HELP AXL FIGURE OUT THE APPEAL OF EHNAHRE’S TAMING THE CANNIBALS

At the risk of sounding, like, all cheesy and shit, I really look up to the Decidudes. When they say something is good, I really, really, really wanna understand it — that is, I won’t listen to it and, if I don’t like it, just say “Well fuck this” and throw on some IWABO in protestation. I’ll listen to it again and again and again so I can at least have some comprehension of what it is they appreciate about the music in question.

So. Earlier today, The Deciblog posted a full album stream of Ehnahre’s Taming the Cannibals, which reluctant Decibel/MetalSucks go-between Andrew Bonazelli calls “a late contender for mind/face-fuck of the year.” Things is, I’ve been listening to it all morning, and I just do not get it. It’s right up there with Bloody Panda in the “Things Intelligent People Tell Me are Awesome but I Just Find Totally Soporific” club. And I loves me some Portal, so I feel like my tolerance for noise masquerading as music is pretty high. But this shit is just way, way, way the fuck over my head.

Go here to give the album a listen, then come back and tell me what I’m missing. Taming the Cannibals comes out on Crucial Blast, uh, soon I suspect!, and features members of Kayo Dot. So, there’s that.

-AR