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Intronaut - Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones)



7.8 | 75 votes |
Release date: 19 March 2013
Style: Post-metal, Atmospheric sludge metal

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81 have it
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01. Killing Birds With Stones
02. The Welding
03. Steps
04. A Sore Sight For Eyes
05. Milk Leg
06. Harmonomicon
07. Eventual
08. Blood From A Stone
09. The Way Down

Staff review by
R'Vannith
Rating:
8.0
It's moments like these that give you a new perception of where progressive metal is headed nowadays; when you pause and think to yourself "Why the hell is there jazz fusion in my sludge?" In all likelihood that will be one of the many head scratchers Intronaut's Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones) will get out of its listeners as it posits itself in a wonderfully vague no-man's land between post and progressive metal and an overtly technical Cynicism.

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published 18.03.2013 | Comments (11)

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11.03.2013 - 21:40
Paz
Nuclear Cowboy
Listen to its entirety here.
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28.03.2013 - 23:20
MechanisT
Account deleted
Thoroughly enjoyed this. The instrumentation is very, very impressive.
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06.04.2013 - 05:50
3rdWorld
China was a neat
Was worried with the single Milk leg, which wasn't a great song by Intronaut standards. But after listening to this, it seems that they've managed to top the really impressive, Valley of smoke in every aspect possible.
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12.06.2014 - 01:50
Rating: 9
JayMo4

The 7.8 rating on this album right now definitely seems low. I'm trying to talk myself down from a 9, but The Welding by itself almost demands HL(BWWT) get above an 8.
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17.12.2014 - 08:55
Rating: 7
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
Can't believe I haven't got into this band soon enough, I really dig their work (and managed to see them last year when opening for Katatonia). This is a really strong album, I enjoy songs like "Steps", "Eventual" and "Milk Leg."
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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09.07.2020 - 20:53
SchrödingersCat

Just spectacular. The combination of sludge with fusion is sublime.

One of their best. The lower resting shows not every metalhead is either familiar or comfortable with jazz fusion.
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Avantgarde / Psychedelic / Prog / Jazz / Fusion / Electronica
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01.05.2023 - 21:22
Fallen Ghost
Craft Beer Geek
Bought this on beautiful green vinyl. Would probably considered this album boring if I was just casually listening to it on Spotify, but listening to this on a physical media is really great, would've probably not listened carefully to this if it wasn't for the purchase. Great album!
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