Album Review: Black Lodge Sounds - 'Demo 2007'

9 November 2007 | 4:42 pm | Staff Writer
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Experimental is definitely the word for this...

In a day and age where every band

is desperately scrambling to sound like everyone else, it's refreshing

to hear a group who obviously don't give two shits about what's cool

at the moment. Enter Melbourne's “Black Lodge Sounds” who have managed

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to fuse the guitar  acrobatics of Converge with rapid fire double

bass runs and the rock n roll swagger of Every Time I Die. 


On paper that might sound a little

strange, but what you'll get within a BLS song is a three minute blast

of fretboard wankery that will have every wannabe MySpace shredder green

with envy, double bass playing that'll make Tiger Army fans take notice

and a drummer who is somehow able to keep the whole thing together. 


While all the members of BLS are

clearly talented musicians they are smart enough to know that a song

still needs a hook. So while you may be blown away by the musicianship

that's on display on this 3 track demo I find it more impressive that

the songs are so memorable and dare I say it... catchy?!


This is easily one of the most

impressive demo CD's I've heard in 2007, so do yourself a favour and

go watch the band pull these tunes off live!


  1. Standing In Lines
  2. 3:AM
  3. We Are The Fight