The Flood Inside
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1st of March 2013 |
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| Label (s) | Superball Music | |||
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CD |
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8th |
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55 min 26 s |
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Martin Meinschäfer |
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Megaphone recording studios, Arnsberg |
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The Flood Inside is the fourth studio album by the German post-rock / post-metal band Long Distance Calling . It was released on March 1, 2013 via Superball Music .
Emergence
In April 2012 the band announced the friendly separation from Reimut van Bonn, who was previously responsible for the ambience . A short time later, the musicians began work on their fourth studio album. The musicians noticed that many of the ideas are also suitable for singing. In summer 2012 the band contacted the singer Martin Fischer , who was or is still active in the bands Fear My Thoughts and Pigeon Toe .
The recordings began on September 17th, 2012 in the Megaphone recording studios in Arnsberg and lasted until October 12th. Produced, mixed and mastered was The Flood Inside Martin My Shepherd. He was chosen because the musicians appreciate Meinschäfer's studio for the organic and spatial sound. The studio also has numerous old microphones and amplifiers .
The band invited numerous guest musicians for the album. For the song nucleus steered Blues musician Henrik Freischlader a guitar solo at. Vincent Cavanagh from the band Anathema and Petter Carlsen can be heard as guest vocalists at Welcome Change . DJ Coolmann, formerly a member of the hip-hop band Fünf Sterne deluxe, composed an intro for the song Waves . The artwork and the promotional photos for the album are from Martin Großmann.
publication
In addition to the regular CD version, five different other versions were available through the band's web shop until February 14, 2013. All of these versions contained the bonus song Black Hole . The other versions were the limited CD version and an LP version with CD, each with or without an exclusive t-shirt and exclusive poster. The fifth version contained both CD and LP versions with a t-shirt and poster. For the song Tell the end one was music video rotated.
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The band described the album title as a reflection of the emotional range of life. Guitarist David Jordan explained in an interview that for him the album "means absolute chaos with an unclear outcome".
"Nonetheless, the chaos sometimes forms structures that can show you the way."
Nucleus , in medicine the collection of nerve cell bodies in the central nervous system , refers to the musicians of Long Distance Calling as a band. The title ductus , which represents the connection between the aorta and the pulmonary artery ,is also taken from the field of medicine. David Jordan explained that the term on the albumis supposed to bea kind of guide in the chaos described above.
reception
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For Tom Küppers from the German magazine Metal Hammer, "newcomer Martin Fischer turns out to be the missing, singing piece of the puzzle in the band cosmos", as he "adds another musical dimension to the consistently complex, prog compositions". He compared the album with Faith No More's work Angel Dust from 1992 and gave it the highest rating with seven out of seven points. Peter Kubaschk from the online magazine Powermetal.de described The Flood Inside as “just an excellent album”. While the four instrumental numbers “represent the usual class of the band”, Kubaschk states that Martin Fischer's vocals are a little “lacking in color” and rated the album with nine out of ten points. Matthias Olejnik from the online magazine Metal.de spoke of the “high point of the band's career so far”, as the songs “are bursting with versatility and playful ability”. It was given nine out of ten points. For Martin Iordanidis of the music magazine Visions , "The song experiment [...] was in principle a success", but would have liked more and awarded eight out of twelve possible points.
The Flood Inside entered the German album charts at number 33 , three places higher than the previous album . For the first time, Long Distance Calling was also able to place itself in the charts outside of Germany. In Switzerland, the album debuted at number 79.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Long Distance Calling - Singer introduced. (No longer available online.) Metalnews.de, archived from the original on November 9, 2012 ; Retrieved February 14, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Florian Füntmann: Studio Report Long Distance Calling . In: SLAM alternative music magazine No. 65, page 11
- ^ Tom Küppers: Tatort Münster . In: Metal Hammer , February 2013, p. 126
- ↑ Dark Lord: LONG DISTANCE CALLING - Tracklist and guest features revealed / Preorder is open! Stormbringer.at, accessed on February 20, 2013 .
- ↑ LONG DISTANCE CALLING: We tried to capture more of the live energy with more authenticity in the studio. (No longer available online.) Metal4, archived from the original on March 11, 2013 ; accessed on February 23, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chart tracking / Long Distance Calling / longplay. (No longer available online.) Musicline.de , archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on March 15, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Long Distance Calling in the Swiss Hit Parade. Hitparade.ch, accessed on March 15, 2013 .
- ^ Tom Küppers: Long Distance Calling - The Flood Inside. Metal Hammer. Retrieved February 13, 2013 .
- ^ Peter Kubaschk: Long Distance Calling - The Flood Inside. Powermetal.de , accessed on February 17, 2013 .
- ^ Matthias Olejnik: Long Distance Calling - The Flood Inside. Metal.de, accessed on February 20, 2013 .
- ^ Martin Iordanidis: Long Distance Calling - The Flood Inside . In: Visions , No. 240, p. 120
Web links
- Official website
- The Flood Inside on Allmusic (English)