{"id":94140,"date":"2019-07-29T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=94140"},"modified":"2019-07-29T05:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T10:34:40","slug":"review-falls-of-rauros-patterns-in-mythology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/review-falls-of-rauros-patterns-in-mythology\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Falls of Rauros &#8211; <em>Patterns in Mythology<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ve made it no secret to folks around the bowl that I\u2019ll be moving to Maine soon to pursue colder, more open opportunities and to stalk Stephen King. In honor of relocating from one end of the country to the other, I jumped on the promo for the new <strong>Falls of Rauros<\/strong> album.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The (other) Portland group has always skirted around being something I\u2019d be really into. They\u2019ve got gorgeous, rich cleaner sections full of emotion mixed with awestruck black metal, and to my knowledge there\u2019s never been anything up in the air about whether they might be Nazis. But something always fell short of clicking for me. I adore the opening track on <em>Vigilance Perennial<\/em>, and similarly, <em>Patterns in Mythology<\/em> has a lot of sections and bits I love. These dudes are solid musicians who really know their shit.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1895409917\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gileadmedia.bandcamp.com\/album\/patterns-in-mythology\">Patterns in Mythology by Falls of Rauros<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The brand of beautiful this record begins with is a louder, more sublime feeling than the muted quiet of their previous album. It then dives straight into the pounding black metal of \u201cWeapons of Refusal.\u201d The moments where the beauty stands above the harshness sneak in a lot more often on this record than what I\u2019ve heard before, and stay just long enough to feel appreciated before walking out for a few moments again.<\/p>\n<p>After the nice acoustic break of \u201cRenouvellement,\u201d \u201cLast Empty Tradition\u201d stands out in its triumphant gallop. A lot of the more beautiful moments for me came around in the second half of this record, and the way \u201cMemory at Night\u201d closes out the record is all but perfect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/285627.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94155\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/285627.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/285627.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/285627.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/285627.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/285627.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/285627.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have some mixed feelings about this record. I love the hell out of a lot of moments here, and I\u2019ll definitely be listening to <em>Patterns<\/em> again. But once I\u2019ve gone through it I don\u2019t feel the need to go back and listen to anything again too soon after. I\u2019d recommend <em>Patterns<\/em>, quite highly, even. And I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what these dudes do after, but it\u2019s definitely been a much slower burn to get the full feel for what Falls of Rauros is doing, and an even slower burn to start appreciating it fully.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">4\/5 Toilets ov Hell<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEW_TOILETSCALE_4_of_5.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51603\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEW_TOILETSCALE_4_of_5.jpg?resize=1024%2C234&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEW_TOILETSCALE_4_of_5.jpg?resize=1024%2C234&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEW_TOILETSCALE_4_of_5.jpg?resize=300%2C68&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEW_TOILETSCALE_4_of_5.jpg?resize=768%2C175&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEW_TOILETSCALE_4_of_5.jpg?w=1249&amp;ssl=1 1249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Patterns in Mythology<\/em> is out now digitally as an independent release, or physically through Gilead Media<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-74583\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=1024%2C45&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=1024%2C45&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=300%2C13&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=768%2C34&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=400%2C18&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RvzLuTsv3n\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/riff-raff-podcast-ep-23-feel-like-ass\/\">Riff-Raff Podcast: Ep.22 Feel Like Ass<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/riff-raff-podcast-ep-23-feel-like-ass\/embed\/#?secret=RvzLuTsv3n\" data-secret=\"RvzLuTsv3n\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Riff-Raff Podcast: Ep.22 &lt;i&gt;Feel Like Ass&lt;\/i&gt;&#8221; &#8212; The Toilet Ov Hell\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve made it no secret to folks around the bowl that I\u2019ll be moving to Maine soon to pursue colder, more open opportunities and to stalk Stephen King. In honor of relocating from one end of the country to the other, I jumped on the promo for the new Falls of Rauros album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":94141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12,70],"tags":[7188,777],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/251787-Copy.jpg?fit=750%2C310&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94140"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94157,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94140\/revisions\/94157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}