We've been anxiously awaiting the return of Boston's Kayo Dot since we missed their last stop in town earlier this year. Luckily for us, the genius that is Ovrcast (who by the way are absolutely killing it these last few months) recently wrangled them in for a latenight set and we couldn't have been more pleased. KD's richly orchestrated dark metal was an instant hit with us when their 2003 album Choirs of the Eye was released. The ominous undertones that swell throughout the record are layered with all the perfect amount of dissonant melodies and irregular meters that make prog metal specialists wet their pants. But don't worry, this isn't devil music (even Satan likes choruses). Still, Kayo Dot doesn't write songs for radio or for cereal commercials or for hit tv shows. And this is why we love them.
Pick up the new Kayo Dot/Bloody Panda 12" split out now on Holy Roar Records.
Kayo Dot on MySpace.
Kayo Dot - "Aura on an Asylum Wall" (MP3)
Kayo Dot - "Wayfarer" (MP3)
Kayo Dot - "The Manifold Curiosity" (MP3)