Look at that picture up top, then hit play on this album. Not to be sexist but yes, those women created this music. Others are raving about this ‘noise-doom’ (read, ‘metal’) duo’s album, The Pilgrimage. Frankly, I found it tough to get through, and even harder to process from a crticial point of view. Did I like it? Was it good??! I wonder if this is how pure rock heads feel when playing hip-hop albums? There’s only been one ‘modern era’ metal album I really was into and I’m not even sure how that happened but that album was The Deftones‘ White Pony. This was not that album in terms of how I reacted to it. Maybe Mares Of Thrace‘s The Pilgrimage will be a surprise short list nominee but if it is, it won’t be with my vote.

[audio stream via Totally Fuzzy]