Buio Omega - Goblin

Advantages: A value purchase for a horror enthusiast
Disadvantages: If you don't like horror you won't like this.

...meeting that altered the bands lives forever. Argento was about to release a movie which he felt needed an edgy sound to it; having heard them perform their unusual music of which I can only describe as a kind of Ennio Morricone meets Jean Michel Jarre, meets Mike Olfield, meets Black Sabbath who it turn performs for Songs of Praise. Tracks:- 1. Profondo Rosso 2. Death Dies (M 32) 3. Profondo Rosso (M 15) 4. Profondo Rosso (M 31) 5. Wampyr 6. Chi 7. Chi 8. Patrick (M 32 Bis) 9. Patrick (M 1) 10. Patrick (M 34/34 Bis/35) 11. Suspiria 12. La Via Della Droga 13. La Via Della Droga (M 2) 14. La Via Della Droga (M 6) 15. La Via Della Droga (31) 16. L'Alba Dei Morti Viventi 17. Buio Omega (M 6) 18. Buio Omega (M 25) 19. Buio Omega 20. St. Helen 21. Contamination (M 3) 22. Contamination (M 8) 23. Tenebre 24. Bass Theme... Read review

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Advantages: Great spread of sounds, amazing throughout
Disadvantages: Erm... it ends?

...I won't pretend to know a lot about the mechanics of music. Having played many instruments albeit for short amounts of time and being an aspiring lead guitarist (if I would only practice on the damn thing) I do know about chord progression, drop tuning, scale patterns and that kind of thing, but no more. What I do know about is music in general, what's good and what's not, how it makes you feel, lyrical skill and those kind of things. Or, to put it another way, the listening side of music. What I also know is that Time Travelling Blues is an astonishing album. Orange Goblin have followed on from their debut album "Frequencies From Planet Ten" by pushing the key elements of their music even further. You still get the bluesy tunes ripped apart by chrushing chord patterns, but more than that there are tracks which are one or the other in... Read review

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Advantages: Mind bending riffs, new focus for the music, classic tracks
Disadvantages: A bit samey

...Orange Goblin have seemed to make an album for each aspect of their music. Frequencies From Planet Ten concentrated on the bluesy side whereas The Big Black hit incessant grinding chords. Time Travelling Blues created a transition by being a mixture of the two. Coup De Grace brings your attention round to a new factor entirely. The album focuses on the stoner element of Orange Goblin's music, generating high speed power sequences and brain melting riffs alongside marginally slower but equally brilliant tracks and solos interjected everywhere. The influence of producer Scott Reeder and guest vocalist John Garcia (both formerly of desert rock band Kyuss) is clear throughout the album and helps to complement the usual Orange Goblin sound. Whilst the driving guitar chords in "Your World Will Hate This" and "Monkey Panic" are typical... Read review

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