Make All The Hell Of Dark Metal Bright

by Kwaidan

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Michael Shiver I think Brian Eno's original definition for "ambient" music was basically material that gives you something good to listen to whether you're paying very close attention or no attention at all. This album is a very high quality example of that aesthetic. Be sure to check out the live recording as well.

Skrad N Great drone stuff - want to concentrate on that essay? Hit this up. Favorite track: Evening Bell.

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1.	Evening Bell 08:02	buy track
2.	Gateless Gate 05:49	buy track
3.	Ostension 05:55	buy track
4.	The Iceberg and Its Shadow 03:05	buy track
5.	Space As Support 06:45	buy track
6.	The Sound of This Bell 12:14	buy track

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Bathetic is pleased to bring to the masses, Make All The Hell Of Dark Metal Bright, the debut long player from Kwaidan. This project brings together Mike Weis (Zelienople), André Foisy (Locrian), and Neil Jendon – when you look at a line-up like this, it’s easy to see how important and profound the outcome will be…

Heavy, lumbering, and dense, Make All The Hell Of Dark Metal Bright is a sprawling affair with a foggy aesthetic – bleak, but beautiful and all-surrounding. Pass it off as a simplistic drone album? Never. This is high-art, utilizing minimalistic percussion, swirling beats pulsate, a trance takes hold. Guitar and piano come forth from behind a wall of electric vibrance. So precisely put together, these layers form a pattern; pull your eyes away and it’s all a great swirling grey of splendor. Metallic sheen churns as it turns rusty. The cold in the air becomes sentient and places its hand upon your shoulder. There are eyes in the darkness; you want to embrace these creatures – learn their ways, speak with them.

Make All The Hell Of Dark Metal Bright is an apt title, and once you spin this LP for the first time, the name will hang onto your tongue and its precision will be understood. Through the swell of impenetrable adroitness, we find warmth and passion in the sound that surrounds us. Beauty comes through the heavy smoke.

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“quite honestly the best record I’ve heard in years in the crazy world of ‘drone’.” – Mike Shields, Editor, Ninehertz

“Beneath the interlaced guitar groans of Locrian’s Andre Foisy and the slow undulations of Neil Jendon’s keyboards, percussionist Mike Weis expertly serves as the ballast, a weighted center from which the sound can expand and into which it can contract.” – Grayson Currin, Pitchfork

“All six tracks build like gradually unfurling gaseous fumes, near elemental in their visceral substance and clarity, with the three musicians sounding intensely focused as they tap into some form of collective brooding energy.” – Euan Andrews, Rock-A-Rolla

“At once beautiful and ominous, Kwaidan’s debut full-length encapsulates some of the best elements of drone, psych and post-rock but without any of the genre trappings: it’s dark without being theatric, and meditative without relying on cheesy, over-played ‘new age’ tropes.” – Curran Faris, Greenhouse Drone

“Beyond the pale of drone, the trio slip into percussive trances that would sooth a yogi were they not accompanied by terror notes… It’s what being alone in the forest on the album art feels like, as you determine that steady percussion is coming from just beneath that ominous red light.” – Blake Gillespie, Impose Magazine

“Make All The Hell… contains all the elements that makes drone music an essential element of the musical landscape; underscore why drone is a necessary byproduct of psych musicality; and how the strained tensions of the loud/quiet dynamic can be endlessly utilised for maximum effect without falling into the familiar tropes that mediocre post-rock aficionados flock to. This is an incredible record.“ – Brendan Telford, Sonic Masala

“Darkly cinematic Americana doom incursion with a modern patina of electronics. RIYL Barn Owl, Zelionople” – Boomkat

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released June 4, 2013

Synthesizer – Neil Jendon
Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer – André Foisy
Percussion – Mike Weis
Recorded By – Greg Norman
Mastered At – Chicago Mastering Service By Jason Ward
Photography By – Mike Weis
Design – Neil Jendon

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Kwaidan Chicago, Illinois

Kwaidan is a trio made up of André Foisy, Neil Jendon, and Mike Weis, originally formed to create improvised drone-based music.

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