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#ThursdayFiveList theme is #WideOpen 😮
#LongDistanceCalling - Into The Black Wide Open
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km0SXsjTFzI#PorcupineTree - Open Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb7XdHyfgsA
(I don't care it's already taken)#GuanoApes - Open Your Eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNo2-viKfW8
(I will neither confirm nor deny having had a crush on the singer)#Kingcrow - Open Sky
https://kingcrow1.bandcamp.com/track/open-sky#aCosmicTrail - Wide Open Spaces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjxjxvINC4o
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Mark 8th May in your calendar - for @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday:
#Karcius: Darkest Heir
https://karcius.bandcamp.com/track/darkest-heir
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Mark 8th May in your calendar - for @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday:
#Karcius: Darkest Heir
https://karcius.bandcamp.com/track/darkest-heir
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Mark 8th May in your calendar - for @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday:
#Karcius: Darkest Heir
https://karcius.bandcamp.com/track/darkest-heir
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Mark 8th May in your calendar - for @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday:
#Karcius: Darkest Heir
https://karcius.bandcamp.com/track/darkest-heir
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Mark 8th May in your calendar - for @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday:
#Karcius: Darkest Heir
https://karcius.bandcamp.com/track/darkest-heir
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#GuitarsAndStrings for today's #TuneTuesday. I had already given up, but then!
#PorcupineTree - Four Chords that made a million
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#ThursdayFiveList is about things that end: #EndingCredits
Obviously, this is my first choice. How they end the song brings tears to my eyes.
#Riverside - The Curtain Falls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K1_7QT_POg
(RIP Piotr)Less of an emotional ride for me, but a very cool song:
#Metallica - Fade To Black
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcoUvu0mGogAnother amazing song; especially the end feels like the protagonist "fading out".
#PorcupineTree - Heartattack In A Layby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaLpdQsiO-cThis one gives me the feels every time I hear it, too.
#TheSeatbelts - The Real Folk Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjUVTEExfBgFinally, for reasons:
#Queen - The Show Must Go On
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Dit weekeinde draaide ik 16 albums van Porcupine Tree achter elkaar.
Nu bij Anesthize.
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Ein Klangarchitekt zwischen den Welten – Die Reise des Steven Wilson https://xenopolias.de/2026/02/13/ein-klangarchitekt-zwischen-den-welten-die-reise-des-steven-wilson/ #AdamHolzman, #Klangarchitekt, #ModernRockMeilensteine, #Musikproduzent, #NickBeggs, #PorcupineTree, #ProgressiveRock, #StevenWilson, #StevenWilsonTour2026, #TheHarmonyCodex
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#Karnivool has a new album coming up in a few days called In Verses.
#eclipsed has it as AOTM, with an 8/10 rating and "artverwandt" artists #Tool, #PorcupineTree, #Wheel.They could have just as easily mentioned me by name. 😂 I've put it on preorder at my local book store.
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#np #PorcupineTree - Anesthetize // Tilburg
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Let's start with an unpleasant one to rip off the bandaid:
#MostDisappointingAlbum: #Avkrvst - Waving at the Sky
https://album.link/t/427577926
I don't mind when influences are heard. I especially don't mind when said influences are #Opeth and #PorcupineTree.
I do mind tho when allegedly progressive bands do not progress and do not introduce their unique sound and style. I mean, do we need clones?
My expectations were high, given how much I enjoyed "The Approbation", but this one was quite a letdown.
Anyway, I really hope their next release will be different and we won't have another band as capable of renewal as, say, Soen. -
After #PorcupineTree and #Riverside, I'm tooting #Opeth as the final entry in my big three and #SaturdayOnStage
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Hoy cumple 58 años el líder de Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson. Uno de los más talentosos músicos de su generación, a quién tuvimos como solista hace pocos días por Chile.
#StevenWilson #CumpleañosRockero #PorcupineTree #Rock #ProgRock
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Porcupine Tree - Drown with Me (Live)
https://youtu.be/G6Z_ClPCf3c#nowplaying #music #musica #porcupinetree #stevenwilson #sovietmuzyka
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🔹 Una Noche de Rock Estratosférico con Steven Wilson 🔹
El domingo por la noche fui a ver al prodigio de la música Steven Wilson en el Movistar Arena. El inicio del concierto me encontró comprando agua en el kiosko. Tuve que correr para llegar a la cancha y encontrar una buena ubicación. No fue difícil, pues el recinto estaba lejos de estar lleno y con cancha única, así que logré quedar bastante cerca del escenario.
Steven Wilson no es un nombre muy conocido en el mainstream del rock, pero es un talento fuera de serie. Si tienes a bandas como Pink Floyd y Radiohead entre tus favoritas, es muy probable que ya lo conozcas. Y si no, este puede ser un buen momento para que empieces a escucharlo.
La jornada se extendió por casi tres horas. Los primeros 45 minutos estuvieron dedicados a su disco más reciente, «The Overview», un álbum que –en la mejor tradición del rock progresivo– cuenta con solo 2 canciones que presentan un viaje sonoro extenso e inmersivo. Luego de eso, un break de 20 minutos para dar paso al resto del concierto, que mantuvo un nivel estratosférico toda la noche.
Las imágenes en la pantalla gigante, a espaldas de la banda, fueron un complemento perfecto para la experiencia musical. En algunos momentos lograron hipnotizarme completamente, tanto que me parece necesario aclarar que no consumí ninguna sustancia alucinógena. Wilson también hizo pausas para hablar al público, mostrando su humor característico se burló de lo largas que son algunas de sus canciones e, incluso, de su propia banda, Porcupine Tree.
Hay un detalle que merece una mención aparte: el sonido. Estuvo absolutamente impecable. Algo que no siempre se puede decir de los conciertos en el Movistar Arena. Se nota la preocupación de Steven Wilson y su equipo por alcanzar la perfección auditiva; era posible apreciar con claridad cada uno de los instrumentos.
Vi a Wilson por primera vez el 2018 como solista en el Caupolicán, luego, el 2022, con Porcupine Tree en el Movistar Arena, y esta fue mi tercera vez. Sin duda, fue la mejor de todas y la que más he disfrutado. Steven Wilson es, sencillamente, un gigante del rock y la música a nivel planetario.
🔗 https://altgr.xyz/2025/10/20/una-noche-de-rock-estratosferico-con-steven-wilson/
🏷️ #Conciertos #Conciertos2025 #MovistarArena #PorcupineTree #ProgRock #StevenWilson
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Having just seen this hashtag #SaturdayOnStage for the first time, I hope it gets picked up more frequently by people I follow d:
I'll go with a personal highlight
#PorcupineTree - Arriving Somewhere
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Colin Edwin and Chris Maitland, former bass player and drummer of Porcupine Tree, and guitarist Jon Durant have formed a band and will release an album as The Baldock Transmission. The music will have a lot of improvisation. Think Moonloop and Metanoia.
I’m here for it!
Read the story on Colin Edwin's blog.
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Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34 - 2017
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
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Today's #TuneTuesday theme is about songs taking a surprising turn: #180Degrees.
My choice, probably surprising no one at all, is
#PorcupineTree - Arriving Somewherehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3lsqUqGTzM
It evolves so subtly that you might not immediately realize, but skip from the intro to the second solo and 🤯
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Dico la verità: non ho mai amato #StevenWilson, invece idolatrato da quasi tutti nel mondo del #prog
Ma questa canzone del 2009 #TimeFlies è nel mio 💓 , davvero molto bella e importante
Tutti prima o poi nella propria vita si ritrovano di fronte ad questa sensazione, dove il tempo passa, e tutto sembra sfuggire
#progrock #progressiverock #porcupinetree #fediradio #nowplaying
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By Owlswald
Adding to my list of bands with irregular monikers, German progressive post-metal/rock group THRÆDS (pronounced “Threads”) is the latest to fall under the scrutiny of my wide-eyed gaze. Formed in 2019 as a solo project by guitarist Angelos Tzamtzis, THRÆDS has since grown into a multi-national five-piece.1 Their 2021 Akasha EP garnered the attention of Octopus Rising—an imprint of Argonauta Records—which is now releasing their debut full-length, Impermanence. The promotional material for this Berlin-based quintet bills itself as a seamless blend of progressive post-metal alongside atmospheric rock, claiming to fuse the sounds of giants like Gojira, Tool, and Porcupine Tree into a diverse and unique style. Call me cynical, but whenever descriptions throw about such high-caliber names, the reality seldom matches the hype. And, unfortunately, THRÆDS proves to be no exception.
A pervasive sense of familiarity permeates Impermanence’s forty-eight minutes. While “Devolve” delivers a half-time L’Enfant Sauvage stomp with Gojira’s trademark pitch shifts and tracks like “Einstein-Rosen Bridge” and “Clockworks” evoke some of the moody melancholia of Porcupine Tree or Katatonia, THRÆDS ultimately leans too heavily on well-trodden modern rock crutches to convey their moods and textures. As a result, the material on Impermanence is largely standard and unremarkable, offering little in the way of presence or impact. Chuggy palm-muted guitar riffs, delay-heavy arpeggios and gallant distorted chord strumming drive Impermanence during its drawn-out instrumental sections. Celso Borralho’s vocals dither between solemn whines (“Sole Survivor”), gravelly Chester Bennington-esque frys (“Reflections”), and high, soulful croons (“Nothing Good to Say”). While these hint at Borralho’s considerable range, they generally also fall short of his full potential. Despite the self-produced effort registering a mighty DR 10 and Barnabás Mihály’s playful basslines providing some much-needed aptitude, Impermanence exhibits a vanilla disposition with little novelty or energy.
THRÆDS relies on familiar modern rock clichés to drive their songwriting. Rock anthem “Reflections,” with its big, sing-along chorus and radio-ready polish is well-composed but employs repetitive chord progressions and melodic structures a myriad of modern rock groups have used a million times over. Similarly, “Sole Survivor” and “Timeless” lack novelty with formulaic compositions that contrast quiet, delay-saturated post-rock verses with heavier down-tuned choruses filled with garden-variety guitar riffs, foundational rock beats, and cornerstone vocal belting. Borralho frequently toys between his high and low registers, sounding unassured and whiny rather than passionate and introspective as his voice warbles above the melodies. His range and high register are his greatest strengths, yet he seldom leans into them with enough conviction to improve THRÆDS’ simplistic approach. Compounding matters is the sheer length of Impermanence’s songs as “Devolve,” “Timeless,” and “Reflections” all clear six minutes while closer “Story in Reverse” pushes eight, primarily to accommodate Alegros Gramma’s sax solo. Even the shorter “Einstein-Rosen Bridge” contributes to Impermanence’s sense of bloat, stretching thin ideas into wandering Maserati-like post-rock.
Predictably, Impermanence’s stronger moments appear when THRÆDS trim the fat and venture outside of well-trodden tropes. A prime example is the solemn “Nothing Good to Say,” where the quintet crafts a condensed, cohesive, and engaging offering with Borralho’s high, soulful croons floating above playful drum and bass grooves, all enveloped by an eerie, atmospheric feel. Mihály’s bass performance is noteworthy, driving a deep pocket with his rhythmic pulses while capably utilizing space with high-scale runs that explore the full range of his fretboard. Likewise, the chorus in “Story in Reverse” and the verse in “Einstein-Rosen Bridge” point to a more favorable stylistic direction, as THRÆDS momentarily recalls the grunge-saturated sounds of Alice in Chains amid stretches of otherwise tedious material.
From start to finish, Impermanence struggles to find its footing, delivering an unremarkable collection of songs that is more often bland and forgettable than original and engaging. Displaying brief flashes of promise, THRÆDS defaults to the comfort of well-worn rock sounds, resulting in an overly long debut that lacks the confidence one would expect from a group aspiring to stand alongside the giants it name-drops. Ultimately, Impermanence rings hollow, forcing progressive and post-metal fans to look elsewhere for novelty and imagination.
Rating: Disappointing
DR: 10 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Argonauta Records
Websites: thraeds.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/threads.project | instagram.com/thraeds.band/
Releases Worldwide: June 6, 2025Show 1 footnote
- Members originate from Chile, Greece, Hungary, New Zealand, and Portugal. ↩
#20 #2025 #AliceInChains #ArgonautaRecords #GermanMetal #Gojira #HardRock #impermanence #Jun25 #Katatonia #Maserati #MelodicMetal #OctopusRisingRecords #PorcupineTree #PostMetal #ProgressiveRock #Review #Reviews #Rock #THRÆDS #Tool
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New #review today: "While #Oak's previous album The Quiet Rebellion of Compromise dealt with suicide and featured introspective music heavily influenced by Steven Wilson and #PorcupineTree, their new album The Third Sleep, takes the band into slightly brighter territory." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock #KarismaRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/oak-the-third-sleep-6.html
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Auf #ZdfNeo läuft zum drölfzigsten Mal #NichtNachmachen mit #WigaldBoning und #BerndHoëcker. Eine zutiefst unsinnige und dämliche Serie. Einerseits. Andererseits #PorcupineTree - Blackest Eyes im Soundtrack 😁
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New #review today: "The Italian neo-progressive band #MeltingClock originated in the Physics Department of the University of Genoa in 2001. The founders’ shared interests in progressive bands like #PorcupineTree, #Riverside, #Opeth, #Ayreon, #PinkFloyd, #Genesis, and #PFM led them to initially cover songs from these bands and since then they have developed their own sound." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/melting-clock-altrove-6.html
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New #review today: "#Chercán is a new group, though members have roots in such previous bands as #LaDesooorden and #Homínido, which I’ll admit to no familiarity with. In any case, this debut album is a fine effort, full of great songs and superb playing. You might hear occasional hints of #KingCrimson or #PorcupineTree or #TheMarsVolta, but on the whole, it’s an enticingly original sound." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/chercan-chercan-2.html
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#ThursdayFiveList today offers the once in a lifetime opportunity to talk about ... Music!
#PorcupineTree - The Sound Of Muzak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU8_ojgyXzc#ArjenLucassen - Pink Beetles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx3by7ZaaZA#DeeExpus - PTtee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFXvZDoM7gM#RPWL - This Is Not A Prog Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PqGsE7BK-8And of course
#JohnMiles - Music
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Steven Wilson regresa a Chile con «The Overview Tour» con un único show | vía #ZumbidoCL
https://zumbido.cl/steven-wilson-regresa-a-chile-con-the-overview-tour-con-un-unico-show/
#dgmedios #movistararena #porcupinetree #stevenwilson #stevenwilsonenchile #t2025 #theoverviewtour
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This actually worked. You can now follow @burningshed, an online music label and store specializing in #SingerSongwriter, #Progressive / #Prog, #Ambient / #Electronica and #ArtRock #music.
https://www.threads.net/@mjgardner/post/C-xolQcOAcH
They host the official online shops for #PorcupineTree, #Panegyric, #Kscope, #Ape (#AndyPartridge / #XTC), #NoMan, #JethroTull, #ThomasDolby, #MediumProductions (#SteveJansen, #RichardBarbieri, and #MickKarn — #JBK, #RainTreeCrow, #Japan), #Peaceville, #HatfieldAndTheNorth, et al.
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Convulsing – Perdurance [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]
By Dear Hollow
If you’re not familiar with Australia’s Convulsing, you’ve likely been exposed to mastermind Brendan Sloan’s impact on underground extreme metal. Alongside serving as bassist/vocalist of Altars (beginning with 2022’s Ascetic Reflection), guitarist of cinematic post-rock act Dumbsaint, and one-man show behind dissonant death/black distortionist Convulsing, he has contributed in some way or another to acts like Greytomb, Cosmic Putrefaction, Defacement, Gonemage, and Nightmarer. Convulsing remains his flagship project, and after two excellent LP’s Errata (2016) and Grievous (2018) of consecutively higher praise and a fantastic split with Siberian Hell Sounds, we are finally met with a gem of dissonant death metal after a six-year absence, an iconic record and monolithic sound steeped in nuance and imbued with dynamics, contrast, and texture: Perdurance.
What makes Perdurance such a resounding and enduring success is its ability to attack with intensity and dissonance that outdoes the best of its genre-mates. Warped rhythms are graced with staggered riffs and blazing percussion, as Convulsing explores every nook and twist of a rhythm and melody until its inevitable conclusion is happened upon in tragic and fatal fashion. Dissonant leads are the guide of Perdurance, providing scenic vistas to punishingly heavy riffs while reminding listeners of the inevitable doom that awaits. Like this year’s Ulcerate, the devastation is beautifully nuanced and dynamics are secured, giving a sense of freedom, sentience, and lushness amid the relentless darkness and discordance. Tempo-abusing, blastbeat-wielding, and heavy as mountains, the more immediate offerings (“Pentarch,” “Flayed,” “Shattered Temples”) offer this weight in pulverizing chuggy progressions, with a lurking monstrosity and humanity beneath its processions somehow more mammoth than its ten-ton riffs.
Beginning with “Inner Oceans,” we are graced with Convulsing’s massive sense of crescendos and atmospherics. A slow burn guided by the leads, the riffs are explored more subtly and incrementally – leading to a sense of immense claustrophobia and suffocation. Beginning delicately and organically, the tracks warp and shift while constantly growing in size and intensity, leading to what feels like cave walls closing in. The organicity suggests a warmth unexpected in this breed of death metal, as lush progressions morph to menacing tones seamlessly (“Endurance”), while devastation and grandiosity are the killing blow for natural growths and crescendos (“Inner Oceans”). The episodic nature of closer “Endurance” is aptly climactic and cinematic, its different three-minute portions threaded together with lush and yearning progressions slightly twisted to uncanny valley’s version of the heartfelt, amplified by brief passages of clean vocals and punkish beats.
Perdurance shows that Sloan remains at the top of his game – Convulsing cements itself as one of the best offerings of underground extreme metal and death metal in general. The second you think you’ve heard a progression or passage before, Sloan distorts it with the precision of a mathematician and the ambition of a madman. It never neglects punishment or overstays its welcome, and every twist and turn feels beautifully executed and stunningly methodical. Even the cleanly sung bonus track Porcupine Tree cover “A Smart Kid” feels at home following “Endurance.” Reflected in its evergreen title, Perdurance represents an immortal statement in dissonant death metal and extreme metal in general: ceaselessly brutal, meticulously crafted, and indubitably iconic.
Tracks to Check Out:1 “Flayed,” “Inner Oceans,” “Endurance”
#2024 #Altars #AustralianMetal #BlackenedDeathMetal #Convulsing #CosmicPutrefaction #DeathMetal #Defacement #DissonantDeathMetal #Gonemage #Greytomb #Nightmarer #Perdurance #PorcupineTree #ProgressiveDeathMetal #SelfRelease #SiberianHellSounds #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed2024 #TYMHM #Ulcerate
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Convulsing – Perdurance [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]
By Dear Hollow
If you’re not familiar with Australia’s Convulsing, you’ve likely been exposed to mastermind Brendan Sloan’s impact on underground extreme metal. Alongside serving as bassist/vocalist of Altars (beginning with 2022’s Ascetic Reflection), guitarist of cinematic post-rock act Dumbsaint, and one-man show behind dissonant death/black distortionist Convulsing, he has contributed in some way or another to acts like Greytomb, Cosmic Putrefaction, Defacement, Gonemage, and Nightmarer. Convulsing remains his flagship project, and after two excellent LP’s Errata (2016) and Grievous (2018) of consecutively higher praise and a fantastic split with Siberian Hell Sounds, we are finally met with a gem of dissonant death metal after a six-year absence, an iconic record and monolithic sound steeped in nuance and imbued with dynamics, contrast, and texture: Perdurance.
What makes Perdurance such a resounding and enduring success is its ability to attack with intensity and dissonance that outdoes the best of its genre-mates. Warped rhythms are graced with staggered riffs and blazing percussion, as Convulsing explores every nook and twist of a rhythm and melody until its inevitable conclusion is happened upon in tragic and fatal fashion. Dissonant leads are the guide of Perdurance, providing scenic vistas to punishingly heavy riffs while reminding listeners of the inevitable doom that awaits. Like this year’s Ulcerate, the devastation is beautifully nuanced and dynamics are secured, giving a sense of freedom, sentience, and lushness amid the relentless darkness and discordance. Tempo-abusing, blastbeat-wielding, and heavy as mountains, the more immediate offerings (“Pentarch,” “Flayed,” “Shattered Temples”) offer this weight in pulverizing chuggy progressions, with a lurking monstrosity and humanity beneath its processions somehow more mammoth than its ten-ton riffs.
Beginning with “Inner Oceans,” we are graced with Convulsing’s massive sense of crescendos and atmospherics. A slow burn guided by the leads, the riffs are explored more subtly and incrementally – leading to a sense of immense claustrophobia and suffocation. Beginning delicately and organically, the tracks warp and shift while constantly growing in size and intensity, leading to what feels like cave walls closing in. The organicity suggests a warmth unexpected in this breed of death metal, as lush progressions morph to menacing tones seamlessly (“Endurance”), while devastation and grandiosity are the killing blow for natural growths and crescendos (“Inner Oceans”). The episodic nature of closer “Endurance” is aptly climactic and cinematic, its different three-minute portions threaded together with lush and yearning progressions slightly twisted to uncanny valley’s version of the heartfelt, amplified by brief passages of clean vocals and punkish beats.
Perdurance shows that Sloan remains at the top of his game – Convulsing cements itself as one of the best offerings of underground extreme metal and death metal in general. The second you think you’ve heard a progression or passage before, Sloan distorts it with the precision of a mathematician and the ambition of a madman. It never neglects punishment or overstays its welcome, and every twist and turn feels beautifully executed and stunningly methodical. Even the cleanly sung bonus track Porcupine Tree cover “A Smart Kid” feels at home following “Endurance.” Reflected in its evergreen title, Perdurance represents an immortal statement in dissonant death metal and extreme metal in general: ceaselessly brutal, meticulously crafted, and indubitably iconic.
Tracks to Check Out:1 “Flayed,” “Inner Oceans,” “Endurance”
#2024 #Altars #AustralianMetal #BlackenedDeathMetal #Convulsing #CosmicPutrefaction #DeathMetal #Defacement #DissonantDeathMetal #Gonemage #Greytomb #Nightmarer #Perdurance #PorcupineTree #ProgressiveDeathMetal #SelfRelease #SiberianHellSounds #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed2024 #TYMHM #Ulcerate
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Convulsing – Perdurance [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]
By Dear Hollow
If you’re not familiar with Australia’s Convulsing, you’ve likely been exposed to mastermind Brendan Sloan’s impact on underground extreme metal. Alongside serving as bassist/vocalist of Altars (beginning with 2022’s Ascetic Reflection), guitarist of cinematic post-rock act Dumbsaint, and one-man show behind dissonant death/black distortionist Convulsing, he has contributed in some way or another to acts like Greytomb, Cosmic Putrefaction, Defacement, Gonemage, and Nightmarer. Convulsing remains his flagship project, and after two excellent LP’s Errata (2016) and Grievous (2018) of consecutively higher praise and a fantastic split with Siberian Hell Sounds, we are finally met with a gem of dissonant death metal after a six-year absence, an iconic record and monolithic sound steeped in nuance and imbued with dynamics, contrast, and texture: Perdurance.
What makes Perdurance such a resounding and enduring success is its ability to attack with intensity and dissonance that outdoes the best of its genre-mates. Warped rhythms are graced with staggered riffs and blazing percussion, as Convulsing explores every nook and twist of a rhythm and melody until its inevitable conclusion is happened upon in tragic and fatal fashion. Dissonant leads are the guide of Perdurance, providing scenic vistas to punishingly heavy riffs while reminding listeners of the inevitable doom that awaits. Like this year’s Ulcerate, the devastation is beautifully nuanced and dynamics are secured, giving a sense of freedom, sentience, and lushness amid the relentless darkness and discordance. Tempo-abusing, blastbeat-wielding, and heavy as mountains, the more immediate offerings (“Pentarch,” “Flayed,” “Shattered Temples”) offer this weight in pulverizing chuggy progressions, with a lurking monstrosity and humanity beneath its processions somehow more mammoth than its ten-ton riffs.
Beginning with “Inner Oceans,” we are graced with Convulsing’s massive sense of crescendos and atmospherics. A slow burn guided by the leads, the riffs are explored more subtly and incrementally – leading to a sense of immense claustrophobia and suffocation. Beginning delicately and organically, the tracks warp and shift while constantly growing in size and intensity, leading to what feels like cave walls closing in. The organicity suggests a warmth unexpected in this breed of death metal, as lush progressions morph to menacing tones seamlessly (“Endurance”), while devastation and grandiosity are the killing blow for natural growths and crescendos (“Inner Oceans”). The episodic nature of closer “Endurance” is aptly climactic and cinematic, its different three-minute portions threaded together with lush and yearning progressions slightly twisted to uncanny valley’s version of the heartfelt, amplified by brief passages of clean vocals and punkish beats.
Perdurance shows that Sloan remains at the top of his game – Convulsing cements itself as one of the best offerings of underground extreme metal and death metal in general. The second you think you’ve heard a progression or passage before, Sloan distorts it with the precision of a mathematician and the ambition of a madman. It never neglects punishment or overstays its welcome, and every twist and turn feels beautifully executed and stunningly methodical. Even the cleanly sung bonus track Porcupine Tree cover “A Smart Kid” feels at home following “Endurance.” Reflected in its evergreen title, Perdurance represents an immortal statement in dissonant death metal and extreme metal in general: ceaselessly brutal, meticulously crafted, and indubitably iconic.
Tracks to Check Out:1 “Flayed,” “Inner Oceans,” “Endurance”
#2024 #Altars #AustralianMetal #BlackenedDeathMetal #Convulsing #CosmicPutrefaction #DeathMetal #Defacement #DissonantDeathMetal #Gonemage #Greytomb #Nightmarer #Perdurance #PorcupineTree #ProgressiveDeathMetal #SelfRelease #SiberianHellSounds #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed #ThingsYouMightHaveMissed2024 #TYMHM #Ulcerate
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I'm browsing through my top artists of all time on last.fm, and I'm surprised at how few of the bands I've been listening to recently make the top of the list, and on the other hand, what bands are at the top.
Top 1 are #PorcupineTree. Well, OK, but it's been a while.
2 are #MachinaeSupremacy. Again, long time no listen.The list goes on. First "recent" band is #OrphanedLand at 7 and #LongDistanceCalling at 9. Then #OceansOfSlumber at 32. #Vola, impressively, is at 39.
We're already on page two now: #LaVelaPuerca is 55 and that was a very long time ago. 56 is #TheAnchoret (wheee) and 57 is #Wheel. #Avkrvst are at 66.
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I'm browsing through my top artists of all time on last.fm, and I'm surprised at how few of the bands I've been listening to recently make the top of the list, and on the other hand, what bands are at the top.
Top 1 are #PorcupineTree. Well, OK, but it's been a while.
2 are #MachinaeSupremacy. Again, long time no listen.The list goes on. First "recent" band is #OrphanedLand at 7 and #LongDistanceCalling at 9. Then #OceansOfSlumber at 32. #Vola, impressively, is at 39.
We're already on page two now: #LaVelaPuerca is 55 and that was a very long time ago. 56 is #TheAnchoret (wheee) and 57 is #Wheel. #Avkrvst are at 66.
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I'm browsing through my top artists of all time on last.fm, and I'm surprised at how few of the bands I've been listening to recently make the top of the list, and on the other hand, what bands are at the top.
Top 1 are #PorcupineTree. Well, OK, but it's been a while.
2 are #MachinaeSupremacy. Again, long time no listen.The list goes on. First "recent" band is #OrphanedLand at 7 and #LongDistanceCalling at 9. Then #OceansOfSlumber at 32. #Vola, impressively, is at 39.
We're already on page two now: #LaVelaPuerca is 55 and that was a very long time ago. 56 is #TheAnchoret (wheee) and 57 is #Wheel. #Avkrvst are at 66.
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I'm browsing through my top artists of all time on last.fm, and I'm surprised at how few of the bands I've been listening to recently make the top of the list, and on the other hand, what bands are at the top.
Top 1 are #PorcupineTree. Well, OK, but it's been a while.
2 are #MachinaeSupremacy. Again, long time no listen.The list goes on. First "recent" band is #OrphanedLand at 7 and #LongDistanceCalling at 9. Then #OceansOfSlumber at 32. #Vola, impressively, is at 39.
We're already on page two now: #LaVelaPuerca is 55 and that was a very long time ago. 56 is #TheAnchoret (wheee) and 57 is #Wheel. #Avkrvst are at 66.
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#NewRelease: #StormCorrosion 2012 collaboration between #StevenWilson (#PorcupineTree) and #MikaelÅkerfeldt (#Opeth) gets reissue on #KScopeRecords 27 September 2024 #ProgressiveRock #review http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/storm-corrosion-storm-corrosion-13.html
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#TheMetalDogArticleList #MetalInjection STEVEN WILSON Struggled To Believe He Wasn't The One Singing On Some AI-Created Songs: "This Is Uncanny, Almost Surreal" metalinjection.net/news/steven-... #StevenWilson #AIinMusic #MusicIndustry #PorcupineTree #ArtificialIntelligence #MusicCreation
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STEVEN WILSON Struggled To Believe He Wasn't The One Singing On Some AI-Created Songs: "This Is Uncanny, Almost Surreal"#StevenWilson #AIinMusic #MusicIndustry #PorcupineTree #ArtificialIntelligence #MusicCreation #MusicConsumption #FutureOfMusic #MusicTechnology
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Today In Metal History 🤘 July 2nd, 2024🤘 DIO, GUNS N' ROSES, FOREIGNER, ALICE COOPER, DEEP PURPLE#DIO #GUNSNROSES #FOREIGNER #ALICECOOPER #DEEPPURPLE #AxlRose #ColinEdwin #PORCUPINETREE
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#MittwochMetalMix I guess?
#TheOculist - Cautionary Tales
Very early impression (I'm on track two) 👍
#eclipsed gave this a 7/10 and compared it to #DreamTheater, #PorcupineTree, #Haken, #Leprous.
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@neurothing's #ThursdayFiveList for today is #TheDark.
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Just jumping at me is #IronMaiden's Fear Of The Dark of course
https://youtu.be/6PDMtqejNfsAlso very present in my mind at all times, #PorcupineTree's beautiful Dark Matter
https://youtu.be/OSSC_2Uwl9wBit weird, #PeterGabriel's Darkness
https://youtu.be/XJbP5gKJENsAt this point I started searching through my music collection. I found #Votum's Me In The Dark
https://youtu.be/ilCDblEQpv4Lastly.. #Falco - Out Of The Dark
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My #HolidayReading.
I'm powering my way through this book by #StevenWilson #PorcupineTree
I can highly recommend if you're a fan of his music. I'm a newbie but rapidly catching up!Ps the Union Jack tableware is the choice of the holiday letting company, not me 😅
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I’ve been a big #PorcupineTree fan for years, and first saw them live in 2005….or so I thought!
@BenCotterill just mentioned that he saw them supporting #OzricTentacles once. I thought that would have been an amazing show, and recalled having done stage crew for Ozrics at Trent Poly in the 90s.
Guess what: Porcupine Tree supported Ozrics at NTU in December 1995, and I was (apparently) there. How cool is that!? 😎 #music #livemusic #prog
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Bon sang, l'ami @gee n'est pas seulement un dessinateur talentueux aux excellentes références (y a même du #Gotlib), développeur de jeux vidéo, il est aussi musicien et avec des goûts musicaux que je valide extrêmement fort #porcupinetree https://aperi.tube/w/sx6zQpwrQxFZ5RkXCHLVYY N'en jetez plus. Si on a l'occasion de se croiser un jour on en aura des trucs à échanger.
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Currently listening to A Cell To Call Home by #AdventHorizon. #Eclipsed is giving the album a 7.5/10 rating and compares it to #PorcupineTree, #Vola, #Haken, and #Voyager. So, d'uh.
https://adventhorizon.bandcamp.com/album/a-cell-to-call-home
