Transcending Obscurity Records I feel like I'm reviewing a seven incher again. Oh wait, I am. Two songs here with an eleven minute running time for both. You know the longer ones are called EPs which is kind of an oxymoron. Don't worry there's plenty more where that came from. So the tagline for this is atmospheric death doom. In other words it has no definitive riff patterns or groove. Actually it's fairly free form with a huge swath of psych damage. I bet they use a smoke machine during performances with a light technician. ONO is a three piece act hailing from Slovakia and are to be considered seminal veterans as far as their music scene goes. They started out back in 2005. Since then they've been a busy little trio. So far they've put out six releases prior to this, two full lengths and the rest small format stuff. Of course with this style of music I kinda believe the small format release works best but that's just me. Like I said this is atmospheric death doom but to be specific it's an avalanche of ambient sounds and song structure. That's also oxymoron number two. The song patterns contain a basic slow rhythm that's overlaid with plenty of noise / industrial guitar dissonance to bring on the hypnotic atmosphere. The drumming is programmed which is a nod to GODFLESH. They employ duel vocals with one harsh and cavernous while the other is clean and airy. In the end I feel like I'm having a bad trip from the mid 80's.
BLACK LIGHT - Name of the One Support Underground From what I see and read in the music media the big thing in the thrash genre is a love of "hyphenated thrash" (aka: progressive, tech, groove, or whatever the fuck name you wanna dream up). It's like anything but actual thrash is the new meme, again. Yeah I saw this coming years ago and it's not exclusive to just this one genre. I'm not totally against styles of music evolving but there comes a time when an act has moved on to other things and that old moniker doesn't apply anymore. Of course some scribes will clutch on to that thrash moniker for street cred purposes but I'll bet they have no problem telling you when METALLICA stopped being a thrash band. Now contrary to that meme are BLACK LIGHT hailing from Slovakia. Obviously their name had me thinking stoner rock but no this young four piece are full on old school thrash which to me is the only style I like from the genre. Remember that little o'l thrash revival from years back? My favorite band from back then was MERCILESS DEATH, so yeah I like it original. BLACK LIGHT are not trying to revive the sounds of the Big Thrash Four. No what I find really cool is how they remind me of the second or third tier bands (that's not a negative) of the first era. Secondly they have some early hardcore elements to their sound which is also cool. Name the One is a quick eight track release of raw angry thrash. I love how the vocalist is yelling at you instead of screaming or singing. Musically it reminds me of some late 80's bands who had one foot in the metal scene and the other in hardcore. No not "crossover" because that was a promotion gimmick. Not "metalcore" either because those bands all sucked especially the ones from Boston and NYC, plus the straightedge bands were metallic pussies. And we're not talking speed metal either people. Back around 1987-89 here in the states you had a small contingent of bands, mostly from the West Coast but some in the Midwest, who were deliberately mixing both genres. BLACK LIGHT are doing hardcore style riffs which later became thrash staples once they were cleaned up. The soloing is not insanely technical or long, especially since all their songs are short less than 4 minute blasts. There's some shout out lyrics which is another old hardcore staple. Listening to this is cool as fuck but you know these guys will hone their craft and become SLAYER or VIO-LENCE. Still if you're on a search for the true shit then here ya go. Rating: 4/5 http://www.supug.cz/?black-light-name-of-the-one,118 https://www.facebook.com/kapelablacklight/?fref=ts The singer's got a MISFITS shirt on in the video. Am I right or what?
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