Band : Angora Static
Album : Self-titled
Release Year : 2005
Genre : Hardcore | Screamo
Tracklist :
01 Hibernation
02 Europa
03 Catch The Girl's Pulse...
04 This Fatwah Is For You Baby
05 Irnini
06 Fate Is A Juggernaut
07 Trees Are Slow Explosions
08 The Rapist
Man! These Norwaymo guys are all RWOAAARGHHH and AIIIIIII from pretty much the second second of the record. Very little relent to be found here, as they sob their hearts out and pulverise the guitars and drums into mere microns. Thunder Thunder! Its a heftier, heavier version of emo, and one that I find it very difficult to draw a comparison to, which is surely a good thing - its hard to be creative in this mostly 'done' genre. I must admit that I am not particularly prone to enjoying heavier music, but the Static have come up with a sound that completely works, with all the instrumentation combining to build a veritable wall of melodic chaos, and into that they throw the hoarse vocals and barely traceable elements of a thread to follow. It just about holds together - you can get a grip on the sound and enjoy the songs, without feeling that they are just throwing a lumpen noise at you. Smashing. Now and again they do pause for breath (I believe purely because it would be impossible to play this stuff live for more than 10 minutes without physically dying, hence the breakdowns), and throw in an instrumental, but once that stuff is out of the way they inevitably get back to bashing your brains in again with some towering sounds that all suddenly teeter over and fall to floor devestatingly. - Andy Malcolm
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