Prehistoricisms

by Intronaut

Prehistoricisms cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 September 2008
  • Label: Century Media
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 53:35
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Danny Walker, David Timnick, Sacha Dunable, Steeve Hurdle

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The sophomore album from the Los Angeles quartet merges complex, polyrhythmic jazz structures with crushing post-metal and sludge riffs. Featuring extensive fretless bass work from Joe Lester and Danny Walker's incredibly technical drumming, the tracks veer between aggressive, down-tuned barrages and quiet, tribal-influenced percussion breaks. It remains a masterclass in highly musical, progressive sludge metal.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, progressive, technical, atmospheric, prehistory

Tracklist

  1. Primodorial Soup (1:26)
  2. The Literal Black Cloud (5:29)
  3. Cavernous Den of Shame (4:12)
  4. Prehistoricisms (6:29)
  5. Any Port (7:31)
  6. Sundial (7:33)
  7. Australopithecus (4:32)
  8. The Reptilian Brain (16:20)

Credits

  • Intronaut - primary artist
  • Ryan Wade - cover, artwork [cover art by]
  • Danny Walker - drums
  • Joe Lester - electric bass [electric bass guitar], double bass [acoustic upright bass]
  • Sacha Dunable - guitar, vocals
  • David Timnick - guitar, vocals, tabla, percussion [additional percussion]
  • Steeve Hurdle - soloist, guitar [guitar solo]

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