CINEMATIC VOYAGES
CONCEPTS
GLUTTONY
SELF DISCOVERY
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Pink Floyd
Pelican
Beecher
Red Sparrows
Between The Buried And Me
Mastodon
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Mogwai
Sounds Like
1000 spades smacking 1000 faces
REVIEWS
ROCKSOUND
Empty Playground Magazine "If you have returned home from work with the usual burnt out
feeling the best cure I can offer you is English quartet Mountains
Became Machines. With the opening riffs of The Construct from
their debut EP PATHS, Mountains Became Machines drag your
attention back into the realm of excitement. But these opening
guitar battles do not even hint at what is to follow. With three
tracks split over 31 minutes this concept piece picks you out of
the doldrums before taking you on a journey through various
musical styles and emotions.
After the start The Contruct moves into a more post-rock vibe
with singing that is not too dissimilar to Jesu or Mogwai. The
Truth moves gently along before introducing some feisty riffs,
deep growls and hurtling guitars like Red Sparowes dulling with
Isis in a battle of the genres. The Search (And Arrival) completes
the quest to get you back to feeling alive with more meandering
guitar and pounding bass. This band is for those who like their
metal ambient and experimental with a lot of progression. 31
minutes of music with never a dull moment. With PATHS, Mountains
Became Machines have not reinvented the wheel, but have built
a super car instead of a family saloon."
SILENT BALLET
"Paths is something of an amalgam. Composed of three tracks each
hovering around the ten minute mark, it extends what would otherwise
be epic metal into the shimmering world of post-rock. From the typical
metal chugging at the beginning of “The Construct” to the grandiose
build-up at the end of “The Truth,” the instrumentals on this EP do
genuinely illustrate the diversity of the subgenre, diversity that is
often omitted or ignored. While the quiet-loud formula is in full
effect, it never seems forced, but rather evolves naturally out of
the band's sound palette.
Mountains Became Machines have created a truly cinematic offering.
The guitar lines, whether Mastodon-like riffs or Explosions In The Sky-
like flutters, are always moving the tracks forward, rarely leaving a
dull moment. Something surprising to see from such a young band
(formed in 2006) is maturity; the songs are well composed and flow convincingly from heavy to light and from evil to pretty.
The word epic comes to mind very often while listening, and justifiably so.
The long tracks often serve as much as stories as they do as songs.
The build-ups aren’t too long, as is sometimes the case with such bands,
and the transitions between quiet and loud are done gracefully. Clocking
in right around the thirty-minute mark, Paths is a solid EP and definitely warrants a listen. "
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THE CONSTRUCT10:36
THE TRUTH10:37
THE SEARCH [AND ARRIVAL]10:06
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BIO
Formed in late 2006, we write songs in reflection on our turbulent society.
oioi noice one boyos! shame hardly anyone turned up, s'allways the same in the week mind you, and ill catch up with rob on the train some time haha! safe -k
thanks for adding me via the bossk friends list! I really like your stuff so i'm very grateful for that :) just sent a paypal thingy for your CD which i'm looking forward to :)
Aye up lads, just a quick one to say i managed to finally get hold of a copy of your Ep, its brill, hopefully we'll be able to do some more gigs together soon or something. Keep up the good work.
how'd it go last night? bet it was ace, but Every Time I Die were brilliant too :) i think my mate went to underground to review you guys for Upstart or something..
I like! thanks 4 the add. Always good 2 c humanfly fans. iye r awesome, although i am biased as i was in different incarnations of their bands 4 5 years like!!! Will come c u soon hopefully. good 2 c lads with a bit of vision!!!
Oh man, you guys are playing with Red Stars Parade! Would greatly appreciate it if you coul drop some hints about them playing London some time soon...or anywhere South of Leeds really! Chris
Cheers Adam, no worries! I'm the guy who just posted in your shoutbox on Last. fm about Aszerosweareinfinite. I'm sure they'd love to get a gig on with you guys. Anyway, good stuff mate. Enough bum licking from me, peace out!
