A Day Of Nights - Battle Of Mice

Description: Genre: Hard Rock & Metal - Heavy Metal / Artist: Battle Of Mice / Import / Audio CD released 2006-10-23 at Neuro / Disc ... more

A Day Of Nights - Battle Of Mice ... #1 Tracklisting
1 Lamb And The Labrador
2 Bones In The Water
3 Sleep And Dream
4 Salt Bridge
5 Wrapped In Plain
6 At The Bass Of The Giant's Throat
7 Cave Of Spleen

Newest Review: ... love life is so similar in structure to a post-metal song that it's borderline cheesy. There's a strong hardcore element ... more

... balancing out the minor metal elements here, the latter of which are only really present in some of the heavier guitar riffs in songs like 'Salt Bridge,' as Christmas moves from a standard, almost depressive singing style to a full-blown, scary scream when the louder sections kick in. Fans of post-rock, post-hardcore, post-metal and post-traumatic stress syndrome will likely enjoy this as a shining example of the combined genre, and an interesting one for having a female singer, but it does drag on significantly towards t...more

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A Day Of Nights - Battle Of Mice: Christmas Neurosis (388 words)
by - written on 26/02/08 (Very useful, 8 readings)
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The only full-length release so far from sort-of-post-metal band Battle of Mice is similar to most other modern releases by bands whose genre begins in post-, following a repeating structure of mellow, quiet segments intersecting more violent, thunderous and heated passages. In this instance it's entirely appropriate to the lyrical themes, apparently based around the turbulent relationship between band founders Julie Christmas (of Made Out of Babies) and Josh Graham (of excellent post-metal pioneers Neurosis), whose love life is so similar in structure to a post-metal song that it's borderline cheesy. There's a strong hardcore element balancing out the minor ... Read the complete review