The Poseur Cave

**Frownland** · 01-31-2015, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Briks

Artist: Orthrelm
Album: Orthrelm
Year: 2010
Genre: Avant-garde metal

Frownland mentioned this album in this thread, describing it as "jazz-influenced speed metal". That sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a listen. The result? I'm really not sure if this type of music is my thing. The album is completely instrumental, with only drums and a guitar, which gets a bit tedious after a while, and the album lasts for an hour. I do admire the talent displayed, however. How the hell do these guys manage to play synchronized when there's no obvious structure on this whatsoever? Clearly they're skilled musicians. But to me that doesn't change the fact that this is just 36 same-sounding songs with a lot of atonal guitar and drum noodling. Fans of avant-garde and experimental music might get a kick out of it, though.

2/5

Oh, and that whole "Devil's Dancefloor" thing...

I think it was unwise of me to join that huge project when I don't really have the time or motivation to do so. I might review an album or two, but I don't want to listen to grindcore for a month, so sorry Justin, you'll have to this on your own.

That was pretty much my thoughts on the album as well. I really dug the style and approach, but the album would be much stronger if it were cut to 10-20 songs. There's just too little diversity to keep it interesting for that long.