25/10/04

CULT OF LUNA / SALVATION

The sound of Cult of Luna can best be described as a Metallic Pink Floyd, (60’s era) full of Psychedelic influences with a touch of Opeth and My Dying Bride thrown in, the soundscape is huge and when the shortest track on the CD lasts nearly 6 minutes you get the idea they like lots of space to work in.

There are plenty of long and I mean long instrumental passages, which make all the tracks very atmospheric, with a haunting beautiful feel to them and on several they don’t feel the need for lyrics till the last 2 minutes but the curious thing is they hold your attention all of the time. To see what I mean download the track "Leave Me Here" a mere 7 minutes long but it demonstrates my point exactly. The lead track "Echoes" sets the scene perfectly (and no it’s not a cover of the Pink Floyd track) starting off with a simple riff and building slowly into a leviathan of a song, over 10 minutes but not the longest, the epic "Wating For You" has that honour at 13 minutes long.

This music is probably best listened to with a drink, late at night with no distractions and loose yourself in the vastness of the songs. Best Tracks; "Leave Me Here", "Echoes" and "Adrift" the latter is like being in an open boat in some vast calm ocean, with the evening sun slowly setting.

DOWNLOAD "Leave Me Here" from the Earache site above

TOTAL PLAYING TIME = 74 mins + 8 TRACKS