![]() ![]() ![]() Likewise, "A Plague of Angels" plods into view quietly and lumberingly it picks up confidence as it proceeds, changes riff and melody and adds more instrumentation the mood of the track brightens gradually and assumes a hopeful (and later even joyful) attitude. What appears here is very subdued to point of almost appearing tranquillised, at least until the halfway mark where the riff changes and for a short time the track shows definite signs of life and vitality. In the last half of the song when lead guitar announces its presence by shafting country-blues tones like knives through a shutter, the mood seems a strange mixture of jocularity and a knowing, slightly sinister attitude.Īfter these two reminders of the past, "Hibernaculum" looks to the present (in 2007, that is) with "A Plague of Angels" from Earth's 2006 split with Sunn0))) "Angel Coma", and the future with "Miami Morning Coming Down", a version of which was to appear on "The Bees. Piano on the new version that follows the main riff closely gives the impression of fragility. The original version by contrast seems almost cheerful. The track on "Hibernaculum" is a very slow one indeed, picking its way through the main riff cautiously, even delicately, as if fearing to break the tune as the entire song is in a different time signature that makes it dark and meditative. The contrast between the old and new versions of "Coda Maestoso in F (Flat) Minor", originally from the "Pentastar - In the Style of Demons" album from 1995, is much less jarring as both are slow and appear to be self-reflective in mood. For all that, this new version is just half the length of its older sibling at the same time, it packs in twice as much in atmosphere and sonic complexity despite its very minimalist bent. Addition of organ around the edges of the main melody structure lends a creepy aspect. The new version retains the riffing and repetition but the mood is very different: whereas the old version had a certain urgency and aggression about it, the new recording is slow and lethargic in pace, seems to brood as though biding its time, and has a dark sinister air that stirs unease in listeners. "Ouroboros is Broken" leads off as is appropriate for a track that was one of Earth's first recordings back in the early 1990s. The results can be interesting if not always the same as or superior to the original versions. Filling in the space between two studio albums ("Hex or Printing in the Infernal Method" released in 2005 and "The Bees made Honey in the Lion's Skull" in 2008) together with live recordings and a couple of splits, "Hibernaculum" is a curiosity in that at least two of the four songs featured are re-interpretations of older Earth tracks in the then-new slow country-rock doom metal style of "Hex. ![]()
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