Half a year after the debut, Sky Burial released the full-length album Spectrehorse. It contains 9 tracks, including a remix of ‘To Mock a Killing Bird’ from the previous album. On the cover is a striking image of a running horse skeleton. Directly on the first (title) track, the sound
of Sky Burial comes across as much deeper and more overwhelming than on the debut, more classic dark ambient-like also. Interesting to mention is that Spectrehorse was partly composed using edited field recordings made in temples and caves in Laos. Furthermore Page used guitars, percussion, synth and lots of studio material created in the last ten years. The album is well-produced and convinces me in the varied dark sounds that are used and in the cold ritual mood that is evoked.

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