Sons of Alpha Centauri (album)
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| Studio album by Sons of Alpha Centauri | ||||
| Released | 26 November 2007 | |||
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| Length | 67:59 | |||
| Label | Sound Devastation | |||
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| Hard Rock House | 7/10 |
| The Evil Inquisition | 8.5/10 |
| RoomThirteen | 4/13 |
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| La Horde Noire | 6.5/10 |
| VS | 13/20 |
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| Musikreviews.de | 4/15 |
Sons of Alpha Centauri is the eponymous debut studio album by English instrumental rock band Sons of Alpha Centauri. It was released on 26 November 2007 by Sound Devastation Records.
In 2005, Sons of Alpha Centauri began the recording process for their debut album, selecting 12 tracks from 35 that they had written. The tracks selected were representative of the spectrum of music the band had covered within the first 35 tracks. All of the photography for the album was undertaken by the band and Project Redsand, with the album's gatefold artwork designed by Seldon Hunt. The album was mastered by James Plotkin, who had at the time just completed mastering on Panopticon, the third studio album by post-metal band ISIS.
In 2007, Sons of Alpha Centauri signed with Sound Devastation Records, who released the album on 26 November 2007. The album was later released digitally by Poison Tree Records.
Sons of Alpha Centauri received generally positive reviews from music critics, scoring an average of 3.26 out of 5 from 16 ratings on Rate Your Music. In 2008, the British Library entered the album into both their digital and physical archives, commenting that it was "a milestone for British instrumental heavy music in the 2000s".
Bandidge praised the album, saying that "every riff, drum beat and texture sounds timed to perfection, each element seems just as necessary as the other."Ninehertz also gave the album a positive review, stating that some of its tracks "sound like the score to a '70s science fiction film's main battle scene, whereas some of it sounds like Kyuss at their most loose and laid back, a weird contrast between modern and classic styles which really works." John Lewins of Hard Rock House liked the album's sound, describing it as "stoner rock but also incorporating more ambient moments that evoke the likes of Incubus and Khoma into a mix heavily dominated by Kyuss/QOTSA/Masters of Reality-type grooves." Nadeem Ali of New-Noise.net also gave the album a positive review, concluding that the band did "enough to offer up real hope for the future."
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