With the recent Full Upon Her Burning Lips, the three-decade career of Seattle drone band Earth seems to have come full circle: the record’s minimalist style is reminiscent of their 1991 debut EP, Extra-Capsular Extraction. Founded by guitarist Dylan Carlson in 1989, Earth helped pioneer droning, ambient forms of metal, often incorporating loads of distortion […]
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Nobody writes about Earth like Reader critic Monica Kendrick
If you liked reading Kendrick’s new Reader feature on the Atlas Moth, now’s a good time to revisit her 2005 feature “Bang the Head Slowly.”
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12 O’Clock Track: “Seven Angels” is pioneering doom drone by Earth
“Seven Angels” is an insanely slow and heavy drone by the Olympia, Washington, band Earth.