Review on Antichrist Zine (Ukraine) – Talbot “EOS” 2010

TALBOT “EOS” 2010 CD

Another Estonia metal band which reserve attention and support (support because this album was released by musicians itself). The music TALBOT plays is such kind of stoner/doom metal, with great passion towards obscure sludge like rhythmical structure, with such marching and at the same time deep and vortex like rhythms and mid paced drumming. I didn’t find anything new or extraordinary over here, but do you need something new or extraordinary?! I do not, I was enough enjoyed by this great and massive walls. From stoner rock here are such twisted and marching at the same time guitars, with doom metal massive sections too, and both these styles looks very good from TALBOT’ side. And god side also is there pretty reach music, not for music but for main conception, music is filled with right tempo-changes, means you can hear mid tempos and then you’ll get some cosmic, chaotic light sounds, but they make the good atmosphere. So, if you like such twisted and at the same time chaotic music, do not hesitate to find this album!

80% from 100%

Contact: www.talbot-music.com

Review on Aristocrazia Webzine (Italy) – Talbot “EOS” 2010

Google translation from Italian to English:

The doom is spreading, the desire to experiment with sounds and heavy dilated seems to have become a drug that triggers the senses pleasantly anywhere on our planet.
This new wave of followers devoted to music that makes the stoner, psychedelia and the dell’anthem doomico their flags would include Talbot.
The Estonian duo, formed in 2003, takes a little ‘carburettor creating the first EP “Tundra” only five years later, followed by the single “Combat Zen Speech” which will cover the role of trailblazer for full output ”Eos”.
You will be facing a platter typically prompting Electric Wizard, Sleep, the nostrani Ufomammut and stuffed with a strong psychedelic acid space, a bit ‘as if they were milkshake Hawkwind and Pink Floyd as giving a good blow violently shaken.
Almost forty-five minutes that go with the flow by offering songs from the classic passages dark and massive in oases of calm and relaxation where the mind is free to roam. There is a track on other domains, because this disc has been developed so that the longer songs like “Cayanne” and “Zen Combat Speech” make the most of the episodes that assists people in shorter supply since the bridge initial “Threshold” or the title track “Eos”, it is thus to create a harmonious effect on a sensory level, this means that listening is fluid and graceful, even when the elephant footprints stoner obvious traits are binding.
To be a self-produced release the boys have made a great job, both in terms of where executive Magnus Andre (bass, vocals and synths) and Jarmo Nuutre (drums, programming and vocals), and assist you manage very well, both as regards clean and balanced sound that gives particular emphasis to the bass strings that over and over again enchant becoming more often a focal point of attraction, this too remains on the house since the recording and mixing She’s busy Andrea himself.
As skilled craftsmen have shaped stage after stage, the creature that is allotted the result came out is “Eos,” a boiling pot full of good music ready to be enjoyed by fans of the genre or anyone who needs to escape from the ground looking shelter in open spaces to get lost, leaving other ordinary mortals static boredom of normalcy.

Link: http://aristocraziawebzine.blogspot.com/2010/06/talbot-eos.html

Italian version:

Il doom dilaga, la voglia di cimentarsi con sonorità grevi e dilatate sembra essere diventata una droga che scatena i sensi piacevolmente in qualsiasi parte del nostro pianeta.
Di questa nuova ondata di seguaci dediti a musica che fa dello stoner, della psichedelia e dell’anthem doomico i propri vessilli fanno parte anche i Talbot.
Il duo estone, formatosi nel 2003, ci mette un po’ a carburare dando vita al primo ep “Tundra” solo cinque anni più tardi, seguito dal singolo “Combat Zen Speech” che ricoprirà il ruolo d’apripista per l’uscita del full “Eos”.
Vi troverete a fronteggiare un platter caratteristicamente richiamante Electric Wizard, Sleep, i nostrani Ufomammut e infarcito di una psichedelia acido spaziale intensa, un po’ come se avessero frullato Hawkwind e Pink Floyd dando come colpo di grazia una bella shakerata violenta.
Quasi quarantacinque minuti che vanno offrendoci con lo scorrere dei brani dai classici passaggi scuri e massicci a vere e proprie oasi di calma e relax dove la mente è libera di vagare. Non vi è una traccia che domini sulle altre, questo perché il disco è stato elaborato in modo che le canzoni più lunghe come “Cayanne” e “Combat Zen Speech” sfruttino al meglio gli assist che gli episodi più brevi posti a ponte forniscono sin dalla iniziale “Threshold” o la titletrack “Eos”, si viene così a creare un effetto armonico a livello sensoriale, questo fa sì che l’ascolto sia fluido e aggraziato anche quando le pachidermiche impronte dai tratti stoner evidenti s’impongono.
Per essere una release autoprodotta i ragazzi han realizzato un gran bel lavoro, sia dal punto di vista esecutivo dove Magnus Andre (basso, voce e synth) e Jarmo Nuutre (batteria, programming e voce) si gestiscono e coadiuvano egregiamente, sia per quanto riguarda il suono che pulito e bilanciato dona risalto soprattutto alle corde del basso che più e più volte incantano divenendo spesso e volentieri uno dei punti focali d’attrazione, merito anche questo che rimane in casa visto che della registrazione e del missaggio se n’è occupato lo stesso Andre.
Come bravi artigiani hanno modellato fase dopo fase la creatura, il risultato che n’è venuto fuori è “Eos”, una marmitta che ribolle colma di buona musica pronta a farsi gustare dagli appassionati del genere o da chiunque abbia bisogno di fuggire dalla terra cercando riparo in spazi sconfinati in cui perdersi, lasciando ad altri comuni mortali la noia della normalità statica.

Link: http://aristocraziawebzine.blogspot.com/2010/06/talbot-eos.html

Review on Monty’s Free Music (UK) – Talbot “EOS” 2010

Here’s another mighty slab of doom from Estonian 2-piece Talbot. This is their first full-length release, and it certainly shows they can keep up the doom for much longer than demonstrated on their previous Tundra EP (which I posted just over a year ago). I liked Tundra so much I bought the CD-R version off the band, which features remixes of 2 tracks not found on the download only version. EOS is even better than Tundra, plenty of monolithic heaviness and also some nice psychedelic interludes. Well worth a listen so go download it!

Link: http://montysfreemusic.blogspot.com/2010/05/talbot-eos.html

Review on “Andynmusapalsta” (Finland) – Talbot “EOS” 2010

Andy wrote us and sent the proper English version. Kiitos!

Here it goes:

Our Southern neighour Estonia has been a bit on the losing side to Latvia on the topic of post metal music because of the excellent work of Tesa and SoundArcade. The duo from Tallinn, Talbot, is fighting back with a small line-up, but with a big sound.

My first touch to Talbot’s music was the EP Tundra about a year ago. The stoner rock it contained didn’t impress me much. On their new album EOS, the band has changed to a heavier gear. The doom riffs are crunchy and the growling low. There’s also some melodies and atmospheric stuff with a very personal sound.

Listening to Talbot, you wouldn’t believe it’s just two guys in the band – drums, bass, growling, clean vocals and synths and samplers filling up the sound. I haven’t seen them live or even seen live videos but – according to rumours – Talbot follows the model of Russian Circles, trying to bring all the album elements into their live sound without a backing track or additional musicians.

You can download EOS free from the Talbot website

Link: http://andynmusapalsta.livejournal.com/86481.html

Finnish version:

Etelänaapurimme Viro on ollut pahasti alakynnessä naapurimaalleen Latvialle post metal -musiikin tuotannossa Tesan ja SoundArcaden mainioiden tuotosten vuoksi. Tallinnalaisduo Talbot kuitenkin pistää kampoihin pienellä kokoonpanolla, mutta suurella saundilla.

Ensikosketus Talbotin musiikkiin oli Tundra -EP joskus reilu vuosi sitten. Sen sisältämä stoner rock ei tehnyt oikein vaikutusta. Uudella EOS-albumillaan bändi on kuitenkin vaihtanut pykälää raskaampaan. Doom-riffit ovat rouheita ja mörinä matalaa. Mukana on myös toki melodioita ja tunnelmointia erittäin omaleimaisella saundilla.

Talbotia kuunnellessa ei helposti uskoisi, että bändissä on tosiaan vain kaksi miestä – rummut, basso, mörinä, puhdas laulu sekä syntikoita ja samplereita täydentämässä sointia. En ole nähnyt yhtyettä livenä tai nähnyt edes mitään livevideoita, mutta huhujen mukaan Talbot seuraa Russian Circlesin mallia pyrkien tuomaan livesaundiin kaikki levylle tehdyt elementit ilman taustanauhoja tai lisäsoittajia.

EOS on ladattavissa ilmaiseksi Talbotin nettisivuilta

Link: http://andynmusapalsta.livejournal.com/86481.html

Review on “Mortem Zine” (Czech Republic) – Talbot “EOS” 2010

Google translation from Czech to English:

Today a pleasant evening with a touch of tragedy is the right time for writing. Not that I’d somehow planned, and then waited for the right moment, rather I am again confused dates and behold, it occurred to me appropriate, in a bizarre situation sukýnce. Apparently he’s now rated recording deserved, or rather its own sequence of events zaonačila benefit her. But I do not know and do not intend to dissect the fate or chance. What I do know with relatively great accuracy (bordering on absolute certainty) is that we have lived to see the East as a nice surprise debut album Estonian TALBOT. A bit unexpected mix of sludge, stoner and drone Doom with psychedelic elements he has been on the first reading of a rather strange mixture.And if I were a sign that it’s a nice move, you would have under this strange musical could imagine something refined either insane, or a total concoction. Then lift the skirt with me, which I mentioned at the beginning and look into the secret hiding boxes and the Estonian duo. Since 2003, when the band saw the light of the world, has produced only one EP, perhaps because it is new, ultimately, a little sweeter.

Two years of continuous work on the album “EOS” is characterized by a relatively specific structure and a hint. For more than forty minutes, the duo of Andre + Nuutre create a pleasant blend of doom metal inspired styles. Classic features and processes of individual minor genres modify and major modifications and experiments, diffusion of the above factors, their mutual contrast and gradation. It is not about brawling affair ears. Rather, one has the feeling that the individual components of a mingle party like honey and butter. Even in parts of the songs quite fiercely when the atmosphere is imminent, the emerging theme appears. The onset of an attack is somewhat tedious and beautifully, on the other hand, expand their own range of colors and shades absent. This is one of the main tasks bass lines, which effectively replaced by the lead guitar work. Gradation and extreme bolestnost gain musical inertia, which forces the tone quite a bit while still vibrate listener’s head that quickly faded into a drone táhlých areas with almost hallucinogenic samples and other psycho combinations. What are these levels zvířených music, I do not recall a single name – Nadja. ”EOS” is sometimes getting to a stage where much is reminiscent of the legendary Canadian project. This evocation of the style but not only games, but mostly the atmosphere. Few things so protočí human stomach, almost as if the “acid” with absolutely painful passage ozvěnovitostí enters the scene, calm and pool area with music and cool completely conciliatory atmosphere, which acted suspiciously and calmly. That would be the lull before the storm? Cloumavost moods and feelings are quite strong guide to listening. As I have indicated, with no qualms about musicians and music will grip the stomach places so that it’s very nice zabublá. The recording has some tíživostí, disgust, absence, confusion, hopelessness and madness while some situations. When the atmosphere is intensifying, but the listener does not get over the problem to a different beat. At least me personally výkyvovitost virtually certain to mind. I so do not listen to nejstravitelnějšímu – board has had only about forty three minutes, however, it is necessary to estimate the right mood and taste mainly to listen. The entire recording of me most of my secrets was only released after several listening and I still have in this music and what to look for something new to discover.Moreover, everything makes for a pleasant bonus. This is clearly an opportunity to taste the recording almost immediately and completely legal to myspace band, which is free to download.
There is no need to tediously read that the first long-playing achievement of this experimental band took me to see him play, and a pleasant feeling and swing. In doing so, yet is almost unknown group of the world from which few people would have expected the music of this nature. If you’ve said above mix and has a pleasant impression on you, he would not escape TALBOT your eyesight. Personally, I think the hype now and the future deserves.

Link: http://www.mortemzine.net/show.php?id=2084

Czech version:

Dnešní příjemný večer s nádechem tragédie je tou pravou chvílí pro psaní. Ne, že bych to tedy nějak plánoval a čekal na vhodnou chvíli, spíše jsem si opět popletl termíny a hle, nastala mi vhodná situace v bizarní sukýnce. Zřejmě si to dnes hodnocená nahrávka zasloužila, či spíše sama sled událostí zaonačila ku prospěchu svému. Ale já nevím a nehodlám pitvat osud nebo náhodu. Co ale vím s poměrně velikou přesností (hraničící s naprostou jistotou) je fakt, že jsme se z východu dočkali milého překvapení v podobě debutního alba estonských TALBOT. Trošku nečekaná směsice sludge, stoner a drone doomu s psychedelickými prvky působí už na první přečtení jako poměrně zvláštní směs. A kdybych byl nenaznačil, že je to příjemný tah, člověk by si pod touto divnou škatulí mohl představit buďto něco vytříbeně šíleného, nebo naprostou slátaninu. Nadzvedněte tedy se mnou tu sukýnku, kterou jsem zmínil v úvodu a podívejme se do tajných krabic a skrýší této estonské dvojice. Od roku 2003, kdy kapela spatřila světlo světa, vyprodukovala pouze jediné EP, možná i proto je novinka v konečném důsledku o něco sladší. Dva roky trvající práce na albu „„EOS““ se vyznačuje poměrně zvláštní strukturou a nádechem. Na více než čtyřiceti minutách totiž duo Andre + Nuutre vytvořilo příjemnou směs doom metalem inspirovaných žánrů. Klasické rysy a postupy jednotlivých žánrů modifikují drobné i větší úpravy a experimenty, prolínání výše uvedených faktorů, jejich gradace a vzájemný kontrast. Nejde přitom o uši rvoucí záležitost. Spíše má člověk pocit, že se jednotlivé složky a party prolínají jako med s máslem. I v poměrně vyhrocených částech skladeb, kdy je atmosféra na spadnutí, se objeví nastupující motiv. Tento nástup je poněkud úderný a krásně otupující, na druhou stranu rozbalí svou vlastní škálu barev a odstínů nepřítomna. To je jedna z hlavních úloh basové linky, která efektivně nahrazuje práci hlavní kytary. Gradace i extrémní bolestnost tak získávají na hudební setrvačnosti, která donutí tóny ještě notnou chvíli vibrovat posluchačovou hlavou, aby se záhy vytratila do drone táhlých ploch s téměř halucinogenními samply a dalšími psycho kombinacemi. Co se těchto zvířených hladin hudby týče, nedá mi to nevzpomenout jedno jméno – Nadja. „EOS“ se místy dostává do fází, kdy výrazně připomíná tento kanadský legendární projekt. Tato evokace se však netýká jen stylu hry, ale převážně atmosféry. Málo věcí tak člověku protočí žaludek, jako když po téměř “acid” pasáži s naprosto bolestnou ozvěnovitostí nastoupí na scénu klidná a odtékající hudební plocha s naprosto smířlivou a chladivou atmosférou, která se tváří až podezřele klidně. Že by ticho před bouří? Cloumavost nálad a pocitů je poměrně silným vodítkem k poslechu. Jak jsem již naznačil, muzikanti se vůbec nerozpakují a sevřou vám hudební žaludek místy tak, že to v něm nehezky zabublá. Nahrávka působí jistou tíživostí, odporem, nepřítomností, zmatením, bezvýchodností a zároveň šíleností nějaké situace. Když se atmosféra stupňuje, nemá ovšem posluchač problém přehoupnout se na jinou vlnu. Alespoň mě osobně jistá výkyvovitost prakticky nevadila. I tak poslech nepatří k tomu nejstravitelnějšímu – deska má sice jen zhruba čtyřicet tři minut, nicméně je třeba odhadnout tu pravou náladu a hlavně chuť k poslechu. Celá nahrávka mi většinu svých tajemství vydala teprve až po několikátém poslechu a pořád mám v této hudbě co hledat a co objevovat. Navíc se vše váže k příjemnému bonusu. Tím je jednoznačně možnost ochutnat nahrávku téměř okamžitě a to zcela legálně na myspace kapely, kde je zdarma ke stažení. Není třeba zdlouhavě vykládat, že první dlouhohrající počin této experimentální formace mne zaujal jak svou hrou, tak i příjemným feelingem a rozmachem. Přitom se zatím jedná o téměř neznámou skupinu z části světa, od níž by málokdo čekal hudbu tohoto rázu. Pokud vám něco výše zmíněný mix říká a působí na vás sympatickým dojmem, určitě by TALBOT neměli uniknout vašemu zraku. Osobně si myslím, že si tuto pozornost nyní i do budoucna zaslouží.

Link: http://www.mortemzine.net/show.php?id=2084

Review on “Kiwi-Dodo” (Germany) – Talbot “EOS” 2010

Doom-Duo from Tallinn Estonia. I got this link directly from the band. EOS is the band’s first full album after releasing an EP ‘Tundra’ in 2009. Both EP and album are free to download from Talbot’s website. Very nice doom metal with great growls and atmospheric scapes in the veins of Neurosis. Incredible because it comes only from two guys. Hope they do a show here in Berlin soon because I wanna see these guys live. They will tour intensively through Europe in 2010.

Link: http://kiwi-dodo.blogspot.com/2010/03/talbot-eos-2010.html

Review on “Metalnews.de” (Austria) – Talbot “EOS” 2010

Google translation from German to English:

“Wooo … stopped!”

I find it surprisingly difficult to really determine why it has done just the small Estonian Stoner / Doom scene, to inspire me in recent months, with such fundamentally different plates. Most likely it seems to have found in the almost insolent freshness and openness to taste each of these experiments consolidated Acts a little Audiooase. In the ring of the select few who already have at least one full album, can now also recently interviewed on these pages are TALBOT, which with “EOS” as usual to publish two versions: a downloadable Zip file and a physical, exceptionally well-designed CD-version, which is worth every cent. But how can the seven pieces included here to keep up with that first impression? Can they strengthen it even permanently?

Most evident in the leap down from all directions radiating sound cellar monster, to be divided strictly focused songs with structures, one murderous in the stomach and the pounding tone in parts probably stampeding Drive, which has banned a band from Eesti ever on tape. Imagine as approximate indication ELECTRIC WIZARD without guitars. The very first proper track, “Cayenne” shows how great they both get it sorted out, let out without too much Gekünstel the Rocksau. The reverb will be with each song while growing at a track, but takes only been to known, previously published as “Zen Combat Speech” is really the upper hand – which also fits very well this chunk. In between are periodically large, vibrant reef cannon balls spewed from the speakers, which let the seismograph dance immediately. Listen to only the times actually conceived as an intermediate “The Van Of Pleasant Living on … Geil, o mat!

In short: Lend “EOS” both ears. Furthermore, are you well advised to learn this [Nat] elemental force at a future show this zweistirnigen giant in his own body, because as soon one forgets what one floods the ears here, certainly not!

5,5/7
Link: http://www.metalnews.de/?metalid=05&action=show&cdid=4505

German version:

“Wooo… STEHEN GEBLIEBEN!”
Mir fällt es überraschend schwer, so richtig determinieren zu können, warum es ausgerechnet die kleine estnische Stoner/Doom-Szene geschafft hat, mich in den letzten Monaten mit so von Grund auf verschiedenen Platten begeistern zu können. Am wahrscheinlichsten scheint es aber, in der fast schon frechen Frische sowie Offenheit zu geschmacklich gefestigten Experimenten jedes dieser Acts eine kleine Audiooase gefunden zu haben. In den Ring der wenigen Auserwählten, welche schon über mindestens ein vollwertiges Album verfügen, können sich nun auch die erst kürzlich auf diesen Seiten befragten TALBOT zählen, welche mit “EOS” wie gewohnt zwei Versionen veröffentlichen: Eine downloadbare Zip-Datei und eine physische, außerordentlich schön gestaltete CD-Fassung, die jeden Cent wert ist. Doch wie sehr können die sieben hier enthaltenen Stücke mit diesem Ersteindruck mithalten? Können diese ihn sogar auf Dauer festigen? Am evidentesten fiel der Sprung von in alle Himmelsrichtungen strahlende Klangkellermonster hin zu konzentrierten Songs mit streng einteilbaren Strukturen, einem mörderisch in der Magengrube wummernden Grundton sowie dem streckenweise wahrscheinlich zerstampfendsten Drive, den eine Band aus Eesti jemals auf Tonband gebannt hat. Man stelle sich als ungefähren Anhaltspunkt ELECTRIC WIZARD ohne Gitarren vor. Allein schon der erste richtige Track “Cayenne” zeigt auf, wie großartig es die Beiden auf die Reihe kriegen, ohne allzu viel Gekünstel die Rocksau rauszulassen. Der Reverb wird dann mit jedem weiteren Song zwar immer um eine Spur stärker, übernimmt aber erst schon im bereits bekannten, weil bereits vorher veröffentlichten “Combat Zen Speech” wirklich die Überhand – was auch diesem Brocken ungemein gut passt. Dazwischen werden in regelmäßigen Abständen große, vibrierende Riff-Kanonenkugeln aus den Lautsprechern gespuckt, welche den Seismographen sofort tanzen lassen. Hört euch doch nur mal das eigentlich als Zwischenstück konzipierte “The Van Of Pleasant Living” an… Geil-o-mat! Kurz: Leiht “EOS” beide Ohren. Des Weiteren seid ihr bestens beraten, diese [Nat-]Urgewalt auf einer der nächsten Shows dieses zweistirnigen Giganten am eigenen Leib zu erfahren, denn so schnell vergisst man das, was einem hier die Ohren flutet, sicher nicht!

5,5/7
Link: http://www.metalnews.de/?metalid=05&action=show&cdid=4505

Review on “Hellbound” (Canada) – Talbot “EOS” 2010

By Kyle Harcott

The songs on EOS, the debut longplayer from Estonia’s two-man Talbot ululate with the great howling echoes of a primeval, wounded lusus naturae, but also with the ethereal cries of something not-of-this-world. The album captures the very pitch-black essence of both light-year-eternal black-hole nothingness, but also two-hundred-leagues-deep earthen sludge.

At times vaguely reminiscent of great thud-bands-past like Fudge Tunnel (that is, if FT‘s records could be played at 16RPM), Talbot’s resiny bludgeon is tempered with a space-rock feel that almost recalls a slightly more malevolent Mogwai – in those brief moments when its not trying to club you down into the earth.

“Cayenne” is this great marrow-sucking behemoth, a seven-minute sonic horned beast that lives in deep, dark woods, probably the kind that grinds the bones of passersby to make its bread. While “Observer X” reeks of desolate lost-in-space malice, the kind of music Giger’s Alien would be fond of drippily stalking oh-so-lost prey to. But the pièce de résistance has to be “Combat Zen Speech”, a great yawning abyss of as above/so below; the song takes you on an otherworldly journey into the æether, then threatens to abandon you there.

Let me be the first to rejoice that EOS, for god’s sake, is an album – the kind of recording that desperately needs to be heard en su totalidad for it to have the intended effect, a lost art in these short-attention-span days of bands just slamming a bunch of tracks together and calling it an album, resulting in the listener just skipping to the next mp3 on shuffle. The shorter songs here act as necessary bridges between the epochal centerpiece tracks, so if you’re going to bother, you’d better be in it for the long haul.

Desperately trying to come up with something familiar to liken EOS to, I found the only simile that came close was the short film Powers of Ten. If you haven’t seen it, YouTube it sometime – it’s a film that depicts the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten, by moving the view away from the Earth in increments of 10, first 10², then 10³, out to about the twenty-fourth power. But then the film reverses, taking the viewpoint back to the planet and into it – down to sub-micron-level. Listening to Talbot is like that – like having your body hurtled into farthest godforsaken space, and then having it violently sucked back in, smashed down into the Earth to molecular level. There is no other description I can provide that would do the album justice. EOS is vast in scope and not to be taken lightly.

(Self-Released)

Link: http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/04/talbot-eos/

Review on “Doommantia” (USA) – Talbot “EOS” 2010

This a great album made by Magnus Andre on bass guitar, keys and vocals and Jarmo Nuutre on drums, programming and vocals which makes up a doom duo from Estonia. Very original within the context of doom metal, they have created something that should appeal to many types of doom metal fans out there. From Electric Wizard sounds to Sleep, Om, Zoroaster to sounds normally found on albums by Moss, Minsk and Kodiak. They have a psychedelic, space rock edge to their music that sets them apart from a lot of other bands especially with the vocals that range from the clean which come from Andre and guttural growls made by drummer Jarmo Nuutre. The band has already completed some tours and played at some big festivals including Estonia’s biggest indie-festival “Plink-Plonk”. From the intro “Threshold” which leads nicely into the crushing “Cayenne”, the band have a extremely damaging sound for a duo but they are also very multi-dimensional. Check out the track “Observer X”, from space rock swirling sounds to some monolithic doom laden riffing, the song crosses over many heavy styles in its 8 minutes. The combination of melodic vocal styles and some grim, horror filled growls blends incredibly well adding to the other-worldly vibe of the track. Such originality is hard to find within the confines of a doom band so this makes this a unique doom metal experience. Songs flow into each other such as when “Observer X” moves into the title track, the change is hardly noticeable. In “Eos”, the band switches in a mood that could be compared to the band “Tool”, progressive, ambient and dramatic. Special mention must go to the bass playing which is excellent, always moving and becoming the main focus to a lot of their songs. “Combat Zen Speech” is a track that was released as a single and its also featured here, not surprising being such a monumental track. It builds from a throbbing bass line to a floating, ambient space, doom rock dirge providing a cosmic vibe. Driven by subtle but ever changing bass lines and rolling drum passages, it is the highpoint of the album. The last three minutes of the track feature some truly earth-shaking low notes but at the same time, the band doesn’t depend on simply down-tuning for heaviness sake. The heaviness comes from the moods created by the songs themselves so they unique from that point of view. “The Van Of Pleasant Living” has a Pink Floyd spaced out vibe at first before another sonic slab of thumping doom riffage is unleashed which leads into the final track “Coach”. This is one of the darkest, most apocalyptic tracks on the album and also one of the best cuts on this monster. It again has a spacey, cosmic vibe coming from the keys with growling vocals that sound haunting, menacing and slightly evil. There is great, swirling bass notes that gyrate the eardrums along with a middle section where the band hits the gas into a mid-tempo intensity, great stuff. For a DIY release, this is very professionally done, very well played and produced. There is also a strong emphasis on song craftsmanship so they have created something that can be listened to over and over again as you can hear something different each time you give it a spin. Its experimental but they don’t lose track of what makes a good piece of music, its spacey but without sounding like another Hawkwind/Pink Floyd copy cat band. Nothing is recycled here, its just a solid album from a what i know is a fairly underground band outside of their home. Ambient, experimental, psychedelic, doom, stoner, space rock and sludge all rolled into one seamless package, the album is available from their websites. I suggest everyone check them out.

9/10
Link: http://www.doommantia.com/2010/03/talbot-eos.html

Review on “I Wanna Rock You Baby” (Hungary) – Talbot “EOS” 2010

Google translation from Hungarian to English:

This year, the Tallinn Talbot, drum and bass album orchestrated végighallgatva man wonders, however, that the deep operating bálnaszívhangokkal négyhúroson, and almost tribal drums producing rigmusokat is also necessary to have different musical instruments in rock music?The duo’s creativity and great silhouette, praises to the question whether it is peace of mind vághatnánk gender. The Estonians hypnotic game is very easy to belemerengeni. If you do not think Eost listen to or watch them live on 30 March in Szeged Garaboncziásban! TalbotŰrje.

Link: http://csakbennhajogerendazatto.freeblog.hu/archives/2010/03/26/Talbot_-_Eos_Psych-Drone-Doom/

Hungarian version:

A tallini Talbot idei, dobra és basszusra hangszerelt lemezét végighallgatva az ember eltöpreng azon, hogy az öblös bálnaszívhangokkal operáló négyhúroson, és a szinte törzsi rigmusokat produkáló dobokon kívül szükség van-e még más hangszerre is a rockzenében? A duó ötletességét és remek vonalvezetését dícséri, hogy a kérdésre akár nyugodt szívvel rá is vághatnánk a nemet. Az észtek hipnotikus játékába ugyanis nagyon könnyű belemerengeni. Ha nem hiszed, hallgasd meg az Eost; vagy nézd meg őket március 30-án élőben Szegeden a Garaboncziásban! TalbotŰrje.

Link: http://csakbennhajogerendazatto.freeblog.hu/archives/2010/03/26/Talbot_-_Eos_Psych-Drone-Doom/