Member Since: 19/07/2007
Band Members: Robert Collins - Bass, vocals**
John Downing - Guitar**
Russ Korinek - Drums**
Dathan Lythgoe - Guitar**
Betsy Rettig - Cello, vocals**
Nicholas Lampert - Noise, Samples**
Influences: SOME OTHER BANDS WE PLAY IN OR HAVE PLAYED IN INCLUDE --- Artimus Pyle - What Happens Next? - Laudnum- Conquest for Death - High on Crime - Skull Time - Fuck Face - Living Under Lies - Stab City Slit Wrists - Blood Eagle - FAME - Coward - Downer - Noisegate - Beneath the Lake
Sounds Like: Review from Maximum Rock and Roll number 310--------------
MALACHI - "Wither to Cover the Tread" LP
This is intense, cello-driven hardcore that is honestly better than any other "epic" HC with cello that I've ever heard. The songs build slowly, as is typical for the genre, making as much out of the spaces between the notes as the notes themselves, and when the heavy parts drop they are HEAVY. The subtle use of electronic noise really augments the songs, which is not always the case with bands that experiment with such touches.
If you go apeshit for OROKU, FALL OF EFRAFA, or GRAYCEON, you need this LP right now.
Hell, if you don't like epic HC punk with non-traditional instrumentation, this is a damn good album to change your opinion. One caveat though: MALACHI is probably much better listened to alone on headphones than blasting at a punk party. This is deep, well written stuff with enough nuance to demand the listener's full attention.
(AU)
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Review from Profane Exisitance---------------------------------MALACHI - s/t LP -
erm...can you say right up my alley? this sounds like High On Fire, Garmonbozia, and Damad had a private moment together with a tape recorder..and let me in for a sneak peak. totally crushing riffs lead into noodley guitar solos, haunting crazy cello parts lead in and out of doomy interludes and breakdowns.
the soudn effects make me feel like i'm a little bit more eveil just for listening to this record. did i mention its BEAUTIFUL? the lp sleeve is hand-crafted black screened on black with silver, with a cut-out paste on label giving band information and song titles. dark, politial lyrics accent the soul-crushing heavy music; the long list of bands the members have tooled around with include notable folks as ARTIMUS PYLE, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?, HIGH ON CRIME, LIVING UNDER LIES, and many many more.
this music is at once ultimately heavy and metallic, heartbreakingly sad, and rage your guts out angry! featuring dual female-male vocals from Robert of ARTIMUS PYLE and femal cellist Betsy-who could definitely give Mis of MOONSHINE or Victoria of DAMAD a run for her money in a karaoke contest - this is one of my favorite new albums! cheers! (Maygun)
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