My Fruit Psychobells...A Seed Combustible
| Band | |
|---|---|
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Released | 1999 |
| Genres | Avant-garde Progressive Metal |
| Labels | Dark Symphonies |
| Length | 58:25 |
My Fruit Psychobells...A Seed Combustible Information
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ferocious Weights | 7:35 | 80 | 1 | |
| 2. | A Conception Pathetic | 7:03 | 75 | 1 | |
| 3. | Undine and Underwater Flowers | 8:46 | 80 | 1 | |
| 4. | The Ocean, The Kingdom, and the Temptation | 11:21 | 75 | 1 | |
| 5. | Pondering a Wall | 6:20 | 75 | 1 | |
| 6. | Catharsis of Sea-Sleep and Dreaming Shrines | 9:33 | 80 | 1 | |
| 7. | Blight of River Systems | 5:50 | 80 | 1 |
[ Rating detail ]
There's a Hidden Track (length 01:55) as 8th track.
My Fruit Psychobells...A Seed Combustible Reviews
(1)
Date : Jul 12, 2024
You really don’t know what you’re gonna get going into an album titled like that. And perhaps the last thing you’d expect is a doomy, gloomy descent into the bizarro oceans of the well. My Fruit Psychobells manages to subvert expectations in many ways, and at times this is a positive and others a negative.
Firstly, I have to praise the creativity and atmosphere here. The doomy sections are easily the best, morose chords and broken leads play over discordant layers of other instrumentation, which varies wildly from section to section. Surreal, aquatic lyricism paints pictures of drowning in hopeless oceans while still reaching out for some bright, warm thing. When everything hits right, it’s immaculate.
The problem here is that most of the time, things aren’t always hitting just right. The Death Metal, Post Rock, Jazz, and whatever-else influences all make for an interesting listen, but at times, they are at odds with serving the song or atmosphere. More often than not, a song will spend a few minutes building a sense of mood, only to break into a totally inconsistent style that offsets (and too often ruins) the established mood. Sometimes the changes in style are fun and interesting, but other times they feel pointless, like quirkiness for the sake of quirkiness.
If the band managed to change styles while RETAINING the mood, that would be fantastic. As it is, this album is full of incredible moments surrounded by pieces that sometimes do and sometimes don’ ... See More
Firstly, I have to praise the creativity and atmosphere here. The doomy sections are easily the best, morose chords and broken leads play over discordant layers of other instrumentation, which varies wildly from section to section. Surreal, aquatic lyricism paints pictures of drowning in hopeless oceans while still reaching out for some bright, warm thing. When everything hits right, it’s immaculate.
The problem here is that most of the time, things aren’t always hitting just right. The Death Metal, Post Rock, Jazz, and whatever-else influences all make for an interesting listen, but at times, they are at odds with serving the song or atmosphere. More often than not, a song will spend a few minutes building a sense of mood, only to break into a totally inconsistent style that offsets (and too often ruins) the established mood. Sometimes the changes in style are fun and interesting, but other times they feel pointless, like quirkiness for the sake of quirkiness.
If the band managed to change styles while RETAINING the mood, that would be fantastic. As it is, this album is full of incredible moments surrounded by pieces that sometimes do and sometimes don’ ... See More
Maudlin of the Well Discography
| Album | Type | Release date | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ My Fruit Psychobells...A Seed Combustible | Album | 1999 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
| Bath | Album | 2001 | 92.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Leaving Your Body Map | Album | 2001 | 95 | 2 | 0 |
| Part the Second | Album | May 14, 2009 | 85 | 1 | 0 |
