Rad crust band, these three releases are one big story. Following the narrative the owsla abandon their god. It started life as a cellodriven crust band, yet after various lineup changes, they focused on creating their own sound, mixing elements of postmetal, sludge, crust and postrock, taking influence from bands such as neurosis, godspeed you. So what im giving you here amounts to their whole discography. For all those who asked, our label alerta antifascista records official has reuploaded our albums to spotify. In the book, efrafa is a fascistic warren, where women are oppressed and lives are subdued by a dictatorship. Las canciones son epicas, pesadas, con musica melancolica, teniendo influencia de post rock, post metal, ambient black metal.
You may think the music most fitting a story of english rabbits fleeing their warren across a countryside under threat would be fairport conventionstyle folkrock, or worse, earnest acoustic strumming. Intro pity the weak a soul to bear lament last but not least the fall of efrafa no longer human bonus track download. Fall of efrafa was a concept band formed in brighton, united kingdom, in 2005. First off is this album, owsla meaning warrior or defender, which creates the backbone of a narrative. Also for those interested and close by, mikey and alex will be playing diy fest 2019 in nijmegen, on saturday night with morrow, followed by seven shows in europe. This is a blog with music content, feel free to download all that i post here, but please, if you like the band buy the album, or go to a show or buy a tshirt. Comparable to the usual european folkinspired black metal sounds, this is american folkinspired black metal. It was founded by skrillex and cofounded by tim smith, kathryn frazier, and clayton blaha in 2011. Excerpts taken from on receiving news of the war by isaac rosenberg, and watership down by richard adams.
Though some may like the later records better, owsla is a perfect place to start, and about as accessible as fall of efrafa gets. The band has decided that they will only record 3 albums, all linked together in a trilogy, about reimagining of the mythological and political overtones in the book watership down by richard adams. Fall of efrafa elil 2xlpcd the flutes sound a bit off, but the bluegrassamericana tinges of this album are truly unique. I was the vocalist artist in fall of efrafa, a concept emo crustpunk band based around the mythology in watership down and i have had these designs on my hard drive for years. The labels first release was porter robinsons spitfire. But beyond all the concepts and ideas, elil is solid and simple too. Fall of efrafa were a british crust punk band formed in brighton, england in 2005. Fall of efrafa are an epic emotive dbeat crust band from brighton, uk. Close menu 1inch button with the fall of efrafa owsla cover. At this point its probably worth mentioning that the entire lyrical theme and content are the story of watership down, which is very, very cool. At least musically, more blunt, direct and uncomplicated than the bands objectives.
An illustration based upon a sketch i created for my old band fall of efrafa, based upon an interpretation of watership down, depicting hazel, before the black rabbit of inle, awaiting to shed their mortality and join the eternal owsla shirts are printed on gildan heavy cotton shirts. The fall of efrafa are a strange band to pin down, stylistically and conceptually. Midas fall continues to transcend genre boundaries with the menagerie inside. Fall of efrafa owsla lpcd by alerta antifascista records, released 01 september 2006 1. Its really hard to believe that a band could have such a relatively unique voice and be so developed so quickly. Owsla is a music studio album recording by fall of efrafa experimentalpost metalprogressive rock released in 2006 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Fall of efrafa owsla button bands buttons doomrock. The flaws within this record are limited, as fall of efrafa release one of the greatest atmospheric albums ever. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Stricken down by the hand of man efrafa they walk away, tugged at by the memories. Five standard size patches and one long bottom of jacket patch.
And so, the warren of snares trilogy is complete and the uks sadly short lived and now defunct at least according to a farewell show back in october fall of efrafa have a trilogy to their legacy that can be called truly special. All of the fall of efrafa artwork is minimal but fucking awesome which is another reason that the much sought after box set sells for crazy prices online. Inle signals a stylistic change once more for fall of efrafa. Owsla stylized in all caps is an american record label and creative collective. Prince with a thousand enemies taken from watership down by richard adams. Fall of efrafa punk crust patch lot watership down etsy. The record will be released worldwide september 4th, 2015 on cd and digital download formats, as well as a limited edition 180gram vinyl lp in translucent purple with black splatter, with a free album cd and poster inside. Curse the sun for this sight lay strewn upon the ground, can we not offe. The long awaited final chapter of the the warren of snares trilogy, fall of efrafa conclude their mythological tale of an uprising against an oppressive regime, based upon an interpretation of the classic novel watership down by richard adams. We set up this page to collect old photos, artwork and fall of efrafa related projects all in one place.
Starting with 2006s more crusty, d beat based owsla warrior, then the cryptically brilliant post rock of 2007s elil enemy, fall of efrafa with inle. Online shopping from a great selection at digital music store. Fall of efrafa last but not least lyrics musixmatch. The concept of the band is based partly on the political overtones of the book watership down by richard adams. I would advise trying this out, the songs are really long but they are just so energetic and build up to a huge climax you cant help but not like it. Not so with fall of efrafa, whos sound is an explosive mixture. Fall of efrafa biography founded in brighton, uk in 2005 disbanded in 2009 fall of efrafa are an experimentalpost metal band from the united kingdom and to date their music has been heavily influenced by mythological and political overtones in the book watership down by richard adams. Having already changed from a more concise, crustier sound as seen on owsla to the lengthy concoction of crust and postmetal created on elil, inle seems to further focus on the atmospheric qualities that the latter yielded to spellbinding effect.
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