Lurk Fringe (Atmospheric Sludge/Doom Metal) by LURK (Finland), released 05 August 2018 1. Ostrakismos 2. Tale Blade 3. Reclaim 4. Elan 5. Offshoot 6. Furrow 7. Nether 8. Proteus Syndrome Wistful and mysterious, LURK's music is just as interesting and multi-faceted as their cover artwork. Blending elements of doom, black and death metal into their astounding sludge template, the Finnish band is taking the sound ahead in ways hitherto unheard. Haunting, soaring melodies juxtapose with abrasive low-end riffs without hampering the overall aesthetics. nostd Nice blend of blackened doom from Finland. This one grows on you. Solid album.
Fringe is the band’s third full-length and, as you can probably guess, there will be no happiness here, but that’s not always a bad thing, is it? It is no. The name of the game is unhappiness, but don’t look to Lurk for feels or a shoulder to cry on. Fringe is existential misery, the kind of misanthropic exploration that dives straight past sadness into incoherent depths of negative madness; by the time closer Proteus Syndrome comes to an end, lyrics such as ‘the pyre overflows/ exothermic process driven to cataclysm/ I feel the fire gnawing’ ( Furrow ) and ‘glacial aberration of the verdant/ eyes pound the bullpen’ ( Elan ) are all the listener has. known for 44 harrowing minutes.
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Not so hot on the heels of its 2016 Bandcamp release, Lurk’s third album finally sees physical release via the burgeoning imprint of Transcending Obscurity Records. Adorned with new cover art, but missing the standard bells and whistles of once-digital, now-physical releases, Fringe is forced to stand-or fall-on its own merit.
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records – TOR44. Album recorded live in Studiogenes and random locations at 2014. Mastered @ Astia-studio A (Lappeenranta, Finland) at 2016. Other Versions (4 of 4) View All.
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As much as I’d love to continue to describe the album in a blow by blow format, I think here is a good place to switch gears as I REALLY would not like to give too much away. That being said, Fringe is complex behemoth that changes time signatures in unexpected places yet remains feeling completely natural, blends clean and gritty guitar tones at almost all times,creates a void like space in the ambience of the drums and some unusual bass work that sometimes compliments the guitar and other times stands in its own space doing its own thing.
| 1 | Ostrakismos | 5:48 |
| 2 | Tale Blade | 5:57 |
| 3 | Reclaim | 5:36 |
| 4 | Elan | 6:26 |
| 5 | Offshoot | 4:35 |
| 6 | Furrow | 4:57 |
| 7 | Nether | 3:33 |
| 8 | Proteus Syndrome | 7:04 |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | Lurk | Fringe (8xFile, FLAC, Album) | Not On Label (Lurk Self-released) | none | Finland | 2016 |
| TOR44LP | Lurk | Fringe (12", Album, Ltd, Gol) | Transcending Obscurity Records | TOR44LP | India | 2018 |
| TOR44 | Lurk | Fringe (Box, Album, Ltd, Gol + Box, Ltd, RP, LP + LP, Ltd,) | Transcending Obscurity Records | TOR44 | India | 2018 |
| none | Lurk | Fringe (Box, Ltd, Num + CD, Album) | Transcending Obscurity Records | none | India | 2018 |
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