"For more than 15 years now, Amber Asylum from San Francisco have been forging a style which is hard to pinpoint, described by multi-instrumentalist Kris Force, the artistic leader of a shifting pool of studio- and live-musicians, as a mixture between Neoclassic and Dark Ambient with hints at Neofolk, Industrial and Doom Metal. Right from the beginning, sinister string-arrangements and female vocals in combination with dragging rhythms of the hypnotic kind have been the main characteristics of Amber Asylum, which according to the band tackle the core of being and achieve a cathartic effect."
Fra Wikipedia:
"Amber Asylum is a highly variable San Francisco-based music group that serves as a platform for composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Kris Force. Other members and performers have included Steve Von Till (Neurosis), Annabel Lee, Martha Burns, Charlotte Bolster, long-time collaborator Jackie Perez Gratz (Grayceon/Giant Squid/Asunder), Erica Stoltz (Lost Goat), Wendy Farina, Lorraine Rath (The Gault/Worm Ouroboros), Sarah Schaffer (Weakling), John Cobbet (Hammers of Misfortune/Ludicra), Eric Wood (Man Is The Bastard, Bastard Noise), Leila Abdul Rauf (Saros), Chiyo Nukaga (Noothgrush/Graves At Sea), Sigrid Sheie (Hammers of Misfortune), and Sarah Brady.
Amber Asylum's music is generally within the neoclassical or dark ambient genres, and it tends towards the romantic, introspective, and brooding. Violin and cello are the dominant instruments."
Har fulgt de siden første plata "Frozen in Amber" etter at jeg leste om den i Nordic Vision i hin hårde dager, da den ble skamrost av Sigurd. Takk for den. Bare jeg som liker de her?
Platene synes har vært bra i det store hele, selv om jeg var på nippet å falle av lasset rundt Garden of Love, men Still Point og Bitter River er solide plater som fikk meg tilbake igjen.
Noen videos:
Volcano Suite (Frozen in Amber)
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Black Sabbath (The Supernatural Parlour Collection)
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Outer Dark - (Still Point)
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Joringa & Joringal (The Natural philosophy of Love)
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