In fact, I’m not even sure how I found out about them, but I did, and when I did, my mind was blown so far I could barely believe my own ears. Sleepwalkers mix kraut rock, noise rock, black metal, shoegaze and ambient to DEVASTATING effects. 夢遊病者 – AKA Sleepwalkers – literally came out of fucking nowhere. I literally have no fucking idea where these guys came out of but well, now they are here, so we must acknowledge their existence, cause this is some next level shit that is so good it’s almost impossible to describe. Able to retain the primal aspect and raw quality that was inherent in Ash Borer’s modus operandi, he manages to also expand their sound, turning it to an all-devouring, thick wall that relentlessly suffocates. The two previous albums had a suitable production for the type of sound that Ash Borer were after however, Dunn brings it to another level. The production for the album was helmed by Randall Dunn, and the effect that he had on the work is prominent. Three years is a long time to wait, but now they have returned with The Irrepassable Gate, a record that expands their sound further. Ash Borer, one of the leading black metal bands of the US scene, were keeping extremely active since 2013, releasing a couple of excellent records in their self-titled debut and Cold of Ages, a split with kindred spirits Fell Voices, and the fantastic Bloodlands EP.
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