Liturgy - 93696

93696 not only stands as one of the best avant-garde metal albums you’ll hear this year, but also serves as a conceptual retrospective celebrating 10+ years of music from Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix’s Liturgy.

Liturgy - Origin of the Alimonies

Liturgy's latest is a metaphysical big bang, turning Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix's theological philosophy into a multifaceted experimental metal opera.

Liturgy - H.A.Q.Q.

H.A.Q.Q. is the culmination of all of Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix's musical innovations this decade.

Liturgy - The Ark Work

Experimental rock and metal act Liturgy makes a magnum opus of the sounds and ideas forged on their last album.

Survival - "Tragedy of the Mind"

Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix seems to be embarking upon a more solo-oriented musical journey as Liturgy's next album is yet to be released. While that's a bit of a personal disappointment, this new project, Survival, might sit a little better with those who were turned off by Liturgy's fast, abrasive black metal style.

While Survival still pulls a bit from from metal music’s heaviness, it’s more of a psychedelic math rock affair. The riffs and grooves are there with the above track, and I have no doubt that Survival has the potential to be interesting.

Look for Survival's self-titled debut on May 14th via Thrill Jockey.

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Guardian Alien- See the World Given to a One Love Entity

New York's Guardian Alien shoots for the stars on this new album, and delivers a chaotic, psychedelic 37-minute song.

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Guardian Alien- "See the World Given To a One Love Entity"

A little while back, I blogged about the forthcoming LP from experimental rock outfit Guardian Alien. The forthcoming LP is a single, 37-minute track that moves through multiple phases. You can hear the first part of the track here, but the band has seen fit to release the second movement of the song via the video above. Enjoy!

Look for this LP, See the World Given To a One Love Entity, on July 24th via Thrill Jockey.

Guardian Alien is also in the midst of a tour at the moment. Check out the dates below:

Sun Jul-15 Chicago, IL - Bitchpork Festival Mon Jul-16 Normal, IL - Firehouse Pizza w/ Hurricanes of Love Tue Jul-17 Chicago, IL - Ranger Station w/ Hurricanes of Love Wed Jul-18 Detroit, MI - El Club w/ Hurricanes of Love Thu Jul-19 Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool w/ Phantom Family Halo, Heliotropes Fri Jul-27 Brooklyn, NY - Secret Project Robot Room w/ Cellular Chaos Sat Aug-4 Brooklyn, NY - Shea Stadium (Album Release Show) w/ Rhyton Wed Aug-8 Baltimore, MD - Floristree w/ Starring Thu Aug-9 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light w/ Starring Fri Aug-10 Atlanta, GA -529 w/ Starring Sat Aug-11 Nashville, TN - The Basement w/ Starring Sun Aug-12 New Orleans, LA - Siberia w/ Starring Mon Aug-13 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington w/ Starring Tue Aug-14 Austin, TX - The Mohawk w/ Starring Wed Aug-15 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar w/ Starring Thu Aug-16 St. Louis, MO - Firebird w/ Starring Fri Aug-17 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop w/ Starring Sat Aug-18 Chicago, IL - Hideout w/ Starring Sun Aug-19 Iowa City, IA - The Mill w/ Starring Mon Aug-20 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club w/ Starring Tue Aug-21 Louisville, KY - w/ Starring Wed Aug-22 Cleveland, OH - Happy Dog w/ Starring Thu Aug-23 Pittsburgh, PA - w/ Starring Fri Aug-24 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie w/ Starring Sat Aug-25 Sommerville, MA - PA's Lounge w/ Starring Thu Sep-6 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Festival

Liturgy- "True Will"

A new video from Liturgy for the track "True Will," which comes off the experimental black metal band's latest album, Aesthethica. I've actually given the album a glowing review, and put it in my list of favorite 2011 albums.

I usually don't go for these videos that choppily splice footage from various sources, but at least the video Liturgy compiles for this video has a consistent theme: The stranger side of religion.