http://www.revolvermag.com The online home for Revolver Magazine and the Golden Gods Awards delivers heavy metal news, Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock, music video, photos and more Fri, 24 May 2013 16:19:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.revolvermag.com/metalkult/review-a-storm-of-light-as-we-become-the-valley-of-death-our-silver-dreams-fade.html http://www.revolvermag.com/metalkult/review-a-storm-of-light-as-we-become-the-valley-of-death-our-silver-dreams-fade.html#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 13:00:49 +0000 Brandon Geist http://www.revolvermag.com/?p=15101 Led by Neurosis visual artist and former Red Sparowes guitarist John Graham, A Storm of Light treaded an uninspired path on their first two albums, sounding too much like a by-the-numbers approximation of those two aforementioned post-metal bands. But on their verbosely titled new record, they have created a massive and monolithic hour that can truly be called their own. There’s a primal, organic sense of emotion here, and truly huge-sounding production, which allows the group’s simple melodies and progressions to build into epic and hypnotic soundscapes. Well-placed cameos by Kim Thayil of Soundgarden and former Swans siren Jarboe round out the package to create a surprisingly satisfying listen. CLARKE READ

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