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Check out 'Mountain of Snakes' from Ayahuasca

By Lindsay O’Connor
Yin is the forthcoming new full-length from Toronto-based progressive sludge-tinged grunge trio AYAHUASCA.

Yin is the forthcoming new full-length from Toronto-based progressive sludge-tinged grunge trio AYAHUASCA. Set for independent release next Friday, Yin, which is the result of a musical experiment conceived by guitarist and engineer Luke Roberts (aka Berserk Lout), was captured by Roberts (except drums which were recorded by Greg Dawson) and mixed and mastered by Greg Dawson at BWC Studios.
Listen to “Mountain of Snakes” below:

http://ayahuasca.bandcamp.com/track/mountain-of-snakes

Yin delivers twelve absorbing movements and serves as the follow-up to 2013’s critically-lauded Plato’s Dark Horse. Upon completion of what become Plato’s Dark Horse in 2013, Roberts sought out musicians who not only had the skill to handle music with complex melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic sensibilities but who could also execute it with an appreciation for the raw aggression of the ‘90s bands he grew up on such as Soundgarden, The Melvins, Voivod, and Alice In Chains. Boasting a collective that’s hardly new to the Toronto music scene, AYAHUASCA features within its ranks members of The Great Collapse, The Womb, Godstopper, Vilipend, Idioteque, The Histronics, and Irn. It’s difficult to envision a band with such lush diversity and complexity coming across so coherent yet Yin is certifiable proof such a feat is attainable.

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