NADJA DO THE SPLITS WITH KODIAK

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The Canadian drone veterans Nadja have teamed up with the German doom freshmen Kodiak to create an essential and minimalistic split record. Originally formed by Baker in 2003 as a solo endeavour, Buckareff joined in 2005 to bring Nadja out of the studio and into a live setting. They have since released numerous albums and impressed many. Newcomers Kodiak are not a band that you just play for enjoyment. Their music needs time and attention, but when it locks you in its slowly developing, pachyderm-paced punishing groove. Kodiak has a lot to offer, proving that monotony and monolithic heaviness are enough to make great songs, if you know how. They definitely know it. Founded in 2008 by three friends from the German 'Ruhrgebiet', Kodiak have achieved a lot in a short time. Their first demo was sold out within days and it did not take long until the self-titled debut album saw the light of the day in the spring of 2009. The current split is their second release in 2009 but by far not the last, as another split with German doom heroes Black Shape Of Nexus is already in the pipeline. Kodiak have already played a bunch of shows around Europe and it is amazing to hear how their sound grows and matures from month to month, from record to record. On this split, while Kodiak contribute a song full of tension, resembling the barren lands and the cold despair of the medieval plague, Nadja offer some dense drone tunes, rising slowly into celestial spheres like an abstract image of a Japanese mythological story. http://www.myspace.com/nadjaluv http://www.myspace.com/kodiakdoom

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