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Abigail's Ghost - d_letion
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It’s not often, but occasionally a band can get away with totally emulating their influences. In order to get away with it they generally have to be a new band and they have to do the source material justice. Abigail’s Ghost met those requirements on their debut album, Selling Insincerity, by making their Porcupine Tree influence the focal point of their sound and pulling it off nicely. Of course, if they had tried the same thing on their sophomore album they’d be dismissed as a band with a lot of talent but no artistic vision of their own. It turns out that this is a band with talent and a bit of artistic vision too. The band’s Porcupine Tree influence hasn’t been entirely dismissed, but it’s not simply a blatant use of tones, riffs and ideas anymore. On D_letion they’ve found their own sound by stepping up the energy levels and metal-influence of the heavier songs and emphasizing a strong morose atmosphere that’s carried by clean guitars and subtle keyboards on the mellow tracks. It’s a formula that works really well and helps give the band their own identity. The Porcupine Tree influence that remains is mostly found in the vocals of Bones Theriot, but it doesn’t sound like it’s intentional anymore – it just seems like that’s the most suitable tone for his voice. His voice carries the same mid-range soft tones but is just slightly higher-pitched than Steven Wilson’s. At any rate, it works for the moody style of prog that the band produces. Oddly enough, the band dropped the one element of their previous album that actually set them apart – the industrial influence. Given that they’ve found their own sound without that influence it’s not a big deal, but it would have been nice if they had kept it....full text |
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Studio Album, released in 2009 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. D_Letion (5:13) 2. Black Lace (4:16) 3. Romantique Life (4:34) 4. Plastik Soul (5:47) 5. Cinder Tin (5:39) 6. Gemini Man (4:18) 7. Sneak Peek (5:47) 8. Visceral (4:21) 9. Easy A (3:39) 10. Annie Enemy (7:20) 11. Grave Concerns (2:25) Total Time 52:59 Line-up / Musicians - Joshua Theriot / lead vocals, guitars - Kenneth Wilson / bass, background vocals - Brett Guillory / keyboards, background vocals - John Patrick / drums, percussion - Randy Paul / rhythm guitars Releases information CD Aesperus Music (2009)...full text |
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| I was a little surprised at the direction taken on this release in comparison from the last album: "Selling Insincerity"...Even though the last relase had many similarities to Porcupine Tree's/Steven Wilson's trademark sound (which is a great band to base a bands frame work from, don't get me wrong!) it still had a certain appealing flow, where as this new disc just didn't reach out and grab me by the ears at all like it's predessor...That said the first, third and Fourth track on the D_letion release are quite well crafted. Maybe on the next release AG will pick up where they left off on "Selling Insincerity" as they definitly had some magic there....full text |
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