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''Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method'' is the fourth full-length studio album by the drone doom band Earth. This album was the first new material released by Earth after a nine-year break due to Dylan Carlson's drug and legal problems. ==Background== Marking a new direction the band would follow in years to come, ''Hex'' stands in stark contrast to Earth's previous works. While retaining the extremely heavy doom/drone metal song structure of epic riffs over simple repetitive drum beats, the guitar was inflected with country influences that favored a cleaner reverb-heavy tone layered with acoustic instruments over the band's previous predilection for distortion. The press release cited diverse influences such as Ennio Morricone, Billy Gibbons, Neil Young's soundtrack to the movie ''Dead Man'', country musicians Duane Eddy, Merle Haggard, and Roy Buchanan.〔http://www.southernlord.com/press/earth/〕 Carlson indicated that he viewed this shift as part of a continuum rather than a categorical change in direction: The album was influenced by Cormac McCarthy, particularly his novel ''Blood Meridian''. Every song title on the album is named after a phrase found in the text of the novel. Carlson commented that: Carlson said that "There's an arc to each song and an arc to the album, rather than just a collection of songs. There's silence and a sense of space to the music".〔 The subtitle is from William Blake's ''The Marriage of Heaven and Hell''. It was well received by fans of the band and critics alike despite the change in sound. When asked about the elimination of distortion, Carlson remarked: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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