Asva - What You Don’t Know Is Frontier

Helmed by Stuart Dahlquist, formerly of Burning Witch, Goatsnake and Sunn0))), and recorded with the cream of the Pacific North West’s rich musical talent, including members of Burning Witch, Mr. Bungle and Earth.

- TERRORIZER ALBUM OF THE MONTH: "IT’S FORGIVING DEFIANCE IS RARELY FOUND IN THE METAL GENRE. A BONA FIDE PIECE OF ART."
- 4/5 IN MOJO: "VAST YET INTIMATE, ITS SLO-MO SOUNDSCAPES RESONATE WITH DECAYING GUITAR BOMBAST."
- PLAN B 3/4 PAGE LEAD REVIEW: "ASVA’S COMMAND OF NOISE IS SUCH THAT IT FEELS ALMOST ENVIRONMENTAL: THE BREAKING UP OF ICE OR RUMBLE OF EARTH TREMOR."
- ROCK A ROLLA 2 PAGE FEATURE AND LEAD ALBUM REVIEW: "THIS BAND EXTOLS THE VIRTUES OF ALL THAT IS GREAT AND GOOD IN DOOM."
- THE WIRE: "THIS MUSIC IS BOTH ATMOSPHERIC AND ENORMOUSLY POWERFUL AND REDEFINES ‘BIG’ MUSIC."

This is a lyricless album of immense personal meaning to its creator, giving a very real sense of catharsis for both listener and performers alike. But there’s also real hope and resolution at its core.
As the title suggests, Asva’s second album maps an internal landscape - wild, vast, open - at once breathtakingly beautiful as it is potentially dangerous. A psycho-geographical vista of mountain highs, barren rolling plains and
oceanic lows.

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