{"product_id":"altar-of-eden-the-grotto-screams-ii-import-new-lp","title":"Altar of Eden -  The Grotto Screams II [IMPORT] – New LP","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"They live! If this summer’s endless bout of heatwaves seems an odd setting for a new Altar Of Eden record, maybe we should consider that the fast-accelerating destruction of life on Earth is an appropriate setting for more deathrock. The eagle-eyed among you might recognise guitarist Ben Redman from recent lineups of symphonic noiseniks …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, while vocalist Albert Efraim has been making a thrillingly unholy racket with Texan hardcore faves like the Creamers and Nosferatu - and they both played together in gothed-out sensations Altar Duata before that band’s untimely demise. Altar Of Eden have thus far produced two mighty LPs of chilling post-punk for Drunken Sailor - 2020’s wondrous The Grotto Screams and 2022’s superb follow-up Chimeras - but now they return with a sequel to their debut: The Grotto Screams II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2210189728\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drunkensailorrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-grotto-screams-ii-lp\"\u003eThe Grotto Screams II LP by Altar of Eden\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In keeping with their previous offerings, it’s superb. Redman’s guitar is brittle and minimal, but lurches into eardrum-lacerating strafes of deafening, brutal noise without warning, while Jake Cloud brings driving, pulsating basslines to the fore, dripping with the influence of Killing Joke’s Youth as they hold it all together somehow. Efraim intones his lyrics solemnly over the top\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e, drenched in reverb and tucked deep into the mix. He’s cited the poetry of Jean-Pierre Duprey and Rene Daumal as influences in the past, and tracks like \u003cem\u003eThe Erasure\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLight And Shade\u003c\/em\u003e certainly contain their own suffocating sense of surrealism and obfuscated reality. It all builds to the epic finale of closing track \u003cem\u003eThe Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, which handles their signature tricks in moodily grandiose fashion - a bleakly compelling version of post-punk that sears and soars even as it chills the heart. Arguably Duprey’s most famous line goes, “I shouldn't have got stuck in this galaxy,” and as humanity brings about its own destruction, it’s worth suggesting that this applies to us all. But at least Altar Of Eden bring a hell of a soundtrack while we all burn.\" -- Will Fitzpatrick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drunken Sailor Records (UK)","offers":[{"title":"BLACK VINYL","offer_id":46928521724065,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Turquoise Vinyl","offer_id":46928521756833,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/files\/altar_892d2b31-ae5d-4c62-b40b-a6c2831300cd.jpg?v=1787710142","url":"https:\/\/store.greennoiserecords.com\/products\/altar-of-eden-the-grotto-screams-ii-import-new-lp","provider":"Green Noise Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}