Combining heavy primal rhythms, chunks of metal-esque guitar and soaring middle eastern-tinged melodies, Floater spirals from somber, contemplative and atmospheric, to furious hook-laden blasts of rage. Described as 'Pink Floyd meets Pantera' Huh Magazi. Elemental. 2004.
God, where to even begin with these guys... First, a story. I'm from the Mass. area, so I'm WAY out of their territoy. A friend of mine up here, however, is from Eugene, OR, and her boyfriend kept telling me about this "Floater" group, and how great they were (We'd bonded over Dream Theater, if that helps any...) So, one night when he was up here visiting, he sat down to make me a Floater compilation. 20 minutes later, he gav..