Autolatry – Of the Land
A couple of weeks ago we had a feature on The Hill, debut full-length from New England based Black Metallers Autolatry. In a comment thread to that post the guys from the band enlightened us to the fact they had a new EP coming and it’s since become available. Of the Land is the title of this four song offering of what I’m going to call Progressive Black Metal and it is an improvement on their already excellent craft.
Autolatry has delivered nicely polished production and a well balanced mix on Of the Land. Every instrument is clearly audible making their cohesiveness as a unit really shine. From the more straight-forward Melodic Black attack of opener Mountain, which features some stand-out dynamic cymbal work, to the seamless weaving of styles in Oak and the spacey prog segments of Stag, through the rockin’ blackened grooves of Snow, these guys have nailed it. Top-notch musicianship and strong songwriting make this release a must have for any metalhead.
Autolatry Bandcamp and Facebook await.
Tags: American, black, progressive
Posted on February 20th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Totally agreeing here!
Posted on February 20th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Seriously, from the bottom of our wooden hearts, thank you!
Posted on February 20th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
I was thinking of doing a mini-review (since something so great couldn’t pass by so silently), but Byrd36 beat me to it HAHAHA.
Posted on February 20th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
We appreciate it a ton guys!
Posted on February 20th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
I still can’t believe other people are into it this much.
Posted on February 20th, 2012 at 11:21 pm
WOO! Rockin’
Posted on February 21st, 2012 at 12:45 am
@ Autolatry: Talented and modest too! This really is a great EP and we’ll be keeping our eyes and ears open for future output from you guys.
Posted on February 21st, 2012 at 2:56 am
Thanks a ton guys. We’ll be sure to let you know when we have something going on!
Posted on May 31st, 2012 at 9:35 pm
We have something going on! http://www.rifflifter.com has the details, the details of… A U.S. TOUR!!!!
Posted on May 31st, 2012 at 11:50 pm
Awesome to hear, but i’m not in the US hahaha! At the moment I’m not able to get you proper covering since I’m really busy getting my own individual live on the road as a proper adult, sorry for that. But good luck, and I want to see some live vids!
Posted on June 1st, 2012 at 3:38 am
Thanks man, I’m sure there will be some live videos! And good luck to you on your journey through life. I’m sure we shall cross paths one day.
Posted on June 1st, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Haha, thanks. I really hope to see you live some day!