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LIKE A VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD OF METAL FROM ICELAND: MOMENTUM

 Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 10:45am by

momentum - fixation, at restChalk it up to geographic isolation, but Icelandic bands really haven’t represented in the worldwide metal scene… until now.

The songs posted at the Bandcamp link that the Icelandic band Momentum sent us are so good that I’ve had them open in a browser tab for a week now… and there’s only two of them! Imagine the intricate, slow, doomy goodness of Cult of Luna or a more focused version of Isis mixed with elephants marching-like Gojira battle stomps of death metal and a progressive bent in the band’s songwriting approach… hard to do, I know, so just go ahead and listen to the two songs Momentum have posted at Bandcamp.

This is the kind doom that I wish was more plentiful in the world; well-produced, sonically rich and intricate, as opposed to raw-for-the-sake-of-raw and slow-for-the-sake-of-slow doom that ends up just being boring instead of powerful. This is powerful… just the right amount of raw and just the right amount of slow, mixed in with plenty of other stuff to keep it interesting.

Momentum’s new album Fixation, At Rest was released on May 14th.

-VN

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  • Alex_P

    …Yeah. I know I’m supposed to hate anything you recommend, but this is actually pretty good.

  • http://heavystreet.com Heavystreet

    Seems like these guys were listening to Pure-era Godflesh. I can hear Justin Broderick all over this thing. Very good stuff.

  • key

    they have a free ep download on bandcamp, just click the other album in discography

  • key

    also, i’m guessing you couldn’t find anywhere to buy their music either since you didn’t link it.

  • jackattack

    This is spectacular, Vince. Definitely reminds me a lot of Mouth of the Architect.

    • http://dmxrr15@hotmail.com IsntaTOTALdouchebag10

      Yeah I am really digging this stuff. I can see the Mouth of the Architect comparison for sure except…this is better. This band put more awesome shit into a 4:30 track than MOTA do into an 8 minute one.

  • http://www.myspace.com/thestarsthrewdowntheirspears Tim

    “Out May 14th on Molestin Records.”

    • jackattack

      I noticed that as well. And lol’d.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Jay/1137871271 Sean Jay

    I know you guys aren’t there to edit posts right now, but if you see this, you should probably give it a plug since all their tracks are available for purchase here:

    http://www.gogoyoko.com/artist/momentum

    they’ve got three albums and they’re all available for stream and purchase.

    • http://www.gogoyoko.com @gogoyoko

      Thanks for spreading the word :-)

  • http://fantasyh.wordpress.com fantasyh

    Good stuff, thanks Vince

  • NickV

    Good call, like an aural kick in the junk!

  • Jo

    No Icelandic metal bands, eh? Sòlstafir would like to have a word…

  • http://www.halifaxcollect.blogspot.com Halifa Collect

    In case you didn’t know, you can now stream stream the whole record on Momentum’s bandcamp site.

    One of the best releases of the year so far – in any genre.

  • http://http//www.halifaxcollect.blogspot.com Halifax Collect

    For the first month or two, my Fixation, At Rest listening habits were that of a junky. I couldn’t get enough and I wanted it all the time. Ever since, its been rare that a week went by without spinning it once or twice.
    And here we are. It is only now I’m concluding the review I’ve written in my head millions of times over for all this time. It is hard to do an ambitious record like this justice, this contender for the year’s best album. A record who’s enormity intimidated yours truly into holding his tongue for months on end.