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I\u2019m usually pretty good at discovering new music. But every once and a while something really great will fly under the radar. Eventually I wise up and regret taking so long to get on board. But sometimes my late arrival can be a blessing in disguise. Specifically when the band I just discovered has an extensive back catalogue waiting for me to devour.<\/p>\n
This is exactly what happened to me this past spring with Ontario\u2019s Woods of Ypres<\/a>. After reading a review of Woods IV: The Green Album<\/em><\/a>, I got myself a copy and have been obsessed with the album ever since. Seriously \u2013 I can`t stop listening to it. Obviously I was pretty stoked to find out the band had an EP and two other full lengths waiting for me to get my mitts on.<\/p>\n I listen to plenty of black metal and doom, both of which you will clearly hear in Woods of Ypres\u2019 songs. Yet they somehow manage to pull from these and other genres in ways that feel familiar and foreign all at once. You may recognize the sombreness of Type of Negative<\/a> by times, or even a little Acid Bath<\/a> infused sludge surfacing on a track like \u201cSuicide Cargo Load (Drag That Weight)\u201d. Both of which are pluses in my book. However, they also draw from other styles of music that are far from heavy rotation in my house and turn them into songs that I can`t stop playing. Consider my horizons expanded.<\/p>\n Just when I thought I had tracked down everything the band had released to date, I was pleasantly surprised to find out the well was not dry. Two tracks \u2013 \u201cFalling Apart\u201d<\/a> and \u201cYou Were the Light\u201d<\/a> were released as a 7\u201d titled Home<\/em> last year.<\/p>\nLimited Edition Home 7″<\/h3>\n