Lo!
| Lo! | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Sydney , Australia |
| Genre (s) | Sludge , post-metal |
| founding | 2007 |
| Website | http://www.lookandbehold.net/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Adrian Shapiro | |
| Adrian Griffin | |
| Carl Whitbread | |
| Sam Dillon | |
| former members | |
singing |
Jamie-Leigh Smith |
Lo! (also called Look and Behold ) is an Australian sludge and post-metal band from Sydney that was founded in 2007.
history
The band was formed in January 2007 by guitarist Carl Whitbread after his previous group Omerata split up. After a first release in 2010, appearances with The Nation Blue , Russian Circles and Doomriders followed in the following year . After the band had signed a record deal with the German label Pelagic Records , the debut album Look and Behold was released in late 2011 . In 2012 the group held concerts with The Ocean , EyeHateGod and Russian Circles. She was also seen at the Slaughterfest in July . In early 2013, Pelagic Records released the second album Monstrorum Historia . After a European tour with The Ocean and Cult of Luna , the group took a short tour of Australia with High Tension . Immediately thereafter, singer Jamie-Leigh Smith left the cast and was replaced by Sam Dillon about a month later. In the same year the band was also represented at the Roadburn Festival . In 2014 the band toured with Corrosion of Conformity , Palm , Trivium and Colossvs . In 2017 the third album Vestigial was released .
style
Patrick Schmidt from Rock Hard wrote in his review of Look and Behold that you can hear post-hardcore that moves between Cult of Luna, Breach and Burst . The music is rhythmically agile and variable, whereby one cannot find “genre-like, stereotypical riff- rolling”. In terms of the speed of the songs and the singing, the group is multifaceted and the music is otherwise varied. Anton Kostudis from Metal.de stated in his review of Monstrorum Historia that there are no significant changes compared to its predecessor. The group continues to play a mix of sludge and hardcore punk , occasionally adding progressive elements. Especially on the second half of the album, the group is more melodic, the song material seems more homogeneous and mature than its predecessor, which sounds more intricate and striving. At times, the vocals are reminiscent of the band Abraham on their album An Eye on the Universe . Hendrik Lukas, also from Rock Hard , found that Vestigial is too dynamic, so that one cannot find access to the songs: The group abruptly changes between fast and slow, loud and quiet, as well as a lot of information and “spartan clinkers”. Christina Wenig from Metal Hammer also reviewed the album and stated that " [d] ystopian sounds for a world that goes to the dogs" can be heard on it, which is caused by the brutal and dark music. Overall, she described the style as sludge, but also influences from Grindcore , Crustcore , Post-Black-Metal , Post-Metal, Doom Metal and Hardcore Punk are present. Despite the high dynamics and variety, the album sounds "like a piece". As comparable bands she named Old Man Gloom , Earth Ship and Inter Arma .
Discography
- 2011: Look and Behold (Album, Pelagic Records )
- 2013: Monstrorum Historia (Album, Pelagic Records)
- 2015: The Tongueless (EP, Pelagic Records)
- 2017: Vestigial (Album, Pelagic Records)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Info. Facebook , accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ^ A b Brian Giffin: Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal . 3rd revised edition. Dark Star, Katoomba 2015, ISBN 978-0-9943206-1-2 .
- ↑ Lo! Added To The Lineup For Roadburn Festival 2013. thesleepingshaman.com, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Lo! (2) - Vestigial. Discogs , accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Patrick Schmidt: Lo! Look and Behold. In: Rock Hard . No. 293 , October 2011.
- ^ Anton Kostudis: Lo! - Monstrorum Historia. Metal.de , accessed on May 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Hendrik Lukas: Lo! Vestigial. In: Rock Hard . No. 368 , October 2017, p. 94 f .
- ↑ Christina Wenig: Lo! Vestigial. In: Metal Hammer . November 2017, p. 98 f .