It's been a tumultuous period in the career of Thinning the Herd culminating in drummer Rick Cimato being killed in late 2012. Main man Gavin Spielman and bassist Wes Edmonds regrouped and, as Cimato would have wished, ploughed on making music. They have added Garth Macaleavey behind the drumkit and Freedom From the Known is the result.
Thinning the Herd remain a fairly acquired taste. They are definitely difficult to place generically. They are resolutely heavy as f**k with the awesome "Rabbits" being a prime example, they are sludgetastic, doomy yet quite free-rolling in their song structure and sometimes even evoke early Sabbath. This may well be their finest album yet and let's hope they can keep this line-up settled and forge onwards.
Track Listing:
Never Wanted
Dr. Reed
Sludge
Buildings
Rabbits
Bloodfire
Dying Star
Path of Gold
Gaikatt Mountain
In Front of me
Added: July 22nd 2013 Reviewer:Simon Bray Score: Related Link:Band Website Hits: 1889 Language: english
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It's been a tumultuous period in the career of Thinning the Herd culminating in drummer Rick Cimato being killed in late 2012. Main man Gavin Spielman and bassist Wes Edmonds regrouped and, as Cimato would have wished, ploughed on making music. They have added Garth Macaleavey behind the drumkit and Freedom From the Known is the result.
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