods only because it can bring you a solid headache, or pain in the buttocks. While the first one is more possible, don't abandon the second one. Literary said, because some tracks will force you to sit down and listen.

EDIT: \Oh, why art thee so heevy. Frankly, this weights more than weekly shopping we all have to do to feed our families, relatives, blood relatives, cold blood relatives, hot blooded relatives and also dogs. Dogs has special place and will mention them later.

Nah, I will most certainly not, as this whole review is about cats. Um, about Anekdoten's another (from my skip here skip there journey through their albums). I've spend dozens of listening on all their albums, trying to "get into" it and forgot that I'm already in (From Within - "No way out from the inside" indeed, I'm trapped here, with just this heavy music on my mind, unable to do anything else, in possession of ancient Anek demons).

Don't let this band fool you, this can easily be hundreds of years old, as something very old. Because it's Anekdoten, there is very clearly to be heard their sound. This time more like mellotron driven post-rock, very insane, yet interesting combination.

4(+), this time it's somehow weaker than before. Even for example first song (and few others) shows how repetitive music can be of great interest, really truly and ultimately enjoyable. Normal case would be boring repetition, but here, it's different. It's interesting, even the same is done over and over again. Like agony that you don't want to end. Do you enjoy pain ? Correct answer is: Sometimes. I would also take: When it's Anekdoten, in this case it becomes pleasant pain. So called Pleasaint.

Marty McFly | 4/5 |

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