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Wyllt [Vinyl]

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Tee-Pee records hits us with another gem. "Wyllt" is solid debut for Black Math Horseman. Imagine if you will what would happen if Isis were fronted by a woman with a voice equal parts sexy and sinister, but the engineer on the record had the good sense to drench the vocals in reverb and bury them in the mix. Of course, this only scratches the surface. The loud-soft dynamic one expects to find in "post-metal," as people have taken to calling it, is used more effectively than many of their contemporaries. They are able to hit on both extremes of the spectrum, from the sublimely psychedelic to the punishingly heavy and crescendos/decrescendos at all points in between. And most refreshingly, their dynamic swells don't always lead to over-the-top heaviness. They also know when to back off. Their sense of space is extremely mature, especially considering that this is their debut.

In short, Black Math Horseman have managed to throw some new tricks into the playbook of a genre that hasn't been producing many new tricks lately.

I put off buying this for several months after first previewing it, and really wish that I hadn't.

The songs are all haunting, dynamic, and compelling. I was originally worried that this would be one of those albums that we all come across from time to time(especially in this genre) where there are 3 interesting songs, and the rest are a boring, sleep-inducing drone. Not the case here. This one is a great listen from start to finish, and a real gem.