"Quicksand's heavy metal is distinguished not by their hooks but by their precision -- they grind their riffs into the ground, never alleviating their intensity. 'Manic Compression' isn't as murky as their major-label debut and it contains tighter, better-constructed songs, all of which makes their deliberate lack of melody excusable. Then again, the point isn't melody -- Quicksand is about sheer sound, in all of its distorted glory. If you like that sound, the album delivers the goods." -- Stephen Thomas...   [ read more ]

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'A somewhat mysterious producer from Berlin, Germany, Ulrich Schnauss debuted under his own name in 2001 with Far Away Trains Passing By. Released by City Centre Offices, the album seemingly came from nowhere and wound up on several journalists' year-end favorites lists, impressing many with a beguiling level of charm that referenced the shimmer of the Cocteau Twins and the beat mining of the Black Dog. 2003's A Strangely Isolated Place, which was much closer to shoegaze than U.K. techno, was followed in ...   [ read more ]

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Legendary album. Quicksand forges a dense, metallic grind that sounds like a more streamlined version of Fugazi. The band's debut, "Slip," relies more on metal than punk, but that makes the music all the more effective -- the group's attempts at punky fury simply aren't as strong as their brutal, gut-level heavy riff-rockers. Vocalist Walter Schreifels spews out enough angst-ridden lyrics, but what is important is how his voice fits into the dense wall of sound. Quicksand's music is about powerful anger, ...   [ read more ]

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