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IX
Metal / Experimental / Black Metal

		"The slow blade penetrates the shield..." Edinburgh, United Kingdom Profile Views: 11093 Last Login: 8/24/2008
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IX: General Info

Member Since	5/16/2005
Band Website	folding-space.net
Band Members	Guss Mortimer: Vocals/Bass Steve Taylor: Keys/Guitar/Vocals Paul Wilson: Guitar Neil Armitage: Guitar Hamish Macintosh: Drums/Vocals (On Hiatus) Neil Reid: Drums
Influences	Electric Wizard, Sleep, Corrupted, Grief, Neurosis, Isis, Pelican, Mono, Mogwai, Cult Of Luna, Godflesh, Jesu, Swans, Joy Division, Killing Joke, Saint Vitus, Sunn0))), Earth, Asunder, Khanate, Skepticism, Burning Witch, The Melvins, Boris, Cathedral, Mournful Congregation, Weakling, Esoteric, Thorr's Hammer. And, of course, the Dune novels and movie.
Sounds Like	Descriptions from others thusfar have included "Khanate with a tune" and "like a spacier Grief". Slow, heavy, punishing music played on ridiculously downtuned instruments with occasional forays into melody.
Type of Label	None

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About IX

Ix: February 2007

We are Ix, this is what people have said about us:

Mythopoeia (2005 2-track EP)

This demo from Edinburgh's Ix features two songs spanning thirty-two minutes. Droning sludgy doom of the distinctly nasty variety is fragmented by quieter passages of slowly building powerful cresendos. The ebb and flow of the lengthy songs, as well as the quieter sections, prove distinctly reminiscent of post rock, while in their heavier moments Ix can provide monolithic walls of feedback and acerbic screams. Very impressive stuff for such a young band. 4/5 Zero Tolerance Magazine

'Mythopoeia' and 'Stone Burner' are the two tracks on offer from this Isis meets Boris quintet. Over 30-minutes-long, thankfully IX don't fall into the trap of over-repetition and insipidness as a result of atempting the 'epic'. In both cases they create an intense atmosphere that leaves the listener anticipating the overall outcome above impressive cresendos and gutteral growls. Keep your eyes peeled. 7.5/10 Terrorizer Magazine

Ix/Naked Shit (2006 4-track split EP)

IX's aim is to make a slow, ugly racket but in fact their two tracks, though played at a snail's pace, are more haunting and sad than nasty, roughly in the vein of early Finnish doomsters like Skepticism. It's a decent enough take on the formula, but there's work to be done in defining a bit more of a band identity. 5.5/10 Terrorizer Magazine

"The cover artwork for "Split EP" depicts a darkened room, a bright window and a single branch. Like these images, the music is ambiguous. It's doom of the slowest kind, where lyrics are absent and musical themes scant. Without these conventional structures, the four songs wander aimlessly and make the listener feel as though their braincells are drowning in a mire of treacle. It's an interesting effect but it becomes tiresome after the first few minutes - never mind 74. Final song "Silver Machine" is the most interesting, as low-level animalistic screams pierce the drone. Sadly, it's a small flicker of excitement in a soporific soundscape, making this EP a good cure for insomniacs." Rock Sound Magazine

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Bison	Aug 9 2008 4:06 PM
sileni	Jul 19 2008 5:15 PM Irresistible funk vibes collide with thermonuclear trip-hop while dub-step nestles with circuit bent kids' toys....that'll be the NEVERZONE :-)
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Bison	Jun 24 2008 9:40 AM
Sarghuma Incoxis	Mar 12 2008 12:13 PM New EP Paracaídas.
Martin	Feb 3 2008 12:05 PM
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maxi	Jan 28 2008 10:10 PM sleeper is still a fucking belter
mentat	Jan 8 2008 6:32 PM Hola! Acabem de pujar a la nostra pàgina una demo amb quatre cançons noves que anem a incloure en el pròxim LP. Aquest nou disc el grabarem l’ estiu proper. També pots escoltar i descarregar-te des d’ací la cançó ‘Inerte’ del nostre últim treball. Salutacions. ¡Hola! Acabamos de subir una demo con cuatro nuevas canciones que formarán parte de nuestro próximo LP. Comenzaremos a grabar este disco en verano de 2008. También puedes escuchar y descargarte desde esta página la canción ‘Inerte’ de nuestro último trabajo. Un saludo. Hello! We have just uploaded four new songs to our profile (demo versions). They will be included in our next LP, to be recorded during the summer 2008. You can also hear and download the song 'Inerte' from our last album. Greetings.
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mentat	May 25 2007 4:50 PM ¡Hola! Ya puedes descargarte y escuchar en nuestro myspace la nueva demo de la canción “Vestigios de una derrota”. Gracias! Un saludo. Hola! Ja pots descarregar-te i escoltar en el nostre myspace la nova demo de la cançò “Vestigios de una derrota”. Gràcies! Salutacions Hello! Now you can download and listen to the new song “Vestigios de una derrota” (demo version) in our profile. Thanks a lot! Cheers
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sileni	May 8 2007 9:13 PM
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