Pentastar: In the Style of Demons

Earth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 23, 1996)
• Original Release Date: July 23, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B0000035I5
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my only complaint is that it's not long enough., March 17, 2003

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E. Roberts "ia" (Canton, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pentastar: In the Style of Demons (Audio CD)

i like this album a lot. it's long, engrossing, and ultimately mellow with lots of good vibes. there's something in the music that sounds like a huge airplane floating in midair, creating a loud rumbling hum that drones on and on. everything else accompanies this sort of aimless drifting happily about without a care in the world.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just gets better and better, October 21, 2002

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Daniel C Kelly (Virginia, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pentastar: In the Style of Demons (Audio CD)

This album is just a natural extension of the previous three studio albums, while being more experimental in terms of songwriting. The wonderful thing about Earth is the subtlety of their music, and how Dylan Carlson seamlessly blends 70's metal riffs, southern rock, and eastern influences into masterful songs. Some real treats on this album are the haunting "Crooked Axis For a String Quartet", the powerful "High Command", and "Coda Maestoso in F (Flat) Minor", which was used in the end credits of the "Kurt and Courtney" documentary. This is a good first album to buy if you're just getting into Earth and/or the whole drone/grunge scene; it's easier to digest than most if your just getting your feet wet. I'd also recommend their other three available albums, Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions, Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version, and Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Please bring me the sustanance of your suicidal needle., May 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Pentastar: In the Style of Demons (Audio CD)

"In the Style of Demons" is perhaps all that needs to be said. On this record Earth creates and maintains a crushingly simple rock onslaught. Putting all else out of their minds (and they were out of their minds i'm sure!), the Seattle four piece concentrate on the deconstruction of the simple rock formula. Its a strange sonic experiment at times, and not for the faint of heart. Man, you should see the video!