Minsk is a doom metal/post-metal band from Peoria, Illinois founded in 2002. They are signed to Relapse Records on which they released their second full-length and most recent relase, the 2007 album The Ritual Fires of Abandonment. Self described as "psychedelic metal", their songs tend to start out as slow and simple, and become heavy and complex towards the end. Their sound draws equally from sludge metal, doom metal, hardcore punk, ambient and...
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Minsk is a doom metal/post-metal band from Peoria, Illinois founded in 2002. They are signed to Relapse Records on which they released their second full-length and most recent relase, the 2007 album The Ritual Fires of Abandonment. Self described as "psychedelic metal", their songs tend to start out as slow and simple, and become heavy and complex towards the end. Their sound draws equally from sludge metal, doom metal, hardcore punk, ambient and noise music, with a highly psychedelic attitude achieved through tribal drum patterns, thick layers of synthesizers and keyboards, and echoing vocals. They are named after the capital of Belarus, and the idea of survival through suffering is a recurring theme in the lyrics and musical style. In fact, regarding the origin of their name, their official biography states: "Drawing its nominal inspiration from a remote Belarussian city nestled deep amidst the in-betweens of the East and the West, a city that has been burned to the ground on...
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