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Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . :: :: Label :: Prosthetic Records R.date :: 2019-09-12 :: _::__ Cat.nr. :: PROS103802 Size :: 234.97MB __::_ ::// \\:: ::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\:: :: :: /: Encoder :: LAME 3.100 -V0 :\ ..: Bitrate :: avg. 274kbps : . . Quality :: 44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . . . Website :: http://vilecreature.bandcamp.com/ __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: TRACK LiST: CD 1/2 :: :: ------------------ :: :: 1. A Constant Yearning To Leave 15:58 :: :: 2. Motivated By Guilt 9:07 :: :: 3. A Steady Descent Into The Soil 13:01 :: :: 4. A Pessimistic Doomsayer 17:50 :: :: :: :: TRACK LiST: CD 2/2 :: :: ------------------ :: :: 1. Water, Tinted Gold & Tainted Copper 10:20 :: :: 2. Circuits, Bending & Breaking 9:16 :: :: 3. Forest, Subsists As A Tomb 13:36 :: :: 4. Sky, In Descending Pieces 8:52 :: :: 5. Cast Of Static & Smoke (Audiobook) 17:25 :: :: :: :: ------- :: .. >> 115:25 .. __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: Despite their relatively short time together as a band, Vile :: :: Creature have made some notable waves in the doom metal :: :: underground. The duo of Vic (drums, vocals) and KW (guitar, :: :: vocals) formed in 2014, and Preservation Rituals (2015-2018) :: :: collects together their releases from 2015 up until now. It is :: :: a huge listen, with their songs being long, vast explorations, :: :: as heavy emotionally as they are sonically, and though they :: :: undoubtedly ask much of the listener, they offer much in :: :: return. Preservation Rituals (2015-2018) marks the first time :: :: their previous releases have been available on CD and marks a :: :: fine point for any newcomers to get up to speed with the :: :: twosome. :: :: :: :: The first disc collects their debut album, A Steady Descent :: :: into Soil (originally released on vinyl and cassette by Broken :: :: Limbs Recordings, and independently on digital), and the :: :: self-released follow-up EP, A Pessimistic Doomsayer. The :: :: personal nature of Vile Creature is most evident on the tracks :: :: on A Steady Descent..., based as they are upon personal :: :: experience of violence towards marginalized people. With the :: :: shortest song on the album clocking in at over nine minutes, :: :: the tracks have plenty of time to grow and develop, with :: :: individual moments ranging from claustrophobic, tar-drenched :: :: riffs that move like tectonic plates (such as the opening :: :: minutes to ôA Constant Yearning to Leaveö), to the :: :: heart-stoppingly beautiful (with the section halfway through :: :: the title track, with the duo singing beneath an aching, :: :: gloriously defiant guitar line, being a highlight of Vile :: :: CreatureÆs recorded output to date). :: :: :: :: The sole track from A Pessimistic Doomsayer is even more :: :: emotionally-laden and demonstrates the growing ambition of Vile :: :: Creature. Built upon the concept of using fiction to escape :: :: reality, the song û at almost eighteen minutes long û unfurls :: :: slowly, moving at a glacial pace for its opening minutes, :: :: gradually moving into something more urgent; clean vocals :: :: replaced with shrieks and shouts, an increasing desperation in :: :: the drum hits, and the raw production on the guitar every bit :: :: as important as the actual notes being played. The song is a :: :: call for improvement; for an end to the acceptance of old :: :: prejudices, of gatekeeping, of hating people simply because :: :: they are different. It is desperate, heartfelt, and :: :: hard-hitting. :: :: :: :: :: :: . _ _ . :: \: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/ __\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2019 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__ \\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO/// \ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: / :: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | :: : :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: : :: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | :: :: | | \ :|: / | | :: : : | . ` ::: ' . | : : . . | : ::: : | . . | :::....:::....::: | : ::::::::::::::::: : . :::''``:::''``::: . : ::: : . ::: . .:. :