Human Animal
After a year of non-stop touring in support of 2004âs Burned Mind, Wolf Eyes were ready; seasoned to travel through horrible new areas of sound. During one four-week period at the dawn of â06, they laid down the ideas that would shape the new album in their studio, the Terror Tank. This new slab is the first with Mike Connelly (of Hair Police and the Gods of Tundra label) replacing Aaron Dilloway. Though he no longer tours with the band, Dilloway remains involved and helped to mix the new record with BMG (who also did the deed on Burned Mind).These songs are rotten with metal, reeds, consciousness-erasing islands of black doom; bass-heavy rippers, late-night free-terror jams, afflicted dog-hearts, underwater crabs: pure mayhem. The new double bass attack is showcased on âHuman Animalâ and âRusted Mangeâ with scraping strings and a full terror-shriek workout re-organized by Dilloway. New directions are countered by âRationed Rot,â which revisits the eerie Throbbing Gristle-esque vocal deployment that dates from Wolf Eyesâ Dread LP. The album also features the bandâs first ever cover song: a dead-on rendering of No Fuckerâs rotten hXc anthem, âNoise Not Music,â which closed out a lot of shows on Wolf Eyesâ recent European tour. As ever, Wolf Eyes will be living on the road, with Australian and American tours in the works, and more on the horizon.
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After a year of non-stop touring in support of 2004âs Burned Mind, Wolf Eyes were ready; seasoned to travel through horrible new areas of sound. During one four-week period at the dawn of â06, they laid down the ideas that would shape the new album in their studio, the Terror Tank. This new slab is the first with Mike Connelly (of Hair Police and the Gods of Tundra label) replacing Aaron Dilloway. Though he no longer tours with the band, Dilloway remains involved and helped to mix the new record with BMG (who also did the deed on Burned Mind).These songs are rotten with metal, reeds, consciousness-erasing islands of black doom; bass-heavy rippers, late-night free-terror jams, afflicted dog-hearts, underwater crabs: pure mayhem. The new double bass attack is showcased on âHuman Animalâ and âRusted Mangeâ with scraping strings and a full terror-shriek workout re-organized by Dilloway. New directions are countered by âRationed Rot,â which revisits the eerie Throbbing Gristle-esque vocal deployment that dates from Wolf Eyesâ Dread LP. The album also features the bandâs first ever cover song: a dead-on rendering of No Fuckerâs rotten hXc anthem, âNoise Not Music,â which closed out a lot of shows on Wolf Eyesâ recent European tour. As ever, Wolf Eyes will be living on the road, with Australian and American tours in the works, and more on the horizon.
