[2011] Valborg - Barbarian

The most active Zeitgester Music project as of lately (considering the latest three albums), Valborg's new album is a followup of the sound established in Crown of Sorrow, combining several influences and aesthetics in their music ranging from progressive rock to death and doom metal, making their music hard to describe at first.
Similar enough, however, to the likes of late Celtic Frost and Triptykon (specially the latter), and this comparison is fair given their participation in Tom Warrior's Roadburn Festival 2010 and later praise he gave to the band. What's for sure is that the unique blend of sounds in Barbarian makes it one of my favorites of this year.




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[2009] Woburn House - Monstrous Manoeuvres In The Mushroom Maze

One of the most under-appreciated bands that came out of the Zeitgeist Music collective, Woburn House delivers excellent metal music for those open minded enough to appreciate it. In this case, three members of the collective (Christian Kolf, Florian Toyka and Fabian Fabian) composed this excellent album with interesting spoken word interludes (in a political vein, similar to their first album) and atmospheric passages that contrast with much heavier sections, in which we can hear how technically skilled they actually are. I've listened to this album several times without getting tired of it, it has a very refreshing sound, similar to Slint in mood (even though it's unrelated to their genre), although in Woburn House, the vocals make it seem much more melancholic.
Big favorite, back in 2009.

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