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• Best played staggeringly loud, ideally while meddling with forces that could destroy mankind itself, ANTA’s five-track suite of heavy prog is a thing of titanic majesty. Alex Bertram-Powell’s regal vintage synths circle hypnotically, like ‘Koyaanisqatsi’-era Philip Glass, or Yes on powerful anti-psychotic drugs, while bassist Joe Garcia and guitarist Ganiel Seruu carve out monolithic riffs and drummer James King pounds away, digging a fresh entrance to hell and hammering gongs that seethe with ecstatic malevolence. ‘Firn’ provides respite with creeping illbient bass static and a Proustian piano reverie of wan-faced beauty, before returning us to mighty slow-swinging grooves. If there’s ever a sequel to ‘Suspiria’, ANTA must do the soundtrack. Awesome. (Kid Pensioner)
Copyright Kid Pensioner 2011
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