Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version (AKA Earth 2) by Earth falls within the "Doom Drone" genre of music and is known as a pioneer of the genre, but what can we expect to hear from this album? The cover does a good job of portraying the feeling that is given by this album, vast emptiness and intense heat. "Vast emptiness" is actually a very good way of describing this album because even though there is clearly a large bombardment of heavy sound, not much actually happens... but that's the appeal (I guess). The album is divided into three tracks than spans over the course of 73 minutes. Each track is very heavy, very slow and very deep. This constant wave of sound that is produced in each of the tracks would make newcomers believe that the tracks may all sound exactly the same. Whilst it is true that each track does share a very similar sound, each track does have it's own features.
01. Seven Angels (15:35)
The shortest track (even though it is over 15 minutes) and the most musical. This track actually has a tune that you theoretically could get into your head and the tune isn't bad. The question is "Are you willing to listen through the wall of noise to hear it?" This is my favourite track, as it manages to supply at least some tune whilst also managing to leave enough space to incorporate the album's theme of "emptiness".
02. Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine (27:05)
This is my least favourite track of the three. The main feature of this track is that even though there are sounds playing throughout, they don't seem to be memorable or prevalent in any way. Rather they seem to be there just to add to the atmosphere. This would usually be good, but I just don't feel they're doing as such a good job as the other tracks. They do start to have more of an effect later on in the track where they vibrate a bit more but that's not much
03. Like Gold And Faceted (30:21)
The final and least eventful of the three tracks, probably the most ambient of the three tracks as well. The sound of a single note being held for 30 minutes, with occasional drum sounds. The cymbals do add to that "heat" feeling. This is also the only track that fades out at the end but that's understandable as the other tracks blend into the one that follows.
So what can I say about this album overall? Well if I am totally honest the album is really boring, but it doesn't have to be if you enter it with the correct mindset. If you're going into the album with the intent of "enjoying music" then you'll find that you'll be killed by the album's overwhelming presence or just die of boredom. If you enter the album with the mindset of "hearing sound" then you're in for a long tough ride.
