Neptunian Maximalism, EONS

[Guy Berger]

This unusual recording popped up on bandcamp the other day and might appeal to some other people here.  A weird, intense mishmash of prog rock epic, heavy metal, free jazz, electronic music:

https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/neptunian-maximalism-eons-review

"Accordingly, there are times when Éons roars like a herd of shaggy, stampeding beasts. But there are also sections of the album that evoke a fire-lit religious ritual (complete with chanting and ceremonial drums), and others that sound like Ascension-era John Coltrane enveloped in a bewitching swirl of black magick. The clanging lurch of “Lamasthu” brings to mind drone-metal masters Sunn O))); one track later, “Ptah Sokar Osiris” offers up a healthy dose of freewheeling, horn-charged groove that’s more aligned with a globally inspired band like Goat than with most drone music. It’s that dichotomy that makes Neptunian Maximalism so interesting: one minute, they’re a hulking ship scraping its metal sides on the way out of the harbor, and the next, they’re the weird interstellar dance party happening down in the hull. Perhaps calling them the Sunn Ra A)))rkestra is a little too on the nose."

[mjazzg]

Well, that's got be worth a listen at the very least.  The prog rock reference worries me but otherwise

[Guy Berger]

On 7/31/2020 at 9:42 AM, mjazzg said:

Well, that's got be worth a listen at the very least.  The prog rock reference worries me but otherwise

These guys have a new "single" - a 53 minute track titled "Solar Drone Ceremony".  Enjoyable.