It's Cave in Week @ the bloody glove this week...

Why Not Kick off Cave In Week with a SUPER HEAVY Hydra Head Classic... 

Zozobra

"Bird of Prey"

Hydra Head

2008

 This is Caleb Scofield's (Cave In, Old Man Gloom) second release under the moniker, Zozobra, entitled "Bird of Prey".  For the sophomore effort Caleb enlisted Isis' Aaron Turner for the recording and mixing,  not only that...Aaron Turner also plays drums on "Bird Of Prey." Zozobra uses doom, psychedelic, sludge and traditional metal to construct songs that are noisy and groovy. The low end rumbles as downtuned guitars deliver ominous riffs.
 Zozobra changes things up, with some songs being reasonably straightforward and others much more progressive and experimental. Layers of instruments build into a cacophony that's crushing without being overwhelming.
 Scofield's vocals range from vicious screams and violent yells reminiscent actually of Stephen Brodsky's vocal style on Cave In's 1998 Classic -- "Until Your Heart Stops", and also one the of the raddest things about this record is that Stephen Brodsky (Cave In, Kid Kilowatt, Stephen Brodsky) lends his voice for some of the actual singing parts that are much darker than what you'd here on most of his recent material.  It's the passion and emotion in Caleb's very powerful voice though that makes "Bird Of Prey" the Hydra head classic it is!  It is incredibly well produced, constructed, and when the 30 something minute record comes to a close, just like the end of Floor's "S/T" lp... you wish there were a couple more songs.  

--D. Barski

Track Listing

1. Emanate
2. Heavy With Shadows
3. Treacherous
4. Heartless Enemy
5. Big Needles
6. Sharks That Circle
7. In Jetstreams  free mp3 link

8. Laser Eyes

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