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Black Mountain - In The Future

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Second album from this up and coming band from the Canadian Northwest. Black Mountain pay homage the spirit of 70s psychedelic hard rock. The music has some prog moves and the band is at their best when they jam it out like on the 16 minute "Bright Lights". Hey they aren't afraid to toss in lots of Mellotron either! Tangentially related to the retro-school that bands like Wolfmother are mining but frankly these guys are even better.

"If this is the future, start growing out your facial hair now, because it looks like the blood-crazed Canadian hippies will inherit the Earth. Black Mountain are four men and a maiden from Vancouver, reveling in psychedelic prog metal with all the Seventies flourishes. In stoner-detention epics like "Wucan" and "Queens Will Play," they bring metal guitars, multipart song structures, temples-of-Syrinx poetry and vintage synths that sound like they were beamed in from some lost Argent or ELP session. Black Mountain's 2005 debut made them a hit with budding viking warriors everywhere, but In the Future has an even bigger kick, with a surprising blues edge and Amber Webber's vocals adding a touch of Sandy Denny to the battle-of-Evermore vibe. It definitely says something for Black Mountain's achievements that the two best moments here are also the weightiest — the eight-minute "Tyrants" and the sixteen-minute "Bright Lights." " - Rob Sheffield/Rolling Stone

Still undecided? Check this out - you can hear the entire album on the band's Myspace page: Black Mountain - In The Future
  • Style:Psychedelic Rock
  • Record Label:Jagjaguwar
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