Pelican - What We All Come to Need (2009)

Filled with melodic riffs, affects and fluid compositions Pelican's What We All Come to Need is a timeless album that you will come to back to listen to whenever you are inspired. I have been listening to this album for about a year now and I never get bored of listening to it. The songs like The Creeper , Ephemeral, have very catchy riffs that you can easily memorize whereas Specks of Light, Strung Up from the Sky have longer tunes. No matter which song you are listening to Pelican creates calming sound monoliths that everyone can listen. An Inch Above Sand and What We All Come to Need shows the magnitude of Pelican's song writing capability. It is very diverse and effects gives the guitar uniqueness of Pelican sound.
Final Breath is the only song of Pelican that is with vocals.

Released from Southern Lord in 2009 , Pelican also streams the album on Bandcamp. Although all of the album is not available on Bandcamp there are several ways to overcome this:) The internet is swarming with reviews of Pelican so I am not going to any further. Enjoy the tunes.

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Omega Massif - Karpatia (2011)

I have to say I was kind of bummed that Omega Massif decided to call it quits and go on with their side projects. When I listen to Karpatia I have to admit that it is the best that they recorded so far. I have to agree that is is good time to quit. Being a new-born fan to their music I will always keep Karpatia as one of the best instrumental albums that I ever came across.

Omega Massif not only makes great music but they build landscapes as well. When you listen to threatening intro of Aura  you know what you are getting into. You are faced with a band that destroys worlds with their riffage and creates mountains with it. After this menacing song Wölfe comes in with its paceless drums like a pack of wolves that are chasing down their prey. Urus Arctos as its name suggests, is a brown bear who is stalking you with sheer hatred and vengeance. The beautiful thing about Omega Massif's songs is that  they also use affects that gives you the feeling of drone. Im Karst , is a song that I listen nearly everyday. Whenever I listen to it, even when it is a hot day, I feel like I am in the middle of Antarctica , looking at the below zero desert of nothing but ice and plain nothingness, feeling powerful as hell. In Karpatia , the title song reminds me of the little piece in Geisterstadt. It is the shortest song of the album yet it does not cut from the scary dreamscape it creates. The last song of the album, Steinernes Meer , sums up the soundtrack of nature's wrath, it's compassion and indifference in one song. Needless to say this album is a soundtrack to be played for the end of the human's reign in world and nature taking over again.

Omega Massif will always be one of the top bands that I will keep close to my heart. I can only hope that they come together one day to make some great music and surprise us fans with their new songs. If not,  no worries! The songs they put out are enough to get your blood boiling!


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