radiatorhums Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 $12.00 + shipping - http://igetrvng.com/shop/i-shall-die-here-the-body/ Release Date: April 1, 2014 I Shall Die Here is the fourthfull-length album by The Body. Sharing their moribund vision for I Shall Die Here with Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak), the tried and true sound of The Body is cut to pieces, mutilated by process and re-animated in a spectral state by the newly minted partnership. The Body’s brutal musical approach, engraved by drummer Lee Buford’s colossal beats and Chip King’s mad howl and bass-bladed guitar dirge, becomes something even more terrifying with Krlic’s post-mortem ambiences serving as both baseline and outer limit. I Shall Die Here sonically serrates the remains of metal’s already unidentifiable corpse and splays it amid tormented voices in shadow. Formed in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1999, The Body soon relocated to Providence, Rhode Island. The duo remained in Providence for a decade before moving west to their current home of Portland, Oregon. A handful of precursor releases readied the band for seasoned explorations across their debut self-titled album (Moganano, 2003) and on the widely-acclaimed All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood (At A Loss, 2011). The Body’s curtailing of formal classification figured heavily on All the Waters. The album’s employment of the Assembly of Light Choir’s classical chorales alongside more industrial music techniques such as vocal sampling and drum programming in turn prompted RVNG to inquire with King and Buford which darker corners of the electronic universe they were presumably interested in exploring. The earnestly experimental undertaking of I Shall Die Here is expertly aided by Seth Manchester and Keith Souza, The Body’s longstanding engineers and creative collaborators, and noted producer Krlic. Krlic’s own work as The Haxan Cloak struck a similarly despairing chord to The Body with last year’s celebrated Excavations (Tri Angle, 2013), itself a minimalist evocation of the afterlife. I Shall Die Here shares similar nether space with the morbidly deviating darkness of Excavations, but remains sculpturally frozen in a sort of earthen purgatory. On album opener “To Carry the Seeds of Death Within Me”, a dramatic pause partitions the seismic caterwauling and savage whump of the first half from the ambient, suffocating ripple of the second. From there, the dimensional doom marches on in procession, ceaselessly alternating between shape and shadow. “Alone All the Way” is an iconic take from I Shall Die Here. An anonymous, distorted voice ruminates on the moral dilemma of suicide, (to paraphrase: escape from suffering, perhaps, but only by unleashing it on those close), before an oscillating snare / crash pattern enters stage augmented by overdriven guitar and fully throttled rage. Dispatches of electronic color complexly fill in the gaps before Buford’s beat transitions into a tribal, Burundi-esque rumble. King’s strychnine scream serves less as a lyrical conduit and more as a caustic, flammable element to the overall fabric on “The Night Knows No Dawn”, the harsh, droning midpoint of the album. “Hail to Thee, Everlasting Pain” follows, wherein the album’s earlier unbridled bleakness is reignited by guest vocalist Ben Eberle and then tweaked in a masterful combination of pounding doom and techno drum patterns. Nine-minute closer “Darkness Surrounds Us” sends off I Shall Die Here with the prophetic event horizon. A metered stanza of spoken lines booms in hollow space, introducing a passage of thin, searing textures of strings and mutating bass rhythms. Where Buford’s drums are triggered, they pose the final stages of the album’s bitter resolve. The guitar, so indistinguishable here from over-gained bass, proceeds with King’s vocal into inevitable oblivion. According to the band themselves, they sought to create something wholly experimental with I Shall Die Here. In the course of its creation and recreation, they have attained that rare artistic goal: an album with few precedents and a paradigm shift richly realized. Bobby Krlic’s downcast electronic visions laces seamlessly into The Body’s already volatile mix of fissured doom metal and fused verbal spaces. The onset of a new music emerges with I Shall Die Here, and in its shifts, shadows, and reeling voices, the darkest possible formulation of electronic music has been realized. I'm ok with their steady stream of output, band rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckoffleatherjacket Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 The Body is the most interesting band making music these days. Ordered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Justin Maheiny Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I need this like I need a hole in my head. White vinyl limited to 300 available for those who already placed on order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckoffleatherjacket Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I saw the email, probably wont upgrade, it is a nice way to make you spend a lot of money on a single LP without realizing the total $$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckoffleatherjacket Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 okay I lied, I upgraded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Justin Maheiny Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 haha nice. Less than five minutes it took ya to change your mind. At least it was only $12 to start with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckoffleatherjacket Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I thought it was more than 12 to start with but when I looked back and realized how reasonable it was I caved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I haven't ordered this yet – out of curiosity, what sort of "upgrade" did the e-mail entail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Justin Maheiny Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Nothing much really. Just a $5 upgrade for a white vinyl edition that's limited to 300. So it's $17 for a white vinyl version limited to 300. $12 for a black vinyl version of an undisclosed quantity. Kinda steep for simply an upgrade to white vinyl. The limited version of the Christs, Redeemers lp was also on white vinyl though. A matching pair I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpjustinpape Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Oh shit! this is going to be amazing! thanks for the info, would have tottaly missed this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celebdeath Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 thanks for the info! had to order through amazon. damn the international shipping.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckoffleatherjacket Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The upgrade also includes a poster as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kk-downing Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 This record leaked some time ago for those that have yet to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Justin Maheiny Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 This record leaked some time ago for those that have yet to hear it. Thanks. I just downloaded it. I like it better than Christs, Redeemers. Quite a bit more dynamic but still super heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckoffleatherjacket Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 any link to the record?? My what.cd account was mysteriously disabled so I'm lost these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kk-downing Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 http://newalbumreleases.net/62636/the-body-i-shall-die-here-2014/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckoffleatherjacket Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 thank you kindly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckoffleatherjacket Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 This came into today and I'm spinning it now. It's just as good as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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