***“From Portland, Oregon come the ethereal vibrations of TAURUS and their 2012 debut Life, an abstractly painted soundscape that can be summed up as subsonic Doom Metal heavily mixed with Psychedelia and Drone. Life is comprised of only two people, drummer ASHLEY SPUNGIN (PURPLE RHINESTONE EAGLE) and guitarist/vocalist STEVIE FLOYD (DARK CASTLE), and two tracks, ‘Part 1’ and ‘Part II,’ and while both span an average of 15 minutes each, individual track essence is felt throughout. The pair creates a claustrophobic atmosphere via living-breathing hallucinations and a slow-rising undertone of echoes creepily voiced by Floyd. Taurus have created a complicated forest-bound acid trip. It’s claustrophobic, isolated, and all without narcotic assistance, it crawls under your skin and ably opens your mind. Life is an album that might not reach everyone in the same way, but I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for unanswered questions. Leave reality in the dust and trip into Life, whether you like it or not, it will get your mind churning.”—The Metal Observer
LP $17.75
10/14/2014
***“TAURUS are a psychedelic dark doom, drone duo from Portland consisting of STEVIE FLOYD of DARK CASTLE and ASHLEY SPUNGIN formerly of PURPLE RHINESTONE EAGLE. Together they have produced a spiritually godless cathartic audio masterpiece called No/Thing. With the help of producer/engine ear BILLY ANDERSON, who also does the vocals on ‘Increase Aloneness,’ it’s fair to say that No/Thing will take you on a nightmarish doom/drone audio roller coaster of a journey. Paranoid screams and black mass rumblings will seep through you cranium delivering chilling avant doom/terrorscapes of suffering, agony and torment but where there is torment there is tranquility and No/Thing is a well balanced album exploring both aspects with each track blending together seamlessly. There is also the chance of having blood streaming from your eyeballs when wearing headphones, you have been warned!”—Echoes And Dust. Features guest appearances from WREST of LEVIATHAN.
LP $17.75
10/14/2014
CD $12.75
11/18/2014