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"Produced by Joe Duplantier, "A Feast On Sorrow" is capable of seducing both technical enthusiasts and those with a sensitivity to dramatic impulses."
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4/5
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Don't be fooled by Joe Duplantier's name: Urne is not the Gojira guitarist's new project, since he is associated with this english young band as a producer rather than a musician. However, his presence, far from being insignificant, already provides a precious clue as to the content of this band, which we can guess will be technically advanced, creating a score as powerful as it is complex.
Clumsily labelled stoner or sludge (which is already less absurd), Urne is more reminiscent of a Mastodon than a water pipe smoker. Breaks galore, reinforced concrete riffs and massive fuselage attest to their roots in Thrash Metal 2.0 mixed with progressive metal. However, bassist Joe Nally's ever-changing vocals disrupt this image, tending to blur and even crush it, alternately rough or clearer, often gruff or even threatening, but always oozing a sticky darkness that owes everything to hardcore. The brutal, flaying vocals are matched by brawny guitar lines that are beautiful, reaching for an emotional stratosphere.
But this attempt at definition isn't so important, as it crashes against the cliffs raised by "A Feast On Sorrow", a second album as immersive as it is titanic, whose main strength lies in its ability to combine virtuosity and dramatic beauty. Twisting and turning, each track resembles a teeming labyrinth whose sprawling guts the three musicians bore into.
While 'A Stumble Of Words' and 'The Long Goodbye / Where Do We Go When We Die?' (whose second half soars to shattering heights) break the ten-minute barrier for a torrential, powerfully sophisticated result, the majority of the compositions have a more compact format that makes them more intense. Nevertheless, they are all blocks of progression, a relentless blend of frightening technicality and sharp elegance, as on 'The Burden', with its taut, dishevelled mesh. Listening to these aggregates of raw material, it's easy to understand why Joe Duplantier produced them, finding in this technical yet desperate writing a music after his own heart.
Still little-known, Urne is well worth discovering. The backing of Gojira's frontman should help. Indeed, it's hard to see how an album of the quality of "A Feast On Sorrow" could go unnoticed, capable of seducing both fans of technicality and those sensitive to dramatic impulses. - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. The Flood Came Rushing In
02. To Die Twice
03. A Stumble Of Words
04. The Burden
05. Becoming The Ocean
06. A Feast On Sorrow
07. Peace
 08. The Long Goodbye/where Do The Memories Go
LINEUP:
Angus Neyra: Guitares
James Cook: Batterie
Joe Nally: Chant / Basse
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