Ayr - Nothing Left To Give

Last year Ayr released "Nothing Left To Give" - a howl

of atmospheric black metal that showed that they had

found their voice and identity in this bleak and dark genre.
Although not a huge BM follower, this album had a huge
sound and tunes bordering on the majestic which really blew
me away. It has now been re-released on vinyl so you, my
dear download monkey, can have the chance to hear it.

Band blurb:
NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE, the latest offering from cult artist AYR(featuring members of YOUNG AND IN THE WAY), is now available fromANTITHETIC RECORDS as of March 1, 2013. Emerging from the shadows of North Carolina's black metal scene, Ayr delivers its most intense performance yet on the vinyl re-release of this previously impossible-to-find album.

PRESSING:

Antithetic Records

300 copies on black vinyl with 2 sided insert, printed on reverse board jackets.

Audio remastered for vinyl.

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Ayr is a black metal band from North Carolina, USA formed in 2009. Since the formation, Ayr's line ups has shifted throughout their 3 current releases (Circling, Eternal Sustain & Nothing Left To Give). The core members remain Rick Contes (guitar, vocals) and Randy Baucom (drums) - both of critically acclaimed blackened crust group Young and in the Way.

R. Contes - guitar, vocals, synth, percussion

R. Baucom - drums, percussion

B. Gascho – synth

J. Elmore - bass

Discography:

Demo 2009 [Self Released]

Circling 2010 [Nervous Light]

Eternal Sustain 2011 [Anti Human Awakening]

Nothing Left To Give 2012 [Antithetic / Nervous Light]

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Thanks to Bariann at Black Birch for links.

Aethyr - Nihil Grail EP (2011)

Band request from Moscow, Russia.

Another BM band sending me stuff to review. I still

know next to nothing about this genre but will do my

best. This is not the corpse painted vomiting of the BM

mainstays (if it were, I would politely decline to review)

but has many elements of drone, dark ambient,

atmospheric passages which die-hards may sneer at -

but fear not, the sound is still de-tuned, distorted guitars

and crushing drum elements with the bass sounding like

a bulldozer digging out your frontal lobes.

There are only two tracks but as each one is almost 9

minutes long, it gives the songs plenty of time to build

up to menacing climaxes - I would of liked maybe another

track to really get my teeth into though.

If your tastes stretch to Wolves In the Throne Room or

The Atlas Moth, give this a Listen.

Download for free + some other releases at Bandcamp

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