Welcome back to Bandcamp Buried Treasure! The band I'm featuring today isn't technically for Buy It Now or Free Download, but they do include a link to a free download to a record or give you the option to shell out one Euro for the album… so yeah, loopholes in my own rules. I made 'em and I'm breaking 'em. Anyway, you know the rules of the article by now:
- I hunt down awesome artists on Bandcamp that have their album up for Buy It Now/Free Download and give them a write up. I'm not explicitly telling you to download the album for free since I'm a big supporter of buying your music, but I like the option for my readership to be there.
- The goal is to introduce you to smaller bands or obscure side-projects you might not have heard of. Anything to expand your musical horizons by just a little bit each week!
- And of course, for there to be a conversation about similar bands or bands you think I should be covering. I check the comments section!
Like I've been saying, I switched the format up a bit with two new sections, titled "The Basic Idea" and "Why I Love It." The former is a short news-style lead that paints a vivid picture of what you're about to hear to get you interested and help you understand a little why I chose the record, while the latter serves simply as a review piece.
So Omnerod, yeah?
The Basic Idea
Omnerod is just downright strange and isn't afraid to go pretty much anywhere in their music. While they classify themselves as death metal, it's kind of like Frank Zappa saying he's rock and roll. The odd fringes and elongated pathways through the mindset of the collective Omnerod is a surreal journey you'll come out on the other end smiling for have walked it.
Why I Love It
I didn't want to say it so bluntly in the previous section, but Omnerod straight up fucked my mind, y'all. Ivory Dune is an eccentric masterpiece that I'm shocked hasn't gotten more attention than it has… which is to say any at all. Going track by track on this album would be pointless because by the time I said everything I had to say, you could've listened to the album in full by now.
What I will say is their concept of flow and songwriting is through the roof. A lot of bands use interludes between songs as a kind of palette cleanser, but Omnerod realized the potential for them to be used as vehicles and ran with it. Each is crafted like its own separate mini-concerto, grabbing your hand and leading you down the next corridor of sheer madness until you've accepted their new style of heavy as law. Omnerod are insane when it comes right down to it, but man have they crafted something unique with Ivory Dune. It's drone mixed with death metal mixed with all kinds of pseudo avant-garde music, and may ears, along with yours, thank you.
