Name: Chronicle I: The Truthseeker
Brand: Mountain Caller

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Catalogue number

CD-NHS-032

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-12-11

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Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5055869547406

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Artist

Mountain Caller

Genre US

Metal

Label US

New Heavy Sounds

Mountain Caller are El, Claire and Max and hail from London. They describe themselves as a heavy progressive instrumental three-piece, who are driven to tell stories with music and want listeners to conjure up cinematic scenes in their minds. And that they do... in spades. If one needs a sonic ballpark, think the infectious jamming of Elder and the dynamic cinema-scapes of Mogwai, underpinned by the mantric riffs of Sleep. A rich amalgam of Progressive Rock, Post Metal and Doom. Nevertheless, Mountain Caller do succeed in weaving their own unique spell. After two years honing their chops with a clutch of immersive live performances under their belts, they are ready to bring you their debut album. A labour of love; the fruit of three years of jamming, crafting, and conceptualising; a collaborative piece, where each instrument takes centre stage, within a heady mix of chasmic riffs and panoramic, reflective soundscapes. 

<i>Chronicle I: The Truthseeker</i> is a feminist allegory created in tandem with the music. As the band describe it ... In The Truthseeker, we join The Protagonist at the edge of the Twilight Desert, compelled by an indefinable but urgent need to set forth on an Odyssean journey to rediscover her memory and her voice. Over the course of 42 minutes, we travel from barren wastelands to mysterious cities, encountering trials of both body and spirit. It is indeed a 6 track instrumental journey. All vividly evoked by a canny grasp of dynamics, melody and heavy, but hooky riffs, executed with peerless playing. 'Journey Through The Twilight Desert' opens the album in soundtrack mode, and develops in weight and riff (as if Goblin have taken up the baton) and closes in a full wide screen Mogwai trip.... and that's just the opening track. Elsewhere Mountain Caller pushes to noisier, heavier groovier places. Whether it's the chiming guitars on the Krautrock/post-rock groove of 'I remember Everything' or 'Trial by Combat' and its doom meets Deftones vibe. To album closer 'Dreamspirals' with its melodic hooks and huge earworm riffs, it's an album that more than stands up to listening on repeat as there plenty to discover.

Chronicle I: The Truthseeker

Music US