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Khanate - Capture & Release [EP]



7.2 | 15 votes |
Release date: 2005
Style: Doom metal, Extreme sludge metal

Owners:

11 have it
1 wants it


01. Capture
02. Release

Staff review by
Herzebeth
Rating:
8.5
This is a really disturbing release, in the good way of course. The music featured in this CD is a monument to the bizarre. Capture & Release is an album wrapped in crushing tones, distressing tunes, incredibly low bass-lines, and awesome/experimental execution.

The album has only two long tracks, so the musical progression is actually amazing, the band manages to create extended tunes with at least 1 progression each minute; the structures are also really complex, both tracks have a main riff all over the song, but the background and the ambience is what makes the songs astonishing and enjoyable. The band exploits the synthesizer way too much; actually the main vein of the backgrounds is the ambience, created obviously with that gadget.

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published 27.11.2005 | Comments (0)


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28.12.2013 - 23:13
Rating: 8
mz

Great album but I think they got a little too drony on this. More structured songs like those of their debut will suit them better.
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29.12.2013 - 11:09
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Written by mz on 28.12.2013 at 23:13

Great album but I think they got a little too drony on this. More structured songs like those of their debut will suit them better.


I disagree... To me they are at their best when they let go, specially on Things Viral, easily their best album.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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29.12.2013 - 11:25
Rating: 8
mz

Written by X-Ray Rod on 29.12.2013 at 11:09

I disagree... To me they are at their best when they let go, specially on Things Viral, easily their best album.


Beside the fact that I simply prefer their debut, that album has personal importance for me. I really enjoyed it when I was not even into ordinary and non-extreme sludge metal. Also, I think that their debut was more unique, at least for me since I haven't heard many bands doing that sort of extreme sludge doom.
These does not matter after all, we both agree that this album is incredible.
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29.12.2013 - 11:42
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Written by mz on 29.12.2013 at 11:25

Beside the fact that I simply prefer their debut, that album has personal importance for me. I really enjoyed it when I was not even into ordinary and non-extreme sludge metal. Also, I think that their debut was more unique, at least for me since I haven't heard many bands doing that sort of extreme sludge doom.
These does not matter after all, we both agree that this album is incredible.


No questions about quality as I love all their stuff but I would definitely debate the debut's uniqueness considering bands like Burning Witch (minus the massive feedback). I guess I prefer Things Viral more because it's more subtle than their debut which was a far more direct album. So I ended up discovering more things after each listen with Things Viral... But yeah, a certain personal factor comes in, discovered these guys back when I was 15 or so, when I started to get into the more fucked up corner of metal.

Note aside: I'm just talking about uniqueness within their discography, outside of that... I think they were always an unique band and franquily, it's my favorite Stephen O'Malley band.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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29.12.2013 - 11:58
Rating: 8
mz

Written by X-Ray Rod on 29.12.2013 at 11:42

No questions about quality as I love all their stuff but I would definitely debate the debut's uniqueness considering bands like Burning Witch (minus the massive feedback).

Note aside: I'm just talking about uniqueness within their discography, outside of that... I think they were always an unique band and franquily, it's my favorite band.


burning which and moss are the only bands I could remember that are similar to their debut at the moment. Also, I said that their debut is more unique for me. You might be right that it's not that unique.
Also, it's my favorite Stephen O'Malley up to now, too.
Edit: you said uniqueness within their discography, so fuck my first two sentences in this reply
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14.07.2020 - 04:10
spirit_inblack
harshhead
I remember my "what the fuck is this???!" thoughts after I bought this at the local cd store (along with some Isengard) millenia ago.

I listened to it until I liked it. Not a slow grower, but a grower, nonetheless, especially if you've never been exposed to doom this extreme and sparse before.

There truly are no other bands like Khanate. Fucked-up, brooding, creepy, crushing, suffocating...

What I came to say, though, is that the Low EP "songs for a dead pilot" reminds me a lot of khanate without the heaviness and the vocals in parts. It reminds me of the ambient parts of khanate. Good stuff.
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