Stinking Lizaveta - Sacrifice and Bliss

Philly rock trio still banging heads together: Stinking Liz Return with Sixth Disc : One of America's most durable and powerful rock bands is back with its sixth album. Stinking Lizaveta's "Sacrifice and Bliss" is the latest from the instrumental trio specializing in what one reviewer calls "insane improvisations, relentless rhythms and volumes of groove." If you're tired of the stale sludge that passes for modern metal, the sparkling crunch of Stinking Liz's latest will restore your faith in rock and roll. "How do we tell stories without words?" asks Stinking Liz drummer Cheshire Agusta. "Compelling melody. Hypnotizing rhythm. Passion and detail." This is the mission underlying "Sacrifice and Bliss," which features ten original tunes, including " A Day Without a Murder", which first employs a floating 10 to disorient,  then proceeds to thrash rock from a stone, and  "The Man Needs Your Pain",  a  wide swinging ballad that  leaves plenty of space for all three players to weigh in.Just as all great jazz ensembles carry the time without any one musician stating it, Stinking Liz carries the narrative between them.  And as everyone knows, the deepest and ultimately most satisfying story is the unvarnished truth - joy, struggle, head banging bliss: "Sacrifice and Bliss".  That's how Stinking Liz tells it. The LA Times has hailed the veteran rockers as "both polished and unruly," and "Sacrifice and Bliss" excels on both counts with crisp production, massive beats, and dazzling fretwork. Like crazed Russian composer Alexander Scriabin artfully deconstructing and reconstructing melody, guitarist Yanni Papadopoulos' squealing, singing lines soar above brother Alexi's churning electric upright bass.  Drummer Agusta holds it all together with a pounding that's one part Elvin Jones and another part John Bonham.  Mixed with the masterful production of Sanford Parker (Pelican, Rwake, Nachtmystium),  "Sacrifice and Bliss" shows a heavy rock trio at its absolute best. Born in the basements of West Philadelphia and tempered by fifteen years of American and European tours, Stinking Liz  has built a reputation as one of progressive metal's most unique and captivating  live acts. "Sacrifice and Bliss" captures that power. Real rock and roll is not a video game. Real rock and roll is not the latest pass at this year's formula.  Real rock and roll is Stinking Lizaveta.

Tracks :
1.  Autochthony!  Autochthony!
2. A Day Without a Murder
3. Zeitgeist, the Movie
4. When I Love You
5. Sacrifice and Bliss
6. We will See
7. A Man without a Country
8. Superluxation
9. Trouble Mountain
10. The Man Needs your Pain

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