Human Animal (Dig)

Wolf Eyes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B000GYHY68
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,255 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

AP

(Wolf Eyes) make greater use of space and rely more on sparse yet unnerving atmos-fearics. - (Dave Segal)

.. a brutal dizzying, high-inducing haze. - (Ken Taylor)

Product Description

These songs are rotten with metal, reeds, consciousness-erasing islands of black doom, bass-heavy rippers, late night free terror jams, and pure mayhem. The new double-bass attack is showcased on "Human Animal"/"Rusted Mange" with scraping strings and a full terror-shriek workout. New directions are countered by "Rationed Rot" which revisits the eerie Throbbing Gristle-esque vocal deployment that dates from Wolf Eyes' "Dread" LP. The album also features the band's first cover, the No Fucker's anthem, "Noise Not Music", which closed out a lot of shows on Wolf Eyes' recent European tour.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars lurking, haunting megabeast attacks, October 21, 2006

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I was sorry I missed Wolf Eyes when they came to town. After reading and hearing lots of good things about them and seeing the excellent new cover art, I had to buy this cd out of curiosity, since I don't own anything else by them yet. I have to say, I'm pretty impressed. It's not pure noise like some people would accuse them of being. In fact, this album has a very paced feel to it, and the rhythmic quality is subtle. I grew up on lots of industrial, and a low-fi, angrier Skinny Puppy comes to mind somewhat. I like the grittiness of this music--the addition of squonking, squeaking horns and the use of fat, crunchy, tough as steel drum machine rhythms and beats. The first three tracks start off slowly, and I imagine a once sleeping beast (the cover art helps with visualization here) slowly rising from its slumber, covered in sludge, lumbering through a foggy swamp, searching for its target until track four, when it pauses, sees its prey or enemy and goes ape. These guys masterfully create a mood and an atmosphere and take you somewhere with their music.

"Human Animal" is obviously a very dark album, as also indicated by its curious track titles. At only about thirty-five minutes I wish it was a little longer. But maybe the shotness is a good thing because I think many listeners might come off from this bleak, bold sound-trip somewhat exhausted by the time it ends. Not for the timid.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Album of 2006, March 29, 2007

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Ian Smith "Hypocorpse" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Human Animal (Dig) (Audio CD)

Wolf Eyes are one of the most important bands around. They need to be noticed by more and more people, simply so that their re-imagining of noise and music can be heard. A magazine review claimed that WE were inventing a new musical language, and I really believe this to be the case.
Certainly it will not be to everyones tastes, but that isn't the point. Like Merzbow, Jazkamer and Kevin Drumm, this album shows the possibilities that exist outside a simply musical approach to sound, and shows that anything is possible.
This album is a huge quantum leap forward from Burned Mind, and I cannot wait to hear their next emission...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Human Animal, January 14, 2007

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Michael Simmons (SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This album is awesome. One of the best noise albums that I have listened to in a while. There is such a huge range of intensity and sound in this album the tracks use silence very well as well as really loud volumes. There are some heavy free form jazz and John Zorn influences on this album. The sounds created go from a wall of electronic noise to ear shattering single tones and very strong notes that drone on. This album has some really heavy arrhythmic bass with slight dub overtones, metal noise that slashes through everything, and dense atmospherics that take you on a dark and pulsating journey.