Last year The Howling Eye helped us wander through the galaxy and see both dark and beautiful things lurking among the stars with their debut EP "Dying Sun". Now the Polish cosmonauts are ready to take us on another journey through the fringes of space with their new album "Sonorous". Twisting off in even more wild and dazzling directions than before, Sonorous showcases a variety of tunes spanning psychedelic stoner, pensive post-metal, bright and hazy doom, and more. The album kicks off with "Kairos" whose first half bangs out a tantalizing stoner jam before cosmic radiation turns it into the kind of funk that you just can't fake! Afterwards "Stranded" comes blasting out the gates heavy and hard before losing steam and setting you to drift aimlessly among quiet trippy tones. Out there you can start to explore some moody post-metal styles on "Reflections" before crashing into "The Potion" which returns to some more terrestrial sounding stoner-doom with another chunk of funk and even a dash of surf rock thrown in. It closes on the 16-minute "Weedblazer" which burns through stoner rock territory with a wicked groove, then goes dipping into the darkness before ending in a smoky, forlorn corner of the universe. Compared to last year's fuzzed up Dying Sun, Sonorous strays much further from its stoner-doom source to offer a more vivid, varied, and far-reaching tour of the stars - and that ain't a bad thing! Just turn the volume up and let The Howling Eye take you space trucking in whatever direction they want to take you! -Brandon
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