Ideally, Orange Goblin belong to the English school of doom-metal, but
chronologically they belong to the generation of stoner-rock. Their debut album
Frequencies From Planet Ten (Rise Above, 1997) relied on the psychedelic
factor to augment the psychological power of their riffs.
Aquatic,
Astral Project,
Star Shaped Cloud,
Land Of Secret Dreams,
Magic Carpet,
Song Of The Purple Mushroom Fish were as "hard" as "soft", as if
straddling the border between two universes.
Orange Goglin regressed towards a more lively sound on
Time Traveling Blues (MUsic Cartel, 1999). Except for the triad
Nuclear Guru, Shine and Blue Snow, though, the songs
tend to be predictable and occasionally closer to Lynyrd Skynyrd than to
Cathedral.
Third album
Big Black (MUsic Cartel, 2000)
indulges in the stereotypes of loud, dark, slow stoner-rock with trivial
compositions like Cozmo Bozo, King Of The Hornets,
Big Black.
Coup De Grace (Rise Above, 2002) is an even less original venture
into the cliches of stoner-rock.
Thieving from the House of God (2004),
Healing Through Fire (2007) and
A Eulogy for the Damned (2012) are repetitive with the occasional
fleeting moment of lucidity.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Matteo Gentile)
Idealmente, gli Orange Goblin appartengono alla scuola
inglese di doom metal , ma cronologicamente fanno parte, piuttosto, della
generazione di stoner rock . Il loro album di debutto Frequencies From Planet
Ten (Rise Above, 1997) si basava sul fattore psichedelico per aumentare il
potere psicologico dei loro riff. Aquatic , Astral Project , Star Shaped Cloud
, Land Of Secret Dreams , Magic Carpet e Song Of The Purple Mushroom Fish
dispiegavano sonorità ora dure ora delicate, come se si trovassero a cavallo del
confine tra due universi. Gli Orange Goglin sono poi regrediti ricercando un
suono più vivace in Time Traveling Blues (The Music Cartel, 1999). Fatta
eccezione per il terno Nuclear Guru , Shine e Blue Snow , tuttavia, le canzoni
tendono ad essere prevedibili e occasionalmente più vicine ai Lynyrd Skynyrd
che ai Cathedral. Il terzo album Big Black (The Music Cartel, 2000) si lascia
andare agli stereotipi del dello stoner rock rumoroso, scuro, lento con
composizioni banali come Cozmo Bozo , King Of The Hornets e Big Black . Coup De
Grace (Rise Above, 2002) è un'avventura ancora meno originale nei cliché dello
stoner rock . Thieving from the House of God (2004), Healing Through Fire
(2007) e A Eulogy for the Damned (2012) sono ripetitivi, con occasionali quanto
fugaci momenti di lucidità.
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