Feb 162013
(Here is the latest in an irregular series of posts by Mr Synn. In this one, the subjects of his haiku reviews are Over Your Threshold (Germany), Nightfall (Greece), and The Faceless (U.S.).)
OVER YOUR THRESHOLD – FACTICITY
Heavier, harder
And a little bit smarter
Necrophagist who?
NIGHTFALL – CASSIOPEIA
Astron black part two?
Maybe, but who’s complaining?
Dig those Grecian riffs
THE FACELESS – AUTOTHEISM
Extol plus Devin
A recipe for success
Stirred and served with ice
11 Responses to “ANDY SYNN PRESENTS: REVIEWS IN HAIKU”
Leave a Reply
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
This is really cool.
I reviewed that Over Your Threshold over at about.com . It was quite solid. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/overyourthreshold/fr/Over-Your-Threshold-Facticity-Review.htm
I like these reviews. Straight to the point, no bullshit, but still a little vague. I know if I should probably check a band out but I’m not 100% sure on why.
Also, I thought I was totally through with techdeath. I thought the genre had atrophied and all that was left was overproduced riff salad with absolutely no heart or soul to speak of. But that Over Your Threshold song owns, the new Faceless album owns, and the new Cryptopsy album owns.
They’re fun to write too.
And, as Matsuo Bashō put it, “The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of.”
I like the Over Your Threshold, but to say, “Necrophagist who?” in response, I do no accept. Just one song to judge by…but better riffs? Nope. More technical? Not based on that song. Better vocals? Not even close! Better solos? hahahahahahahahahahahaha Also, Necrophagist has a superior bass player, imo. Still, I’ll check them out. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah but these guys are actually releasing music. TOUCHDOWN FOR OVER YOUR THRESHOLD.
…Please get back in the studio, Necrophagist.
Thank you for getting my point. I appreciate it.
I like to imagine you’re sad enough to type “hahahahahaha” as you dictate your own laughter.
One never thought of Extol while listening to Autotheism before this. But, describing it as “Extol + Devin Townsend” does feel nice.
Speaking of Extol, One should listen to Extol more… and maybe some Becoming the Archetype too.
The Faceless guys are huge Extol fans. You can hear it everywhere in this album.
Indeed. During the interview I did with Michael Keene ages ago we ended up going off on a whole tangent about Extol for about a full 5 minutes (which I cut from the interview as it was really just a fan-boy back and forth between me and him), hence why I wasn’t too shocked by the new album.