Program

ADRIFT kommen aus Madrid und veröffentlichen nach diversen EPs, Splits und einem Album mit „Black Heart Bleeds Black“ nun ihre zweite vollständige Platte. Die Band beruft sich mit NEUROSIS, BREACH, SONIC YOUTH, KHANATE, JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, CONVERGE, BOTCH und einigen anderen auf Einflüsse, die unterschiedlicher kaum sein könnten, und doch: angesichts des auf vorliegender Platte Gebotenen ergibt das Sinn.

„Black Heart Bleeds Black“ ist ein überzeugendes Stück progressiver Rockmusik, bei dem ein gutes Riff auch gerne mal über eine längere Distanz ausgekostet wird. Wer jetzt die Riffgebirge von NEUROSIS im Kopf hat, liegt so falsch nicht, jedoch würde ich hier eher MASTODON als Vergleich heranziehen, ist die Herangehensweise an die Songs doch eine ganz ähnliche.

Nehmt zum Beispiel die Intro-Gitarrenachterbahnfahrt in „Wolves searching dams“. Und wenn man es genau nimmt, dann treffen obengenannte Einflüsse ja auch auf die amerikanischen Extrem-Metaller zu, was den Vergleich schon wieder irgendwie logisch macht.

Jens Kirsch

© by Ox-Fanzine / Ausgabe #106 (Februar/März 2013)

Hailing from Madrid, this four-veteran combo (Jaime, Jorge, Dani and Macón) formed in 1999 has been cultivating sonic exploration and deeply emotional outpourings since its inception.
It has always been Adrift´s goal to create music with enough power to convey emotion in itself rather than taking shelter in swelling words: “lyrics is one aspect that we really do not put as much focus as with music… we look more into the purely instrumental aspect of the voice”, says drummer Jaime. Their compositions also reect this underlying spirit honing an abrasive, atmospheric and high-powered nterpretation of the most technical sludgehardcore-doom standards.

After a demo and a previous single, the band began to gain traction outside of underground circles due totheir self-released EP Troya in 2005. Soon after, they appeared with two unreleased tracks on 2006´s four-way split album Waterloo, featuring several of the most promising bands of the spanish Post-Metal scene – Moshka, Moho, Another Kind of Death -, which drew instant worldwide acclaim from critics – comparing them to Isis or Sunn O))) – and top acts like Scott Kelly (Neurosis).

“Monolito” (Monolith), their debut album in 2008, settled their songwriting foundations and fully dene their dark and nuanced sound style. This work was full of harrowing riffs and hectic rhythms that came together in an amalgam of metallic, progressive and infernal noise.
As a result, the band won endorsements from established press (MondoSonoro´s #2 National Metal Album of the Year) and fellow musicians alike (Wolves in the Throne Room, Hamlet), despite of any promotion as their record label folded a week later of the album release. Like any metal band worth its salt, Adrift followed up by touring nearly non-stop across the country in a three year span of time, appeared in international festivals such as Bracara Extreme Fest, Portugal and performed shows along with Entombed, Wolves in the Throne, Cult of Luna, Yaphet Kotto or Machetazo.

In Spring 2012, Adrift has nally released their sophomore album, “Black Heart Bleeds Black”.
This new work has moved Adrift further into the world of psychedelic and progressive vibes, marking a new milestone on this remarkable band’s musical journey: songs nearly 10 minutes long, instrumental passages and endless eeting moments. Perhaps more organic than previous efforts, this album matches the loose extemporaneity and crunchy dynamism of the band’s live sets, with sophisticated arrangements and deft musicianship.

Fortunately, the impact of this new title has been such that has opened the doors of top domestic festivals like Costa de Fuego, where they shared stage with Opeth, Katatonia and Berri Txarrak, or Resurrection Fest 2013 performing along Converge and Agnostic Front.
Their overwhelming stage presence is such that, i.e.

Cancer Bats have personally chosen them to be their supporting act for their shows in Spain.
Nevertheless, Adrift´s aim keeps being turning music up, pushing it further, and above all enjoying what they do: “After thirteen years playing together, we have reached that point where you are totally certain that you simply do this for passion”.

Band members:
Jaime Adrift – Drums
Macon Adrift – Guitar
Jorge Adrift – Vocals and Guitar
Dani Adrift – Bass

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Press Reviews

“Vast, slabbish sludge outta Spain here, sharing certain genetic traits with
countrymen Moho and coming across like a ravening Kyuss / Cavity crossbreed
that’s taken the former’s easygoing sense of sunburnt grooves and the latter’s
desperate, fang-baring hostility” – All That’s Heavy (USA)

“An album that strives to deliver heaviness and unpredactibility in equal
measure, and suceeds admirably” – Rock-A-Rolla Magazine (UK)

“What I really appreciate in their new album, is a torn voice and forceful sludge
close to Weedeater or Sleep, as well as way more obscure Mastodon” – Rock Zone
(Album of the Year 2012)

“Psychedelic Metal Album of the Year” – Feiteceira.org (Spain) (Album of the
Year 2012)

“For more than a decade, Adrift has been the best well-kept metal secret of the
country”- Mondo Sonoro (Album of the Year 2012)

“Their live shows offer a gorgeous sound between sludge and heavy rock, [...] they
worth their fame” – Metal Hammer (Spain)

“Some of the best heavy post-metal I’ve heard in a while, the full album is also
well worth a look and may end up as one of the better post-metal albums of the
year” – Obsidian Tides (UK)

“Doomed in mood and guitar-led sensibility, its songs follow progressive
structures to vicious ends and offer little hope to those who’d take them on” – The Obelisk (UK)

“There’s no doubt that “Black Heart Bleeds Black” is an imaginative album which
never stands still and succeeded in capturing attention and interest” – Ave
Noctum (UK)

“This band is to me the perfect example of a music demolition machine”- Deaf
Sparrow (USA)

“The band shares something in common with the earlier, speedier Callisto and
maybe even the sadly deceased Comity in how they pepper these songs with
slightly askew runs and an interest in a more “tech” oriented song
construction” -Metal Review (USA)

“A band that actually is able to create exciting songs with complex, heavy and
very different riffs all together” – Metalrage.com (Netherlands)

“Lo que realmente se aprecia en su nuevo álbum, es una voz desgarrada y una contundencia sludge tirando a Sleep o Weedeater, como también a unos Mastodon más que oscuros” – Rock Zone

“Más de una década llevan Adrift siendo el gran secreto a voces del metal nacional” – Mondo Sonoro

“Su directo ofrece un buen sonido entre sludge y rock espeso, [...] crecen por méritos propios” – Metal Hammer

“Álbum del año de metal psicodélico” – Feiticeira.org

“Doomed in mood and guitar-led sensibility, its songs follow progressive structures to vicious ends and offer little hope to those who’d take them on” – The Obelisk

“Vast, slabbish sludge outta Spain here, sharing certain genetic traits with countrymen Moho and coming across like a ravening Kyuss / Cavity crossbreed that’s taken the former’s easygoing sense of sunburnt grooves and the latter’s desperate, fang-baring hostility” – All That is Heavy

“This band is to me the perfect example of a music demolition machine”- Deaf Sparrow