This is the first recording for Iconic Eye following a brief hiatus after their first album and featuring a change to their female vocalist. Janey Smith would be a really good addition to any band. A powerful female vocal can change a band’s direction and it looks like she is going to do this for Iconic Eye.
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There’s now a wee glimmer of hope that we may see a return to live music in the relatively near future, which is not a bad way to end what has been a pretty bleak year. But, in an effort to not get himself too excited, Jonny B will be keeping things slow and heavy with this little collection of live sets that he came across. These four sets were all recorded at the Day of Doom showcase live at Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus Bar back in November 2019 which brought together the finest bands that Magnetic Eye Records have to offer for one big day of pure unadulterated doom metal…
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If this is not a genre you are used to you need to open your mind a bit for this. This is not something you hear every day, and it is not something that everyone can pull off either. If you were to ask John B what genre this even is, he’s not sure I could tell you. There are elements of ambient, but it has more structure than he would usually expect for ambient. Maybe psychedelic but that is still not right. He’s just going to say it would fit into those families. One of you reading is making fun of our bai for not knowing, we’re sure, and that is probably deserved but this is pretty unique from his usual theatre… and he loves it!
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Originally founded in 1982, the first incarnation of Incursion only lasted four years and recorded three tracks. With limited musical experience in the intervening 30 odd years, it shows that the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal movement from Florida from the early ‘80s has not really moved on a lot in this camp. The five-track EP is demonstrative of the musical style of the early ‘80s. Being of the age when he can appreciate the music, David O actually doubts if the nostalgia for the era will deliver anything tangible in return for their endeavours on anything other than a local level.
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Polish prog lords Riverside have released seven highly impressive studio albums since they burst onto the scene in the early Noughties, but live albums have been fairly thin on the ground. So this new revamped release of ‘Lost’n’Found – Live In Tilburg’, previously only available as limited self-released fan club/tour-edition album, is a welcome addition to the Riverside catalogue.
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