The London, England based behemoth known as Capricorns was formed by four men in the latter half of 2003, it’s members having being involved in projects as disparate as Iron Monkey, Orange Goblin, Bridge and Tunnel, Fabric, The Dukes of Nothing…the list goes on. During their time together, they performed heap of successful shows with the likes of Melvins, Pelican, Jesu, Unsane and Oxbow.
Following the release of their well-received self-titled EP in 2005, Ruder Forms Survive was recorded the following year in a former GDR radio broadcast centre in Berlin. The debut album saw Capricorns up the sonic ante whilst still maintaining a deep love for the purity and tradition of The Riff.
A refreshing departure from the po-faced, go nowhere excesses of their instru-metal contemporary’s of the time, Capricorns somehow succeeded in combining the Armageddon punk attitude of Amebix with a doomed out, Ummagumma era Pink Floyd propelled by deepest swing this side of John Bonham. The icing on this blackened cake is The First Broken Promise, a unique collaboration with Oxbow singer and raconteur Eugene Robinson, which is guaranteed to scare the shit out of you!
Limited to 300 black copies, with insert.
