Thursday, September 01, 2016

Band Review: Iron Mountain


Iron Mountain is a post rock/ folk metal band from Limerick, Ireland.

While they list influences including Jazz and Psychedelia, their long instrumental tracks remind me in many ways of Ambient. The flute and Uilleann pipes lend a touch of nature, while the song structures themselves ignore many musical conventions.

This is not always the case. On "Powow" especially there are moments when the rock is more prominent, as well as during some passages on "Opium". Overall, however, the music seems to fit better as soundtrack, into the background, working on the emotions at the edge of your conscious mind before affecting the forefront.

It is still completely reasonable to check out the video for "Enthralldom", and watch it consciously.



No comments: