Heavy music deservedly got a rap as being for stoners, losers, and dropouts. So what happens when Sunn 0))) gets a Times spread and Jesu (former grindcore shredder Justin Broadrick) releases Loveless only re-imagined as 100x heavier and maybe better? Can we write off the stereotypes? Probably not, because your favorite metalhead at the gym is probably softly banging to Dope or Static-X. But. Holy smokes man, is there something happening here. One of these drifters put down the Scotchgard and learned a few things outside of the pit.
Jesu’s new Silver EP is enormous. My Bloody Valentine realized a very special and unique thing that has not been understood (to these ears, you know) until now. It’s a simple formula, volume plus emotion, mostly melancholy. And it’s overwhelming. In this case, 10-ton guitars and buzzing bass overdubbed 10,000 times crush and ripple the ground as drums collapse gracefully. Meanwhile, heavenly organ drones, floating synth lines and barely audible vocals waft over top of the grind. Turn this up loud enough and the bottom end completely paralyzes your body while the upper end’s sunset melodies warm the air with a cool breeze. It’s a completely disorienting listen and one of the best kinds – the physical combined with the emotional creates a whole new incredible sensory experience, one that will make the hairs stand up on your neck and fall out. Like watching nuclear warheads detonate, its bone-rattling power can’t be anything but gorgeous.
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