The debut full-length from Greek band Automaton is weighty, sludgy, coffin-lid-slamming Doom perfection.
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The band plays a mid- to up-tempo kind of progressive Doom led by a female vocalist. Glistening Epic leads delivered on a keyboard-driven backbone give off a se...
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| Drone/Doom, Ambient Whatever your definition of "heavy" is you will need to redefine it after hearing the early works of Earth. Earth was the first band to play drone metal; extremely heavy ambient music created by blaring down tuned guitars, played at the pace of a death march, without any drums or vocals. Earth played this noisy, slow form of doom up until their second album, 'Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions'. After that, the band began to experiment with a lighter, quieter form of psychedelic rock. Overall, the band's early works have been extremely influential to the likes of Boris, Sunn O))), and practically every drone metal band out there today. |
| Ouruboros/16 rpm | 1991 | Jaw Preston | 7" |
| Earth/Unknown | 1991 | Jaw Preston | 7" |
| Extra-Capsular Extraction | 1991 | Subpop | Mcd |
| Earth 2 | 1993 | Subpop | CD |
| Phase 3: Thrones And Dominions | 1995 | Subpop | CD |
| Sunn Amps And Smashed Guitars | 1995 | Blast First | Compilation |
| Pentastar: In The Style Of Demons | 1996 | Subpop | CD |
| 070796 Live | 2001 | Autofact | Live CD |
| Sunn Amps And Smashed Guitars | 2001 | No Quarter | Re-release |
| Earth/KK Null Split | 2003 | Autofact/Important | Split 12" |
| Divine and Bright | 2004 | Autofact | 7" |
| Living In The Gleam Of An Unsheathed Sword | 2005 | Mega Blade | CD |
| Legacy Of Dissolution | 2005 | Southern Lord | CD |
| Hex: Or Printing In The Infernal Method | 2005 | Southern Lord | CD |
| Angel Coma | 2006 | Southern Lord | Split LP |
| Live Hex In A Large City On The North American Continent | 2006 | Archive | Live CD |
| Hibernaculum (EP) | 2007 | Southern Lord Recordings | CD+DVD |
| The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull | 2008 | Southern Lord Recordings | CD |
| A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra-Capsular Extraction (Compilation) | 2010 | Southern Lord Recordings | 12" |
| Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II | 2012 | Southern Lord Recordings | CD |
| Primitive and Deadly | 2014 | Southern Lord Recordings | CD |
| earth.pentastar@earthlink.net P.O. Box 30534 Seattle, WA 98113-0534 |  |
| Extra-Capsular Extraction (1991) |
| Earth 2 (1993) |
| Phase 3: Thrones And Dominions (1995) |
| 'Ouruboros' and 'Unknown' are actually bootlegs made from stolen live tapes. The recording,'Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars', contains, among others, a demo track where Kurt Cobain (ex-Nirvana) is the vocalist. He also features as vocalist on the 'Divine and Bright' 7". 'Angel Coma' is a split with Sunn O))). |
