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Inchoate - IV: The Revenant
April 2009
01. IV: The Revenant [Instrumental]
Instrumental albums come and go. Most of the time they're just a long succession of solos that has no idea where the hell it wants to go. In Inchoate's case things are a bit different though. Brandon Duncan doesn't play a single solo throughout the whole disc and instead delivers us a fine platter of thrash, death, post core and a little bit sludge, noise and even doom. Riff after riff is thrown at your head, while the drum program gallops along in whatever way it deems fitting. Crunchy thrash metal riff-fests are followed by introspective sludge parts. Simple string-plucking builds up a momentum, getting faster and faster along the way, only to ebb away again a few moments after. Noise soundscapes and death metal crescendos, sporadic bursts of fast drumming and a multitude of extreme metal climaxes; 'IV: The Revenant' is a fountain of ideas, spewing forth new motions and thoughts by the minute.
There is one big difference between Inchoate and most other instrumental project. Brandon manages to make a very convincing stance that he knows exactly what he's doing, why he's doing it and what he wants his music to sound like. Every single part of the music fits with the previous and every single part has its right to be there when you see it on a bigger scale. Also with 32 minutes he doesn't make the common mistake of making a too long instrumental CD. Actually it's one of the only ones that leaves me begging for more.
IV: The Revenant is definitely not something for everyone. It constantly switches between styles and might seem chaotic in places. Especially the drumming, but also the songwriting as a whole, has a very playful approach and it's obvious that Brandon didn't want to make music that would be widely appreciated; he wanted to make what he wanted to hear. That's something almost everyone says, but only rarely is it displayed in such a convincing light as on this record.
If you want something straightforward; you'll hate this one. If you only like extremely virtuosic albums that focus more on technique than songwriting; you'll hate this one too. Personally though; I consider 'IV: The Revenant' as one of the most fascinating instrumental albums, and songs, that I've ever heard. Probably second place, right after Sepia Dreamer's The Sublime.
WATCH OUT: This is a love it or hate it album 
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written by Bas | published 08.06.2009 |
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| The picture on the cover looks familiar, is it from the original Dawn Of The Dead? |
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 Bas - 08.06.2009 at 21:17
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Written by The Shape 1973 on 08.06.2009 at 21:11
The picture on the cover looks familiar, is it from the original Dawn Of The Dead?
I have no idea actually, but he said the best way he can describe his album is "an instrumental metal soundtrack to a fictional zombie movie"
So as far as I'm concerned it could be possible, I have no idea though  |
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| Judging by the samples available on their MySpace page, this stuff sounds a lot like the Quake 2 soundtrack to me... Seems custom-made to be soundtrack music actually, for games where you murder a lot of things. |
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Hey thanks for the great review Bas! I am truly honored. And to answer the question about the cover, it is just an altered photo of my face. I was going for a definite Dawn of The Dead type feel though, that is one of my favorite horror films. I'm also a big Quake 2 fan by the way, Sonic Mayhem was a big inspiration to me back in the day. Thanks everybody,
Brandon Duncan
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| Just listened to the first 10 minutes of it, and its just plain awesome^^ realy nice, and playfull |
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| Dunno why, but whenever I start reading a review, even from the 1-2 lines, i know it's Bas... sometimes I can tell even by the cover itself |
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Bas - 09.06.2009 at 21:16
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Written by silenius on 08.06.2009 at 23:15
Just listened to the first 10 minutes of it, and its just plain awesome^^ realy nice, and playfull
Yeah it's definitely good stuff, glad you like it!
Written by iaberis on 09.06.2009 at 17:14
Dunno why, but whenever I start reading a review, even from the 1-2 lines, i know it's Bas... sometimes I can tell even by the cover itself
Is that a good or a bad thing?
But tell me, how can you recognize my reviews by the album cover?  |
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This review really got my attention, but it seems that getting this album will be quite difficult here in my land  |
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Written by Daggon on 10.06.2009 at 08:32
This review really got my attention, but it seems that getting this album will be quite difficult here in my land
Hey Daggon, I have an international shipping option on my website, check it out here: http://corporatedemon.com/29/01/2009/inchoate-iv-the-revenant/
Or you can find it on iTunes. Thanks for your interest! |
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Written by corporatedemon on 10.06.2009 at 21:25
Written by Daggon on 10.06.2009 at 08:32
This review really got my attention, but it seems that getting this album will be quite difficult here in my land
Hey Daggon, I have an international shipping option on my website, check it out here: http://corporatedemon.com/29/01/2009/inchoate-iv-the-revenant/
Or you can find it on iTunes. Thanks for your interest!
Hey thanks man! I'll try to get this when I get the chance (cof cof, more money cof cof). Sounds interesting, thanks.  |
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