Tag Botanist
Paleobotany is Botanist’s 12th album yet I had not heard of them. It would appear that my knowledge of plant focussed avant-garde metal was lacking until very recently. Let’s not dwell on the past though eh? Actually, let’s do just… Continue Reading →
The title sounds about right. I expected nothing but creative interpretations of extreme metal weirdness from former Ephel Duathers Davide Tiso and Luciano Lorusso George, who comprise half of this band. It was no surprise to read the promoter’s description… Continue Reading →
Green metal, avant-garde black metal, progressive metal, experimental metal … whatever it is, “VIII: Selenotrope” is Botanist’s eleventh full release. The VIII signifies that it is the eighth with Otrebor in sole charge. Otrebor is the composer and multi-instrumentalist, and… Continue Reading →
“Evergreen animates expansive imagery, stirring notes with cerulean bodies of calm rippled surfaces …. Healing grounds, enlighten. To catch fire and fire down over the problematic uncertainties”. This lyrical extract from “Healing Grounds”, the opening track of this second album… Continue Reading →
Anything involving Davide Tiso promises to be interesting, challenging and disturbing and this always looked to be the same. When we start talking about one minute bursts and three minute nightmares exploring “themes of mental illness, psychological deviance, rage, gloom… Continue Reading →
The title sounds a lot like a 1980’s straight to video Kung Fu classic. I expect Bolo Yeung to guest somewhere and some bad dubbing. However, my Blockbuster nostalgia is damned. The 16 Deaths of My Master is in fact… Continue Reading →
Releasing his sixth album in eight years, as well as three EPs and a collective, Otrebor has been a busy guy. Formerly the brains behind online music zine Maelstrom, the San Francisco native moved away from music journalism to release… Continue Reading →
Dylan Neal’s other band, Botanist, might not be to everyone’s taste (hammered dulcimer black metal anyone?) but it certainly makes a change from listening to a very long line of black-metal-o-likes queuing up to deliver their take on something that… Continue Reading →