Red Album *

Rating

Album: Red Album *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Rays On Pinion	More Info...	0:07
2)	The Birthing	More Info...	0:05
3)	Isak	More Info...	0:04
4)	Wailing Wintry Wind	More Info...	0:06
5)	Cockroach En Fleur	More Info...	0:02
6)	Wanderlust	More Info...	0:04
7)	Aleph	More Info...	0:04
8)	Teeth of a Cogwheel	More Info...	0:02
9)	O'appalachia	More Info...	0:02
10)	Grad	More Info...	0:06
11)	Bonus Hidden Track	More Info...	0:12

Album: Red Album *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Rays On Pinion	More Info...	0:07
2)	The Birthing	More Info...	0:05
3)	Isak	More Info...	0:04
4)	Wailing Wintry Wind	More Info...	0:06
5)	Cockroach En Fleur	More Info...	0:02
6)	Wanderlust	More Info...	0:04
7)	Aleph	More Info...	0:04
8)	Teeth of a Cogwheel	More Info...	0:02
9)	O'appalachia	More Info...	0:02
10)	Grad	More Info...	0:06
11)	Bonus Hidden Track	More Info...	0:12

Performer Notes

Baroness: John Dyer Baizley (vocals, guitars); Brian Blickle (guitars); Summer Welch (bass guitar); Allen Blickle (drums).
Additional personnel: Tony Roebuck (trumpet).
Relapse Records' Baroness sound like a band that's been together much longer than their four years. Their debut full-length, THE RED ALBUM, displays a veteran band's sense of adventure and sophistication while retaining a young band's power and energy. Similar in spirit to (fellow Georgians) Mastodon, Baroness concentrates on giving a song room to breathe. They're not afraid to jam, but never lose focus, building complicated, twisting guitar acreage that's equal parts Metallica and Television, with a strong balance of tension and release that demands your attention. Heavy as a boulder or light as meringue, Baroness shows an advanced mastery of dynamics that will please many a cerebral headbanger.

Professional Reviews

Spin (p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Like all good prog-inspired bands, they wedge in an acoustic interlude here and there just for kicks, but quickly return to riffs that knot up tightly..."

Alternative Press (p.166) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] thrilling piece of midnight arson in their own proverbial garden of good and evil, an expert exhibition of the guitar-riff-as-swarm..."

Kerrang (Magazine) (p.47) - "This is truly ambitious, with cloudbursting post-metal vistas leading into hypnotically heavy riffage..."

Kerrang (Magazine) (p.71) - Ranked #15 in Kerrang's "The Top 20 Albums Of 2007" -- "[A] truly organic record..."