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Author:  AmosAnon [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:18 pm ]
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New EP from AmosAnon now available for free download. Darkness from Light. Vocals by Marque Duckmanton, the busker, and music by Peter-James Dries, the beanie guy.


http://amosanon.bandcamp.com/album/darkness-from-light

Author:  AmosAnon [ Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:15 am ]
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AmosAnon have stomped back onto the scene with a new digital release Darkness from Light. This is a dusky album full of hard-hitting rock songs. The tracks are reminiscent of 90’s, with gravelly undertones of metal and grunge.

This is an album that is not to be taken lightly, as the music here treads heavily. With summer on our doorstep the daylight glow surmounts the dusky hours of the night. And if it is this shade of midnight that you pine for AmosAnon have a free release which is a bottle of the hard, cold night. If it is something arduous and something bleak that you are hunting for, then this might be the precise hit you need.

Review for AmosAnon's Darkness from Light.

Spine-chilling vocals are the brooding clouds that loom over this album, literally turning the light into darkness. It is hard to escape the suffocation of the electric guitar. In songs like ‘Reciprocity ’the drumming is incensed through the pounding rhythm. AmosAnon are bold in this effort and there is certitude in this release which is skillful.

It is industrial in its execution, which only makes it all the more rough and hard to swallow. But that is what AmosAnon are trying to get at with Darkness from Light. They challenge the listener, luring them into the depths of the shadows which compose the overcast sky of the album. It is unashamedly bolshie and brazen. There is no room for tenderness here. This is a bitter pill. But if it is the dark of the night you are seeking, then this digital release is worth taking.

http://www.muzic.net.nz/articles/review ... bum-review

Author:  AmosAnon [ Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:40 am ]
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25 Sep 2011 // An interview by Shade

With the dawn of Swampfest in Palmerston North comes the release of AmosAnon’s new EP 'Darkness from Light', and when we say release we mean it in the ‘return to the wild’ sense of the word. You can’t buy AmosAnon’s album from anywhere; you have to find it hidden around the city or even better, legally download it. We talk to AmosAnon’s Peter-James Dries about the album.

Why is this album free?

It’s not just this album. AmosAnon’s music is always free. It gives the torrent freaks something to seed while we wait for this Skynet law to fail. Plus, I’d feel kinda bad charging for the CD. It’s not right when it costs me less than a dollar to make. I mean you get a 50 pack of CDs for ten bucks… That’s like twenty cents for the CD, and it’s like seven cents for the cover, eight cents for the sticky CD label… So I can recover those costs for like 35 cents. And it’s not your fault I bought a second hand guitar and an amp, and I already had a computer, so I’m not trying to recoup those costs at all. So what would I be charging you for? For my service? It’s a hobby not a job. I shouldn’t have to get paid for doing something I enjoy. For the guitar lessons I never took? For my talent? What talent? And what’s the point trying to charge when people will just download it for free if they like it anyway…

What can you tell us about the new album?

Darkness from Light is in the same vain as theLachrymist, as opposed to My Schizophrenic Acoustic, but it’s far from theLachrymist 2. It’s sung in it’s entirety by Palmerston North’s most famous busker, Marque Duckmanton. He was the singer on Kill your Darlings off theLachrymist. You’ll find it’s a lot more accessible than our other releases, but it’s also a lot heavier at the same time. It’s very atmospheric too; like the other releases I experimented with infrasound in the background. Like they used in that movie Paranormal Activity. Stuff you can’t hear, but can feel.

What Artists have inspired you while making this album?

I’d usually say no one inspires me, but this time it’s not entirely true. Marque’s said he’s been drawing on Zakk Wilde and Black Label Society, Rob Zombie, Josh Homme but also people like Nick Cave and Bob Dylan. I’d agree with the Rob Zombie; Venereal came out of me playing Dragula wrong. I’d also say a bit of Marilyn Manson. The obligatory Tool. Chevelle. HLAH. Deja Voodoo and by extension Buckethead. There’s even a bit of Chopin in there.

Will there be any touring for Darkness from Light?

Sure. One day. Supply where there’s demand and all that. But at the moment we’re more like early Nine Inch Nails. I remember reading the press release for 1992’s Broken where it said something like, “Nine Inch Nails is not a real band with real people playing real instruments. There will be no touring for this…” and that really struck a chord. If people want it, I’ll look into rustling up a band. I’ll see how this release goes.

What’s next for the band?

I’m preparing an EP of the lighter stuff that came out of the jam sessions for Darkness from Light, just like the My Schizophrenic Acoustic followed theLachrymist. It’s sounding a lot happier this time around, whereas last time the acoustic stuff was just as dark as the heavy stuff, maybe even darker at times. I’m also wondering about two onlineonly Remix releases for Darkness from Light; a Doom Metal mix in honour of CEOMONG, the music.net.nz reviewer that coined our style Progressive Doom Metal, and an Ambient mix, which will bring the atmospheric surround track to the front, in the style of say Lustmord or NZ’s Seabed.


For those of you that can’t find a copy of Darkness from Light you can download it for free from AmosAnon’s Bandcamp (http://amosanon.bandcamp.com/).

Author:  FallenHero [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:39 am ]
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That was too much to read, so I didn't read it.

Author:  AmosAnon [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:58 pm ]
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fair call

Author:  AmosAnon [ Fri May 24, 2013 6:00 pm ]
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Our new release, Thanatos is out now on the [Amos/Anon] Bandcamp.

http://amosanon.bandcamp.com/album/thanatos-4-1

Author:  AmosAnon [ Mon May 27, 2013 9:41 pm ]
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And the review, in compact form this time so you don't feel obliged to comment on the length of my post.

http://www.muzic.net.nz/articles/review ... bum-review

Author:  AmosAnon [ Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:14 pm ]
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If you've received a physical copy of Thanatos, and wonder why track 4 begins again over track 5, please note that this isn't intentional.

Download the album from the [Amos/Anon] Bandcamp (amosanon.bandcamp.com) if you want to hear the album how it was intended, or if you want a new copy get in touch.

Author:  AmosAnon [ Sun Apr 12, 2015 4:14 pm ]
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New album now available from Bandcamp:
https://amosanon.bandcamp.com/album/anomy

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