JULY
-*SHELS
-SEA OF THE DYING DHOW
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Undergroove Records-Post Rock / Post Metal
-USA
http://www.rockline.it/images/reviews/shels_sea.jpg"Sea of the Dying Dhow" is the debut-album of
*shels (or
Shels, as they're found on some websites), a california-based collective of seven musicians led by Mehdi Safa, previously a member of the post-hc act
Mahumodo. Now he's come back with a brand new line-up and an explosive record: *shels' first album dwells in the muddy lands of the
post-metal subgenre; nonetheless, it is not nearly as heavy or obscure as the records from this style's godfathers,
Neurosis - Shels better resemble a softer, more disperse version of modern
Isis: tight Sludge riffing and unpredictable Post-Rock structures are mixed with a tremendous amount of (Dark) Ambient and Acoustic influences that frequently interrupt the flow of rocking electric guitars with the introduction of mellow moments and sombre atmospheres…