"Like Herod" is an 11-minute 39 second long instrumental in the key of E minor. The song begins with a bassline similar to that of the Manic Street Preachers' song "Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart":
This is joined at (0:04) by a guitar,doubling the bassline,and at (0:16) by quiet drumming,and an additional guitar counter-melody. At (0:46),the song progresses into an alternate melody,based around the chord of C major seventh,which is repeated,then the song goes back to repeating the main melody until (1:30),where the alternate melody is repeated once more. The drums then begin to get quieter and quieter,coming to a halt at (2:15),leaving only the guitars and the bass to play the main and alternate melodies themselves,which they do until (2:57),when all the instruments explode in a barrage of deafening noise,featuring a heavy drumbeat and highly distorted,screeching guitars. This continues until (4:51),where the original bassline is introduced once more,and the original drumbeat begins playing. At (5:17),the drumbeat stops abruptly and all that is heard is the bassline,and a guitar,plucking a muted note. This continues,with the plucked note becoming gradually more erratic,until (6:15),when all of the instruments explode into another torrent of noise,almost identical to the last one,albeit with more guitar feedback in the background. This continues until (8:08),when the drumbeat becomes calmer,the guitar feedback becomes more subdued,and the bass can be heard quietly in the background,repeating a heavily distorted note at the start of each bar. At (10:11),the drumbeat ends and all that can be heard is the steady pulse of the ride cymbal,the distorted bass note,and a guitar feedbacking,until (10:20),when it seems to go gradually upwards in pitch,ending at (10:29). Snippets of feedback are heard momentarily as the bass note continues to be played,until (11:05),when the bass note plays one last time,and begins feedbacking,along with subdued guitar noise in the background,until (11:35),when all the instruments cease playing and the song ends.
Critical reception
During professional reviews,"Like Herod" received mostly good reception. The song is an album track pick at Allmusic.[6] Brandon Wu of Ground and Sky notes the "raw power in [the] piece,but unlike the best Mogwai pieces it lacks any sort of melody or beauty."[2] However,Ian Mathers of Stylus Magazine dismisses the song as "good-but-redundant."[7]
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