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Dusk til Dark:
Black Aleph
Free, by ballot only
New Date
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Doom metal that draws from middle eastern modal music to build a heady hypnotic din
The M stands for metal, as Black Aleph pound MPavilion with their all-enveloping sound. On their debut album Apsides, the Sydney/Eora and Melbourne/Naarm trio build dark, earthy worlds from doom and post-metal gestures. The band use guitar, cello, and Iranian daf drum—layering looped live passages and ritualistic beats to create a unique, cinematic intensity. It’s music that swells on mountainous seas and ventures into deep eerie, thickets. Saddle up and settle in.
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