Der Blutharsch and the Infinite
Church of the Leading Hand from Austria are back with a new CD/LP. This is
quite a productive and creative outfit and I have grown to quite like their
take on life. It is not for everyone that is for sure. This new one features 9 tracks and starts off
with Evil. The music starts with a heavy guitar riff on this slow brooding repetitive
track with the female vocalist, who does a mix of spoken word and singing. Wish
I weren’t Here starts with some electronics and a very spacey vibe. Slowly the
drums and bass and layers of other sounds grow, then the vocals begin. This
would fit in well at a Goth club. End of the track is quite trippy (this is one
of the longest tracks at nearly 7mins). All One has a nice guitar melody but
the layers of sounds make it quite disturbing. The vocals are very dreamy and
spacey as well but there is this underlying feeling of something not good
happening. Make me see the Light is a more rocking track with a more uptempo
but still a sort of nastiness to it. Just because I Can starts with some
electronic bass and the drums are more prominent in the mix while the guitars
very spacey. The vocal starts about 1min. A short track. My Soul rests Low has a very deep bass on it
and some psychedelic lead guitar at the beginning as the sounds is quite far
out on this song. Trippy stuff and highly manipulated. Forgotten is an uptempo
track to bring some more energy back to the dark, sometimes bleak world of the
Leading Hand. This is quite a heavy, nasty track without too many vocals. He is
Here the bass lines take the real lead in the sound mix. Bizzare end to this
song. The last track, A Lord (check it out below) begins heavy like the record began with a more
guitar oriented track. Now, we have gone full circle.
The band
recommends listening to the album only when chemically imbalanced! This band
has had some collaborations with White Hills and Dave W is listed on the CD, so
maybe he also contributes?
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