Samothrace Interview from Heathen Harvest.

Kylesa’s been nominated for best underground band in the Metal Hammer Golden God awards. Vote for them here as many times as you want: http://goldengods.metalhammer.co.uk/. Aside from Behemoth we’ve never even heard of the other bands!

“..static tensions a release that looks set to become the bands landmark album”-Terrorizer

“They avoid grand gestures or obvious themes that allow for easy grasp… This time, though, grasp is almost moot. The band has etched light, dark, sky, and earth so deftly onto wax that it vibrates the very soul.”-Pitchfork

“In a mass of sonic enchantment and magnificent guitar riffs, Kylesa’s fourth studio album pounds through standard sets of speakers and obliterates sound systems… Static Tensions is a monster.” Blog critics magazine,etc.

“Cope and Pleasants strike a perfect balance only to be shown up by their own guitar playing….Static Tensions is a truly impressive piece of work.”-UltimateGuitar.com

“Kylesa have always been of superior stock, but Static Tensions moves from strength to strength by becoming more musical and both traditionally heavy and exploratory. The result is their best album yet.”- Decibel

“kylesa has been a great story of maturity in evolution”-All Metal Resource

“oh my is it an asskicker.. This is what heavy music is all about,folks.”-Prefix

“there are moments of brialliance at almost every turn….these are the sounds of demented scientests..”-Kerrang

“kylesa has now become the band they were fated to become….With no pretention intended,Static Tensions is one of 2009’s immediate elite.”- The Metal Minute

“Guitarist/vocalist Laura Pleasants’ vocals are utilized to their full potential this time…Guitarist/vocalist Phillip Cope- is in rare form here-much more musical. Copes production is spot on as well… Static Tensions is the embodiement of kylesa at the top of their game.”-StonerRock.com

“The interplay between the drums and guitars on this album is extremely impressive.”-Savannah Now

“each cut features recognizable musical landmarks”- Metal Review

“Its infectious stuff”- The Aquarian Weekly

“There’s an intense, ominous feeling throughout Static Tensions, but one deeply rooted in human emotions”- Treble

“All that matters is that they are good songs that, when more layers are peeled back, can be interpreted as a melodic and anthemic rallying cry for those who dare step out of the roles prescribed to them by parents, authority, government, workplace politics, significant others and groupthink peer pressure all while calling out to those who’d infringe upon the pursuit of personal independence, balance and happiness”- Rock Sound

“It isn’t ordinary, it isn’t boring, it is heavy and it is inspired…An excellent sound for my ears.”-Noizine
 
“Kylesa is the band that makes detuned cool again…The album is complex without being overly technical or pompous” -Prick magazine/ Fracture

“Static Tensions illustrates what good bands should do during their careers; demonstrate some level of growth by putting out music that doesn’t follow the same tired formula each time, have fun doing it, and shake things up.  Kylesa has certainly shaken a few things up this time.”-type three media

“…Kylesa’s newfound maturity in songwriting puts Static Tensions among the psychedelic elite.”-Sothcoast247.com

“Staic Tensions is brimming with the sort of aggresive urgency that not only makes it’s title so appropriate, but Kylesa’s strongest album to date.” -Mishkanyc

“Static Tensions is solid as fuck.”- Blistering.com

“To think that everything this great Georgia band has done thus far has been leading up to Static Tensions is to simply see the logical greatness of this album… Rare is the occasion when an album mauls your face from ear to ear…With not a filler in the ten, Static Tensions should make Best of Year list like it was written by Stephen King.”- Deaf Sparrow

“The lyrics on Static Tensions are intelligent, yet a great definition of simplistic artistry.”- Metal Martyr.com

“2006’s Time Will Fuse Its Worth showed signs of promise, but this album is promise realized.”- Pastepunk
 
“…Kylesa seem poised for a breakthrough year in 2009. ”- Creative loafing(Tampa)

“Drummers Eric Hernandez and Carl McGinley,,. certainly know how to utilize everything that’s great about having two drummers: they make monolithic beats that stand twice as massive, skitter about pensively (like they do in what sounds like an ADD blast beat on “Said and Done”), or briefly indulge in tribal-sounding rhythms. Kylesa’s sense of when to reign it in puts them head and shoulders above their hipster metal/beard metal “peers,” too obsessed with art school pretentiousness to fully grasp the primal spirit of great metal. While unafraid to put a toe into the outer reaches, they make sure that their other foot is firmly planted on the other side. Static Tensions, despite its occasional genre-flexible tendencies, is just a solid fucking metal record”- MetalSucks
 
“I suggest you get your mits on this. Its ace and helping me get through a cocktail hangover.”-Hell yeah

“This album is, first of all, metal. It is unmercifully heavy, with the practically zero filler or unnecessary tracks. The brutality is fused with an unmistakable confidence, as if the band knew they were creating something to be admired. The down-tuned guitars, the shimmering cymbals: every sound seems to be part of a greater whole, wrapping decades of music around the rusty spike of modern- or what is to become modern- metal. Along with fellow Georgia natives Mastodon, Kylesa have crafted one of the metal albums to beat this year.”- Sputknikmusic

“ ….the band have finally done it….It all works. Kylesa have crafted an artful experience, one that combines their many sounds into a cohesive whole…” Idiomag.com

“At the end of the day, the best single word for describing Static Tensions is “unpredictable,” and although this characteristic may demand a few more listens before the album’s many amazing qualities can sink in properly, the ultimate payoff is very much worth the effort.” ~ Billboard

“of particular note is the versatility Pleasants brings to her vocals on “to walk alone” and elsewhere.” -The Obelisk

“Static Tensions rocks as hard as you please and has depth, detail and replay value to spare.”- metal Review

“Following the war-horn march of “Unknown Awareness”—so triumphant, Zack Snyder should adapt the song for his next feature film—is “Running Red,” built upon the record’s heaviest and most oppressive of blast-your-wig-back riffs. Taken together, the tracks are an untouchable combo of ferocious drive and keen songwriting.”- Self-Titled daily

“Static Tensions is Kylesa at their focused, brutal best”.- Brooklyn Vegan

“Savannah, Georgia is the pinnacle for treats of all sorts. From peach pie to sludge metal – we salute you.”-NoiseCreep

“Kylesa’s Static Tensions is an album I have been meaning to review for awhile, but haven’t.  It is a simple case of an album being really fucking good and me not having the creativity… to give this album a review that doesn’t reek of worship.”-The(musical) Finger

“Kylesa subordinates its experimental or psychedelic qualities to simply being a great rock band, and the record exudes vitality and swing.”- Houston Press 

“Every once in awhile an album or song comes along that is so powerful you can completely lose yourself in it…Savannah, GA’s Kylesa seem to pull that type of thing off with every album, “-Crusher Magazine

“Kylesa  rock like hell. Everything on Static Tensions is superbly executed, with groin-kicking production across 10 songs; no duds….  best thing about Static Tensions is that it doesn’t sound like anyone else, admirably free of obvious influences and clichés. This is bound to be one of the year’s best releases.”- DifficultMusic

“Static Tensions synthesizes a wealth of styles and influences into a truly rewarding album”- FreeTimes

“…the thing that stands out most on Static Tensions is the expansive headbanging riffage. A rolodex of fisting pumping mania dreamt up in a teenage fantasy of everything punk and metal..”-Flyingcoffin

“ Deafening and awesome, this is the thunder and lightning strike of something new”-Recoil

“To Walk Alone’s” intro finds guitarists Phillip Cope and Laura Pleasants snaking their way through each other’s East Indian-inspired licks like two doped-up cobras.”-Metro Spirit

“the band sets itselfelf up as potential metal flagship for the future that is impossible to ignore anymore”- Lords of Metal.

“Superb
It has been mentioned in several reviews that this is the year’s best metal album thus far. I concur. This is a molten slab of ferocious balls out R’n'R. These guys (and gal) transcend all genre classifications and simply put lay it down. ”- pop.nu

“It is effortlessly punishing,yet uplifting and mind enriching in the same.- the Prp

“and though you know whatever lies ahead at the end of this white-knuckle hell ride is going to find itself razed to the ground, they’ve now allowed for some spectacular scenery along the way.” Metal Hammer

“Unkown Awareness is the sound of a band at one with themselves”-Metalireland

“kylesa has turned downtrodden doom into joyful noise”-Revolver

“Static Tensions heralds a new age of starker dualism: heavy, bass-infested sludge metal and a breed of psychedelic rock, more drugged-up than usual. Yet the band remains true to its past self, and long-time fans will not be surprised, just delighted, to essentially hear the same old Kylesa; first-time listeners will surely be blown away.”- The Phoenix

“I can’t get over how good it sounds…” -Kingdom of Noise

“Utilizing Phillip Cope and Laura Pleasants’ voices equally and featuring their dueling guitarwork to maximum effect,Static Tensions is a giant leap forward, a slow-burning metal monster that shows off the group’s development and maturity earned from years of touring.”- Cannibal Cheerleader

“I put the cd on my mp3 player and get ready to go through the rain. With Static Tensions blazing through my headphones, I’ll probably care less about the weather.”-Fury Rocks

Ever since their inception in 2001, Georgia’s Kylesa have been consistently and audaciously perfecting their sludge-rock art, gradually carving a niche that have became so resolutely of their own and establishing themselves as one of the genre’s most well-known and interesting names. I think it’s incontestable to say that their fourth full-length release “Static Tensions” is no exception to the rule. In fact, it’s their absolutely best and most immediate record to date…”-Scratch the surface”

“There’s nothing about Kylesa that is normal by today’s band standards, which is exactly what makes them worthwhile.”- Bring on the Mixed Reviews

“The production on this is like nothing i have ever heard…it is pretty mind blowing on headphones”-Anatanamar

Stuff we can’t read:
From Scandanavia:
Inferno 4.5/5
Lammas zine 10/10
Rumba 3/5
Noise 5/5
Imperiumi 9.5/10
Stalker 5/5

France:
noise Magazine 10/10
Core 9.5/10

Germany:
Visions 9/12
legacy 14/15
Bizarre radio 14/15
Blueprint 8/10
Burn your ears 5/5
Metalnews 6.5/7
My revelations 13/15
Rock Hard 8/10