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...sludge/stoner metal arena..."Life's Trade" is smart, self-aware, and bruising. Their deliberate mix of crunching and plodding guitars, with well-placed and developed harmonies, gives these four tracks an immense feel. It seems almost impossible that the record only lasts around 45 minutes...
...Despite flowing at the pace of a dead snail being dragged through a tar pit, each note of this funeral doom/post-rock hybrid is as poignant as the one that came before. Somehow managing to eschew the assaultive alienation of the former genre, as well as the bloated, self-serving pretense of the latter, Samothrace have not just taken surprise by the neck. They've squeezed every drop of vitality from its spinal column for cathartic purposes of their own benefit, not to mention that of the fortunate few that are savvy enough to partake in the poetic carnage.It has often been stated that the best bands are those that are impossible to classify. By the same token, it could be argued that the best albums are those that cannot be properly dissected by wordplay. Much like the emotionally draining masterpiece that was Warning's Watching From A Distance, Life's Trade transends analysis, and conjures emotions that are better left undescribed. Powered by the unintelligible howls of a man that sounds as if he's being pulled straight from the earth's core by his ribcage, this sprawling epic is a tragic vehicle for late-night introsepction and humanistic revelation. The album travels smoothly and slowly, floating in scenery. This deliberate gait, combined with an earthquaking lower end, serves to counterpoint sweeping guitar work that lays numerous traps before ultimately pouncing on its prey with glorious, ascendant soloing....http://metalreview.com/Reviews/4739/Samothrace-Life%27s-Trade.aspx
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