Black Boned Angel

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Black Boned Angel
General information
origin Wellington , New Zealand
Genre (s) Drone Doom , Dark Ambient
founding early 2000s
resolution 2012
Last occupation
Drums, guitar
 Campbell Kneale
guitar
 James Kirk
Electric bass
 Jules Desmond

Black Boned Angel was a New Zealand drone doom project.

history

Kneale, here at an appearance of his Birchville Cat Motel 2009 project in Berlin, is considered to be the head of the Black Boned Angel project

Campbell Kneale founded Black Boned Angel in the early 2000s and named the project after a piece by the group Godflesh . Since Kneale also operated the independent label Battlecruiser and Celebrate Psi Phenomena, the project released several albums through Kneale's own companies. For other publications, especially EPs , the project cooperated with other independent labels such as 20 Buck Spin , Riot Season or Sound Devastation Records .

Compared to projects like Nadja , with which Black Boned Angel released two split EPs, Earth , Boris or Sunn O))) Black Boned Angel gained less prominence. The group achieved this internationally primarily through the two collaborations with Nadja. In discussions of the overall genre, the group's musical approach was nevertheless praised as being significant and innovative for Drone Doom. Reviews of individual releases highlighted the albums Verdun and The Endless Coming Into Life as the darkest albums of the genre.

In 2012, Kneale announced that he would not continue Black Boned Angel. The album The End , released in 2013 via Handmade Birds , was to remain the band's last. Kneale justified his decision with wanting to part with the "great, crushing sadness" conveyed in the publications. He describes the phase as "a time and a place full of [...] terrible ghosts", which he strives to leave behind. The End was widely received as the end of the career and was positively assessed by reviewers, often representing the entire work of Black Boned Angel.

style

Most of the music played by Black Boned Angel is attributed to Drone Doom and Dark Ambient . According to NME and The Wire editor Louis Pattison, the line between Dark Ambient and Drone Done is blurred in the music of the New Zealand project. Occasionally, other stylistic terms such as experimental , doom metal and noise are added. Comparisons with Godflesh, Sunn O))), Earth, Khanate , Jesu and Corrupted are also used to locate the music.

According to the genre, guitar playing is described as " riffs that seem to drag on forever". The slow drums are mixed into the background with a reverb effect . This creates an "inexorable monotony" between "gloomy ambient sounds [...], sluggish Doom riffs" and the "minimalist drums". The incorporated sampling meanwhile supports the perceived as gloomy and depressing atmosphere.

Discography

  • 2003: Supereclipse (EP, Celebrate Psi Phenomenon / 20 Buck Spin)
  • 2005: Heavens Blaze Forth the Death of Princes (album, 20 Buck Spin)
  • 2005: Eternal Love (EP, Battlecruiser)
  • 2006: Bliss and Void Inseparable (album, 20 Buck Spin)
  • 2006: Eternal Hunger (EP, Battlecruiser)
  • 2006: Ashes (compilation, Celebrate Psi Phenomenon)
  • 2007: Dashed upon Stones (EP, Battlecruiser)
  • 2007: Eternal Love / Eternal Hunger (compilation, Riot Season)
  • 2008: Christ Send Light (Split EP with Nadja, Battlecruiser / Sound Devastation Records)
  • 2008: The Endless Coming into Life (album, 20 Buck Spin)
  • 2009: Nadja / Black Boned Angel (split EP with Nadja, 20 Buck Spin)
  • 2009: Verdun (Album, Riot Season)
  • 2010: The Witch Must Be Killed (Album, Conspiracy Records)
  • 2013: The End (album, Handmade Birds)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Piero Scaruffi: Birchville Cat Motel. scaruffi, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Louis Pattison: Heavy, Heavier, Heaviest: A Beginner's Guide To Doom-Drone. Boilerroom.tv, February 17, 2015, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Captain Chaos: Black Boned Angel: Verdun. Vampster , March 31, 2010, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Bob: Nadja / Black Boned Angel: s / t. Scene Point Blank, December 20, 2009, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  5. ^ Ned Raggett: Nadja / Black Boned Angel: s / t. Allmusic , July 14, 2009, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  6. ^ Rik: Nadja / Black Boned Angel: s / t. Metalfan.nl, May 24, 2011, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Melissa Andrews: Nadja / Black Boned Angel: s / t. Hellhound.ca, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  8. ↑ a b c Noctus: Black Boned Angel: The End. Angry Metal Guy, April 2, 2014, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  9. ↑ a b Black Boned Angel: Verdun. Soundeffect Records, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  10. ↑ a b Bart Al Foet: Black Boned Angel: The Endless Coming Into Life. Markzware Metalen, December 9, 2008, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  11. ↑ a b c d Alexander Eitner: Black Boned Angel: Verdun. Metalnews, March 30, 2010, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Cory Strand, The Fragile Beauty Transcendent: An Interview with Campbell Kneale. The Inarguable, November 3, 2012, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  13. ^ A b Joseph Burnett: Black Boned Angel: The End. The Quietus, February 13, 2013, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Grayson Currin: Black Boned Angel: The End. Pitchfork Media , January 13, 2013, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  15. ^ Matt Fitton: Black Boned Angel: The End. The Sludgelord, July 30, 2013, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Jonathan: Black Boned Angel: The End. Cvlt Nation, February 13, 2013, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  17. ↑ a b Nick: Black Boned Angel: The End. Heathen Harvest, December 29, 2013, accessed June 5, 2018 .