Author Topic: Effloresce: Opeth-esque with female vocals (Read 8283 times)

contest_sanity · « **on:** January 12, 2011, 01:09:22 AM »

For anybody who downloaded the free Mike Portnoy tribute album that was posted a little while ago, I am really getting into the band Effloresce, which had a couple of songs on there. Their stuff just came up randomly on my itunes and I was like "what is this pretty cool prog metal?" I checked and saw it was from the MP tribute. My next thought was, "I wonder how long before some awful vocals come in and ruin it?" Then this beautiful female vocal begins, and I am intrigued. Then, imagine my further shock when, a couple minutes later, this same vocalist begins growling savagely. And then shifting immediately back to clean vox. Repeat this sequence a few more times.

WOW!

Admittedly, I don't listen to a heck of a lot of growling music, so maybe there are plenty of female growlers out there. I was, however, really quite impressed. The thought of a female Opeth even ran through my mind during a couple of passages, but I'm no Opeth expert so that may be a completely worthless comparison.

If you'd like to check out Effloresce, the MP tribute looks like it's still available at https://www.spaceprog.com/

For a sampling of the growls, listen to "Sear" at 4:07 or "Sunset in the Snowdome" at 4:50. I like the growling section in the first one better but the songs are about equal. Right now they only have a 3 song EP available, but they're supposedly working on a full length release. Not much by way of youtube, but here's their myspace for "Sunset" --

https://www.myspace.com/effloresceonline

yeshaberto · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2011, 01:30:20 AM »

hmmm, listening right now. hard to imagine a female growl, but I am waiting for that section. but i really like the instrumenal so far

contest_sanity · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2011, 01:37:09 AM »

I didn't think it was the same person at first, but it is. And I was amazed at how quickly she switched between the two and did it well. Talking about "Sear" BTW.

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2011, 01:48:20 AM »

Quote from: yeshua4 on January 12, 2011, 01:30:20 AM

hard to imagine a female growl

Never heard Arch Enemy?

contest_sanity · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2011, 01:50:46 AM »

Quote from: cthrubuoy on January 12, 2011, 01:48:20 AM

Quote from: yeshua4 on January 12, 2011, 01:30:20 AM
hard to imagine a female growl
Never heard Arch Enemy?

I was doing a little research after I made this topic and saw some bands like Arch Enemy and The Agonist. I figured there were other female growlers out there; I just haven't really heard them.

yeshaberto · « **Reply #5 on:** January 12, 2011, 01:50:58 AM »

heard of, but I guess I've never heard. listening to nemesis right now. are you telling me that is a chick?

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2011, 01:52:34 AM »

I'm telling you it's a hot chick...

contest_sanity · « **Reply #7 on:** January 12, 2011, 02:09:16 AM »

Yes, but what of the band in the OP?

contest_sanity · « **Reply #8 on:** January 12, 2011, 01:35:29 PM »

Giving this thread a "1 more chance" bump since I originally made the thread at four in the morning, and maybe more people might view it now. If not, it will die a reasonably quick death.

Thanks.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 12, 2011, 08:36:07 PM »

I'm a big fan of female growlers! Stolen Babies, The Agonist and Unexpect (a little bit) are good examples. I'll check these guys out!

contest_sanity · « **Reply #10 on:** January 12, 2011, 08:38:20 PM »

Let me know what ya think.

jsem · « **Reply #11 on:** January 13, 2011, 04:45:03 AM »

Quote from: cthrubuoy on January 12, 2011, 01:52:34 AM

I'm telling you it's a hot chick...

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #12 on:** January 13, 2011, 05:06:14 AM »

YtseBitsySpider · « **Reply #13 on:** January 13, 2011, 05:29:56 AM »

I'll check them out.
Thanks for the bump.

Kyo · « **Reply #14 on:** January 24, 2012, 07:24:08 AM »

Major bump as I'd like to keep the Effloresce discussion within this thread rather than in my previous one about Generation Prog Records.

Effloresce have an album coming out on February 10th titled Coma Ghosts:

It was mixed and mastered by metal legend Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Opeth and many more).

1. Crib (8:12)
2. Spectre Pt. 1: Zorya’s Dawn (10:34)
3. Pavement Canvas (8:58 )
4. Undercoat (2:54)
5. Swimming through Deserts (7:11)
6. Shuteye Wanderer (16:31)

Sounds good, right?

Samples of all songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97JxiFjYJts

Full track: Spectre Pt. I - Zorya's Dawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wulLYABlQs

And here's a new video, some studio footage from the Coma Ghosts sessions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0m20kBZyNQ

obscure · « **Reply #15 on:** January 24, 2012, 07:39:46 AM »

thanks

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #16 on:** January 24, 2012, 10:20:00 AM »

Just checked it out. Sounds like a really great mix and master, music didn't grab me though. I liked the Metallica style chug riffs, but I didn't like the progressive aspects, and I wasn't sold on the female vocals.

Just comes down to personal preference though, not anything really wrong with it.

obscure · « **Reply #17 on:** January 24, 2012, 11:23:12 AM »

Holy shit

I love'em..... Thank you!

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #18 on:** January 24, 2012, 01:34:56 PM »

A bump because Dave and Michael are my friends, but more importantly because this album is going to fucking slay

Kyo · « **Reply #19 on:** January 29, 2012, 02:07:09 AM »

Thanks, Barry! And yes, it will!

Here's the next part of "The Making of Coma Ghosts", this time covering vocals and flute. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWyYe8zktOY

Elite · « **Reply #20 on:** January 31, 2012, 09:23:40 AM »

I got into them through the sampler of the New Generation of Prog festival. Great song that was on there, this band is cool.

Kyo · « **Reply #21 on:** February 05, 2012, 11:38:27 AM »

Hi everyone,

the wait is over, we've finally launched our little online store and we're already taking orders for the new Effloresce album! We're also offering their earlier EP and the Relocator CD:
https://www.generation-prog.com/?page_id=1172

Other than buying from the band directly, this is the only source for the exclusive special edition of Coma Ghosts:

Another nice feature for the impatient among you is that we're offering a free download of whichever CD you order - just drop us an e-mail after completing your order to request a download link!

Oh, and before I forget - here's the final episode of "The Making of Coma Ghosts" - enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FI1MoGgqC8

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #22 on:** February 06, 2012, 02:06:28 PM »

Ordered my copy of the CD and got my digital download yesterday. Been listening to it ever since.

HIGHLY recommended stuff, especially for fans of Opeth. A couple of times I could have sworn I was listening to Opeth until the vocals came in. And that's not to say that Effloresce is in any way an Opeth clone, because their music definitely has its own identity. Being totally honest, I like this quite a bit more than the early Opeth albums, mostly because I'm really too far into the whole cookie monster vocal thing and it's used very sparingly here, which is a good thing, imho.

This one will definitely be staying in my CD player for a while.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #23 on:** February 10, 2012, 02:28:45 PM »

3 spins into this one and what I think is this is the album that Opeth SHOULD HAVE made instead of Heritage.

If you're someone like me who misses the metal side of Opeth you owe it to yourself to check these guys out.

You can listen to the entire album on their bandcamp page.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #24 on:** February 10, 2012, 02:29:32 PM »

OH, by the way, it's worth mentioning that there is hardly any growling on this album.

Kyo · « **Reply #25 on:** February 14, 2012, 12:25:42 AM »

"Coma Ghosts" was released on Friday - you can view dozens of photos from the gig here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151279900880562.801907.338339790561&type=1

Now that the album is out, we're streaming the full thing on our website (along with our artists' previous releases):
https://www.generation-prog.com/?page_id=238

Digital copies are available from Bandcamp, where you can also easily stream the full albums:
https://effloresce.bandcamp.com
https://relocator.bandcamp.com

If you like what you hear, remember that we're offering the CDs with a free download for the impatient (on request) here:
https://www.generation-prog.com/?page_id=1172

Looking forward to your thoughts on the music now that it's all available!

contest_sanity · « **Reply #26 on:** February 14, 2012, 09:33:24 AM »

If the album doesn't feature a whole lot of growls, should I change the thread title? If so, to what?

Kyo · « **Reply #27 on:** February 14, 2012, 11:36:43 AM »

I'd suggest "for fans of DT, Opeth, female vox".

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #28 on:** February 14, 2012, 03:00:12 PM »

I will be posting a review of this excellent album sometime this weekend.

By the way, I think the vocals are great. I usually don't like female vocalists in the lead vocalist role for an entire album, but there's something about Nicki's style that is just

sublime

aparadoxindeed · « **Reply #29 on:** February 14, 2012, 05:31:49 PM »

These guys do sound very good! Loving the guitar riffs and organ parts...

guitarrero · « **Reply #30 on:** February 21, 2012, 08:15:45 AM »

hey guys! Dave here, one of those guitar dudes of Effloresce. Thanks for all those positive comments so far, people! They finally made me registering in your nice community, hehe

As Kyo already stated a few posts ago you can listen and buy our music now at https://effloresce.bandcamp.com and yeah, comments are highly appreciated of course. So feel free to check out the music!

As for me, i'll check out some other threads here and look around what's going on here at DTF.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #31 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:21:26 AM »

Hey Dave! I was going to do the review this weekend, but I had a little distraction when someone rear-ended me and my wife on the highway Saturday night $:\$ We're OK but my company car got smashed up pretty good.

I will definitely be posting a review soon. I listened to this album again this morning at the gym, followed by your EP

guitarrero · « **Reply #32 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:30:31 AM »

Hey hey! Oh boy, doesn't sound too good with your car, Barry! Sorry for that! At least the two of you are okay... puh.
No hurry with the review, though i'm curious of course, hehe

Glad you seem to enjoy it, highliy appreciated, sir! And guess what my iTunes has been playing a couple of minutes ago? "Rome" by this strange band called... "The Anabasis" i think... know 'em?

Good stuff also, man!

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #33 on:** February 21, 2012, 01:11:52 PM »

I noticed when I played the "Shades of Fate" EP just after your album there is definitely an improvement in the production with the album. Not that EP sounded bad or anything. Quite the contrary. I think it sounded fine. But the album's production is sparkling. I love the guitar tone and the drums sound monstrous. Another thing I noticed on the album is the blast beats sound better/cleaner....more even. When I listened on the headphones there's quite a bit of nuance in there too. Overall a very impressive album. There are some instrumental sections where I would swear I'm listening to Opeth and I don't mean that in a sense that you guys are an Opeth clone, I mean it as a compliment.

guitarrero · « **Reply #34 on:** February 22, 2012, 08:50:38 AM »

wow, what can i say...? Thanks for all the praise, Barry.
And yeah, we liked the sound of our EP, but of course wanted to improve on every level nevertheless and Dan Swanö really provided us with a Killer sound, very very capable and nice guy he is! Just amazing. And obviously people like the sound a lot, so apparently we made a good decision in hiring him for mixing and mastering duties.

News: Fall Into the Light, official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxH4kky6z4

Author Topic: Effloresce: Opeth-esque with female vocals (Read 8283 times)