SLIFT ILION Zip Album Download
SLIFT’s album “ILION” is a powerful and expansive work of rock music that combines elements of metal, psych rock, and post-rock. The album is the band’s third full-length release and is described as a towering record that starts at the highest peak and never lets up.
The Toulouse trio, consisting of brothers Jean and Remí Fossat and Canek Flores, formed in 2016 and quickly gained attention with their debut EP “Space Is the Key” in 2017, which blended stoner rock heaviness with garage rock energy. They continued to experiment with their sound on their following full-length album “La Planeté Inexploreé” in 2018, incorporating faster tempos and even bongos. Their KEXP session recorded at the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes in 2019 became a viral sensation, accumulating over 1.4 million views on YouTube.
“ILION” represents SLIFT’s pivot towards the celestial and crushing realms of psych-metal. The album is characterized by massive soundscapes, melodic density, and multi-part song structures. It draws influences from various genres, including the uplifting surge of Godspeed! You Black Emperor, the passionate burn of post-hardcore legends …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Led Zeppelin’s blues-rock mysticism, and the psychedelic swirl of Swedish experimental greats Goat.
The album consists of eight tracks and spans over 75 minutes. It takes listeners on a journey, from the intense and oblivion-filled title track “ILION” to the stretched-out abandon of “Weavers’ Weft” and the epic climax of “The Story That Has Never Been Told,” which runs for 12 and a half minutes.
Conceptually, “ILION” follows the thematic path laid out in their previous album “UMMON.” The album’s name is derived from the Ancient Greek word for the city of Troy and represents the fall of humanity and the rebirth of all things in time and space. While “UMMON” told an epic story with a distant view, “ILION” focuses on human emotions and feelings.
To fully appreciate SLIFT’s “ILION,” one must sit down and let the album take over their ear space. It is a massive and oceanic record that showcases the band’s ferocity and ability to create new horizons within the rock genre
SLIFT – ILION Lyrics and Tracklist
- Ilion
- Nimh
- The Words That Have Never Been Heard
- Confluence
- Weavers’ Weft
- Uruk
- The Story That Has Never Been Told
- Enter the Loop
