Mouth of the Architect - Quietly
Churning guitars rumble throughout “Quietly”, an aptly yet ironically named opus by the metal gods known as Mouth of the Architect. Stepping right up where Neurosis left off, Mouth of the Architect has grown into an algae-like substance of metal, that chews on the dark grit left behind and yet is critical to all of life’s survival. In the metal kingdom, the group is high up on the food chain with this new album easily set to set them far apart from the pack. Crushing guitars with landscape shifting distortion and effects are plotted along a course with thundering percussion and steamy atmospheres of psychedelic and never-meandering harmonies. Recorded by Chris Common whose resume includes highlights of Mastodon and These Arms are Snakes, “Quietly” is willing to go but not by its namesake and certainly not for a long, long time.
