{"id":6525,"date":"2013-03-19T23:58:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T03:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=6525"},"modified":"2013-03-19T23:58:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T03:58:57","slug":"josh-laycrown-of-bone-this-is-a-tourniquet-of-the-light-the-black-obituary-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=6525","title":{"rendered":"Josh Lay\/Crown of Bone – This is a Tourniquet of the Light, The Black Obituary CD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Josh Lay\/Crown of Bone<\/a> – This is a Tourniquet of the Light, The Black Obituary CD<\/p>\n

Obfuscated Records<\/a><\/p>\n

High contrast abstract artwork adorns the face of this release and it’s a good indication of the bleak sounds that lurk within. This is a split release with one long track from each artist.<\/p>\n

Josh Lay is an artist hailing from the American mid-west and he creates organic black ambient\/drone. His track here entitled Shroud of Ice and Bird Feathers<\/i> lives up to his reputation quite well. Understated quiet textures of sewer drains, broken electronics, and muffled samples bow down to Gollum-like black metal vocal deliveries. The track sees a few more lively moments towards the end which makes for a strong conclusion.<\/p>\n

Crown of Bone has a harsh noise\/industrial sound reminding me quite a bit of Blue Sabbath Black Cheer or Demonologists. White hot noise with reverberating vocals, and a false start of filtered noise washes that are followed by a crushing barrage of brutal distortion. The ambience towards the center of Tormented in a Gouge of Razors<\/i> is well constructed but the white noise that pummels back in afterward can get a touch dry in the second half. Being a mammoth 25 minute track will do that to you though.<\/p>\n

Quite a solid split here with opposing sides of the same coin the vision is quite consistent and the atmosphere heavy like the thickest fog rolling over a war-torn field. No-mans land in auditory form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Composition:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Quality:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concept:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packaging:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall Rating:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\" <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Josh Lay\/Crown of Bone – This is a Tourniquet of the Light, The Black Obituary CD
\nObfuscated Records
\nHigh contrast abstract artwork adorns the face of this release and it’s a good indication of the bleak sounds that lurk within. This is a split release with one long track from each artist.
\nJosh Lay is an artist hailing from the American mid-west and he creates organic black ambient\/drone. His track here entitled Shroud of Ice and Bird Feathers lives up to his reputation quite well. Understated quiet textures of sewer drains, broken electronics, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-webzine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6527,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6525\/revisions\/6527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}