Horseback - The Invisible Mountain

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5...according to our Brett on Thu 13 Aug, 2009.

The Invisible Mountain is a CD by Horseback, released by Utech in an edition of 500. I've got to say that I'm mightily impressed with this one's bassy darkness from the off, as its mantric grooves immediately bring to mind a more full-on, aggressive Om with added chiming guitar arpeggios and black metal vocals.. Three of the four tracks are imbued with an irrepressibly rhythmic forward motion that, in tandem with the name Horseback, can't help but bring to mind the Black Riders which scared the living shit out of me in the Lord of the Rings cartoon as a kid, while the final track is a ray of light creeping through the darkness, a blissful near-ambient workout that seems to represent the glorious end of the journey.. Whether it was an internal or external one is left entirely to the listener's imagination. Fantastic!

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Horseback's 'The Invisible Mountain' is an intensely heavy psychedelic, post-metallic, kraut-rock journey. The guitars buzz, drone, and twang, the drums are powerful and tight, the instruments locked into slow burning build ups with sparse brutal vocals rasping for breath. Horseback manage to straddle polar opposites of the musical spectrum, possessed evil and pure blissful beauty, oftentimes within a single song. Loved by such respected musicians from bands like Isis, Municipal Waste, Pelican, and more!

Horseback shows are more events than concerts!