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Band
Pelican
Title
Pelican
Type
LP/EP
Company
Hydra Head Records
YOR
2002
Style
Death
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8/13/2003 - Review by: Nate Turpin
This band is definitely Earth moving
The description of this instrumental band is a mix between Mogwai, Earth and Godflesh. All in all I can see bits of each band in this four song ep. The first song has moments of hope that are layered with guitar noise that play off of the distortion. I can see the comparison between Godflesh being that it is heavy with distorted noise but with crunchy effects...The song structures are layed out as if in a Mogwai cd...and this band is definately Earth moving. The second song, Mammoth, is just that, its a mammoth crusher of a song.

This is just what I have been looking for over the past few months, although I can say that it would be better on the last three tracks to have a vocalist...would have added more depth, but I'm definately not complaining about this album in any way. It wouldn't surprise me any if they started having a cult following...
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    4.5 :AVE RATING

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Pelican
2002
Hydra Head Records
Nate Turpin8/13/2003
4.5
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2005
Hydra Head Records
Baphomet1/16/2007
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