.:: aldera had been around for a bit of time now, roaming around the Nancy musical scene, whetting their finest tunes and getting ready for the final attack. The time has come now, a time to unleash a roaring fury that has been kept tamed for too long. The band has signed their first album and recorded it with the talented Serge Morratel at the Rec Studio in Geneva, Switzerland, obviously a long time commitment for Atropine and Radar Swarm always marked with success (through Year of no light, Tantrum, Metronome Charisma among others).
You could describe Caldera as being a metal jam band pretty accurately. The tracks, in true post-metal style, are fairly winding and journeylike in tone, with little in the way of repetition or traditional song structures. The lack of vocals accentuates this even more, preventing any one instrument from 'leading the way'; drums, guitars, and bass are all generally doing very different things.
Music is structured around peaks and valleys, but unlike a band such as Isis, the climaxes of Caldera's music don't necessarily indicate an end or progression; Caldera's songs are more like fragments of endless processions of melody and rhythm. It's perhaps even less 'songy' music than Pelican in that they aren't easy musical units ready for consumption. Caldera's music is a more challenging listen than most, but it's equally rewarding in that difficulty: it demands from the listener and gives you more than most.
download: caldera - mist through your consciousness
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