The best band of the zodiac
Over the last few years, if you mentioned you hailed from the United Kingdom, anyone from Mainland Europe would ask you if you were stupid, and to be honest, they were perfectly justified to do so. They've given us unique bands that have pushed genre boundaries and ruffled plenty of close-minded feathers, and what have we given them in return? Gareth Gates.
But now, Capricorns are joining the revolutionary group of noiseniks dedicated to showing those poxy mainlanders just how much noise the UK can make without sounding like a tractor stuck in a well. Surprisingly, Capricorns are a relatively young band, their timeline begins Spring 2003 when Bennett and Williams recruited Dean Berry and Chris Turner of Orange Goblin fame to make sure the UK wasn't going to rot in a musical pit of despair.
Fortunately enough, Capricorns were fresh enough to be granted the elite honour of supporting Isis and lead to a record deal leading to this fantastic debut album. For the UK, any band who don't choreograph dance moves to their "songs" often don't get very far, thankfully though Capricorns will have no problem doing just that off the back of this. The lack of lyrics on both Comrade in Tears and Queen of Bruises is further proof that Capricorns KNOW they have the talent to blow you away. The short vocal part on "Transcendental Evisceration" is the only touch of life on an otherwise soberly dead EP - dead in the good way - scary as a graveyard at night.
The only thing that left me wanting more was the length of the EP - albums now please!