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Between The Horizon And The Abyss

by Yen Pox

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Dave Aftandilian
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Dave Aftandilian So excited to rediscover Yen Pox after all these years! As ever, their compositions richly reward both surficial and deep attention. Listening, I feel submerged, surrounded, buoyed, choked—and cleansed.
Noctilucant
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Noctilucant A modern masterpiece if there ever was one, and surely one of the best dark ambient albums ever! This is atmospheric dark ambient at its very, very best! Favorite track: Cold Summer Sun.
okion
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okion heavy and fascinating. Fuel fir your darkest nightmares.
Honarius
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Honarius Another fantastic release from Yen Pox that delivers on their unique blend of harsh noise and drone. Their work really captures a world consumed with madness and entropy, a hostile alien place. Favorite track: White Of The Eye.
RBAR
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RBAR Some of the most mesmerizing dark ambient around. The artist, also known as Blood Box, which is similar in sound and theme, has a painfully slow release schedule, and it shows in the meticulous blending of sounds. I have everything I can get my mitts on from either act and will continue to do so. Respect!
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iamspoonbender Yen Pox. Masters of dark ambient return after almost 15 years of silence. It was worth the wait. Favorite track: The Awakening.
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Arriving on the scene in 1993 with their self-titled demo, Yen Pox immediately made their presence known with an ability to create monumental, light devouring soundscapes that transcended all that had come before it. Proceeding releases, including their debut CD, Blood Music, 2000’s New Dark Age, and the collaborative CD with Troum only solidified their standing and reputation. With Between the Horizon and the Abyss just being their first full length recording in over 15 years, Yen Pox will never be accused of being prolific. After all, with the two members spread out between Indiana and Washington State, creating new material doesn't exactly lend itself to convenience. But on the rare occasion that recordings do arise, it’s nothing short of masterful, reminding listeners why they’ve achieved such notoriety with such a limited discography, and why their recordings are consistently recognized as benchmarks within the dark ambient genre.

Time between releases has been well spent, with the new material taking the early template and expounding upon it greatly, adding layers of industrial churn and structure to the infernal kosmische sprawl they’re so adept at creating. And yet throughout its entirety, Between the Horizon and the Abyss is remarkably polished and fluid. Within its realm, no seconds feel wasted, and every sound feels purposefully placed, even as it moves and flows in perpetual motion; strains of a distant angelic choirs fall beneath a complex array of arcing tones, liquidous, molten textures, & harrowing orchestral shimmer, with fervent masses of malevolent atmospherics billowing forth in glorious detail.

While this technically falls under the banner of dark ambient, what Yen Pox has managed to create goes far beyond genre specifications and boundaries, crafting a new benchmark and adding a high water mark to an already stellar discography.

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released May 5, 2015

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