Batillus Discography and Music at CD Universe

Batillus CD discography Batillus, New York City's self-appointed doyens of blackened doom, went and found themselves a vocalist before crawling out of the sewer of self-financed mini-releases with this, their first full-length album, pushing the limits of slothful musical extremity before them as they advanced, like a snowplow from hell. But don't panic! Beyond securing this so-called frontman to round out its still instrumentally driven aesthetic, the quartet (gluttons for punishment to a man) made no further "concessions" to the mainstream (snort!) with this latest selection of droning monoliths. And yet, surprisingly, the wanton, suffocating crude oil savagery of creeping epics like "...And the World Is as Night to Them" and "The Division" frequently recede in the face of melodies as fluid-smooth as all-engulfing tar pits, lapping ever so gently (though hungrily) at this dying mammoth's eternal bones. Nightmarish electronic soundscapes also color the album's multiple shades of black, blacker, and blackest (see the seismic and cryptic "Mautaam" in particular), and even the most energetic zombie stagger attained by "Deadweight" and the outright sprint of "Uncreator" won't come anywhere near to raising listeners' spirits. But then, Batillus and their surely selective willing audience are obviously preoccupied with only one set of emotions, and none of them are happy; into the Furnace, then -- prepare to suffer. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia The world is blurry and out of focus. It's cold and it's bleak and people need ways to escape its harsh reality. "Real heaviness has a way of not only acting as an intense emotional release, but also giving you the sensation of being overwhelmed and swept along by an overpowering force," says Batillus bassist Willi Stabenau. "If you've ever gotten chills from hearing a really great riff, then you know what I mean." It's catharsis," adds drummer Geoff Summers. "The reality of the world is pretty grim, people are fucked up, and this is sort of a way to get away from all of that for us."With songs that move from bristling blast beats to subterranean crawls, Batillus (buh-till-us) cohere the extremes of heavy music into a surge of massive riffing, rolling over and descending on the listener with the force and intensity of a sudden storm. THE DETAILS: • FOR FANS OF GODFLESH, ELECTRIC WIZARD, ZOROASTER, AND GRAVES AT SEA. • RECORDED AT SEMAPHORE RECORDING WITH ENGINEER SANFORD PARKER (YOB, UNEARTHLY TRANCE, NACHTMYSTIUM, PELICAN) AND MASTERED BY COLLIN JORDAN (MINISTRY, OHGR / SKINNY PUPPY) AT THE BOILER ROOM. • THE BAND HAS RECORDED AND RELEASED A PAIR OF EPS ON THEIR OWN, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NOW SOLD OUT, AND A 12" SPLIT LP WITH MAINE'S HALLOWED ...

Batillus Discography of CDs