Sunday, August 30, 2009

Mass Movement Magazine Eternities review

"Eternities" is a fitting title for this record, not because it drags on but because the title effectively conveys IGUT's sense of scale and structure in their work. This would broadly fit in with the kind of contemporary metal / prog / doom movement of which Neurosis, Isis, Beehoover et al are members, and which has become rather oversubscribed since the rise of those bands. This is unfortunate for IGUT in the sense that they are an extremely good example of a crowded genre in which inferior bands are frequently given larger promotional budgets. If they can keep touring and get their music out to the kids, this record out to have a shot at getting the kind of recognition it deserves, as it is superbly conceived, written, played and produced. Perhaps its only weakness is in the lack of one element which truly defines their music as different and separate from that of other bands; at the moment the closest thing they have to that is their quality.

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