Friday, May 20, 2005
A cure for what ails ya
I love the band Extol, and have for years. I, like much of the metal community, was thrown when I heard tracks from their first and utterly brilliant album, Burial.
It saddened me deeply to hear that Christer Espevoll and Ole Borud--both of Extol's brilliant guitarists--had left the band, even though Tor Magne S. Glidje and Ole Halvard Sveen from Lengsel picked up the axe duties. I've been checking out the reviews to find out if the album is any good--no offense, Tor and Ole, since Lengsel (and your work on Extol's Synergy) was excellent--but line-up changes do funny things to a band, right?
Well, here's by far the best review of an album I have ever read. It's utterly incomprehensible, but as far as I can understand the best metal albums work like a particularly explosive anti-flu decongestant/expectorant, though the review's excellent final line includes a misspelling which makes it seem much more likely that one is taking one's "flue" out for a stirring jog:
"To exercise the flue demon you are strongly advised to utilize Extol!!"
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It saddened me deeply to hear that Christer Espevoll and Ole Borud--both of Extol's brilliant guitarists--had left the band, even though Tor Magne S. Glidje and Ole Halvard Sveen from Lengsel picked up the axe duties. I've been checking out the reviews to find out if the album is any good--no offense, Tor and Ole, since Lengsel (and your work on Extol's Synergy) was excellent--but line-up changes do funny things to a band, right?
Well, here's by far the best review of an album I have ever read. It's utterly incomprehensible, but as far as I can understand the best metal albums work like a particularly explosive anti-flu decongestant/expectorant, though the review's excellent final line includes a misspelling which makes it seem much more likely that one is taking one's "flue" out for a stirring jog:
"To exercise the flue demon you are strongly advised to utilize Extol!!"
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