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Possessing an almost bluesy feel, tracks such as ‘Land Of Some Other Order’ and ‘The Dire and Ever Circling Wolves’ whilst sounding like chapter titles in a Stephen King novel, are nowhere near as skull crushingly intense as Earth’s reputation may have you fearing. Referencing Merle Haggard, Duane Eddy and Roy Buchanan, Earth seem to have hit on a fertile seam, with the overt optimism of the harmonica layered ‘An Inquest Concerning Teeth’ and the bourbon twang of ‘Lens Of Unrectified Night’ testament to their confidence and talent. 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There are at least three in the right hand corner, gathered inexplicably near a white canvas tent, a human possibly perched among its folds. As widescreen and vast as the cover may seem, those little details—the horses, the possible human, the faint wisp of white clouds—give it depth and wonder, something to which the imagination can return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDid you know that the music on Earth 2—repressed now for its 30th anniversary, back in its original artwork, and accompanied by a riveting set of remixes that demonstrate the reach of what Dylan Carlson long ago called “ambient metal”—works much the same way? The surface is massive and obvious, the meat-paw riffs of Carlson and bassist Dave Harwell pounding and swiping and pawing at the speakers, a true bludgeon in three-dimensional sound. 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