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A mate introduced me to the two albums of the now-defunct Fall of Efafra recently. For those of you not versed in childrens' literature, the band name (and indeed, both albums) are drawn from 'Watership Down' and the albums are sort of woven out of places and situations from the book, as well as a hefty chunk of rabbit culture/mythology.
Sort of awesome, sort of fail - awesome in that it sounds amazing and attempting one Watership Down concept metal album, let alone 2, is made of sheer balls and win. The rabbit mythological terms sound tribal and resonant. The metal is pleasantly prog/abstract and there's plenty of depth to the sound. Fail in that the band are vegans and managed to completely fuck up the bunny mythology/cultural references. It's all wrong - almost seems half-remembered, like no-one bothered to re-read the book or something. Maybe the book wasn't hardcore xxxSTR8EDGExx vegan enough; it feels like some other ideology has been shoe-horned into the concepts of the book. Still, A for Effort.
The band broke up after producing the 2 albums. I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall for that conversation: "OK lads, we've made the world's only vegan metal Watership Down diptych, is there anything left?"
"Nah mate, I think we're in danger of selling out."
"Better knock it on the head then. I'm off for a kebab."