envy - Atheist's Cornea Artist_森田童子 Doji Morita

envy - Atheist's Cornea Artist_森田童子 Doji MoritaDespite its relative brevity (at 43 minuntes it is Envy's shortest album since their early 90s thrash days), Atheist's Cornea is easily the band's most progressive work. Beginning with a punishing pummel, holes of light are gradually punched open to reveal an uncanny series of dynamic, emotionally charged epics. Not only does Atheists Cornea showcase some wholly unexpected new turns for Envy, it also often reaches transcendent heights that could

We could try out every wild idea

In The Blue Light

7" before moving on to airy synth bass arpeggio and pedal steel

Wind & Fire

turned on by Hendrix

Penthouse and FAZE among others

but slowly integrating Jóhannsson's electronic techniques into its landscape

and that those albums changed the history of music worldwide

Japanese post-hardcore legends ENVY have remained a steadfast and dominant force within the country’s boundary-pushing heavy scene and beyond

" as if Michels has to remind us

one of Japan's best arrangers

but this doesn’t mean the man cannot trade in a whole plethora of emotions