Weighing Souls with Sand

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Weighing Souls with Sand
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Studio album by
the Angelic Process
ReleasedMay 15, 2007 (2007-05-15)
RecordedFebruary–October 2006 [1]
StudioMetanoia Studios [1]
Genre
Length57:34
Label Profound Lore Records
The Angelic Process chronology
Coma Waering
(2002)		Weighing Souls with Sand
(2007)

Weighing Souls with Sand is the second studio album by the Angelic Process.

Contents

Background

The Angelic Process is a music project started by Kris Angylus in Athens, Georgia in 1999, [2] [3] specializing in shoegaze and doom metal music. [4] Angylus's wife, Monica Dragynfly, joined him in 2005. [5] According to Angylus, two of his albums, Coma Waering (2002) and Weighing Souls with Sand, were directly influenced by his experiences; his first girlfriend died in a car accident in 2000, as reflected in Coma Waering, and Weighing Souls with Sand reflects Angylus's grief and suicidal ideation following his girlfriend's death. [6] Weighing Souls with Sand was recorded in Metanoia Studios from February–October 2006 and mastered by Black Ark Mastering, [1] before being released on CD by Profound Lore Records on May 15, 2007. [7] Roadburn Records released the album on vinyl on September 24, 2007, with a print run of 500 copies. [8]

Composition

Weighing Souls with Sand is the sequel to the Angelic Process's prior album Coma Waering, in which a man dies while in a coma. Weighing Souls with Sand centers around the man's wife, grieving over her husband's death before committing suicide. [9] It has been described as drone metal, [10] ambient, [9] and shoegaze, [11] heavily influenced by My Bloody Valentine. [9] PopMatters notes that the album takes elements from multiple different bands such as Boris, Swans, Godflesh, Isis, and My Bloody Valentine. [12]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net 8/10 [9]
PopMatters 8/10 [12]
Sputnikmusic 4.0/5 [13]

Weighing Souls with Sand received positive reviews. Blabbermouth.net felt that the different aspects of the album, such as the distorted melodies and vocals, combined into a "sonic excursion into raw human emotion like few others out there today." [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by the Angelic Process.

CD release [1]
No.TitleLength
1."The Promise of Snakes"9:32
2."Million Year Summer"3:52
3."The Resonance of Goodbye"5:14
4."We All Die Laughing"6:05
5."Dying in A-minor"8:19
6."Weighing Souls with Sand"5:19
7."Mouvement - World Deafening Eclipse"1:59
8."Burning in the Undertow of God"6:46
9."The Smoke of Her Burning"4:16
10.Untitled (hidden track; titled "How to Build a Time Machine" on vinyl release)5:44
Vinyl release [14]
No.TitleLength
10."How to Build a Time Machine" (bonus track)5:44
11."Sleepwritten" (bonus track)10:53

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The Angelic Process. Weighing Souls with Sand (CD artwork). Profound Lore Records. PFL-022.
  2. ↑ Angylus, Kris. "The Angelic Process Formed in 1999". The Angelic Process . Archived from the original on December 29, 2007. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ Camp, Zoe (August 1, 2024). "Blissful Noise, Bad Vibes: A Doomgaze Primer". Bandcamp Daily . Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  4. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon (May 16, 2007). "Show No Mercy". Pitchfork . Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ "The Angelic Process: Maximum Volume Yields maximum results". Versus Magazine. October 2006. Archived from the original on February 18, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  6. ↑ Angylus, Kris (2016). "The Angelic Process over Pepper Stake (Take II)". The Big Shiny Prison (Interview). Interviewed by Ryan Bartek. Anomie Press. pp. 218–219. ISBN   9780692626153.
  7. ↑ "The Angelic Process - Set May 15 Release Date". Profound Lore Records . Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Roadburn Records's Main Page". Roadburn Records. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Angelic Process: Weighing Souls with Sand". Blabbermouth.net . June 30, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  10. ↑ Begrand, Adrien (December 16, 2007). "In Through the Outré Door". PopMatters . Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  11. ↑ Klieban, TJ (July 17, 2018). "10 Other Metal Albums Deafheaven Fans Should Check Out". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  12. 1 2 Begrand, Adrien (July 10, 2007). "The Angelic Process: Weighing Souls with Sand". PopMatters . Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  13. ↑ Lewis (December 6, 2007). "Weighing Souls with Sand". Sputnikmusic . Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  14. ↑ The Angelic Process. Weighing Souls with Sand (Vinyl artwork). Roadburn Records. RBR002.
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