Weighing Souls with Sand


Weighing Souls with Sand is the third studio album by the Angelic Process.

Background

The Angelic Process is a music project started by Kris Angylus in Athens, Georgia in 1999, specializing in shoegaze and doom metal music. Angylus's wife, Monica Dragynfly, joined him in 2005. According to Angylus, two of his albums, Coma Waering and Weighing Souls with Sand, were directly influenced by his experiences; his first girlfriend died in a car accident in 2000, as reflected in Coma Waering, and Weighing Souls with Sand reflects Angylus's grief and suicidal ideation following his girlfriend's death. Weighing Souls with Sand was recorded in Metanoia Studios from February–October 2006 and mastered by Black Ark Mastering, before being released on CD by Profound Lore Records on May 15, 2007. Roadburn Records released the album on vinyl on September 24, 2007, with a print run of 500 copies.

Composition

Weighing Souls with Sand is the sequel to the Angelic Process's prior album Coma Waering, in which a man dies while in a coma. Weighing Souls with Sand centers around the man's wife, grieving over her husband's death before committing suicide. It has been described as drone metal, ambient, and shoegaze, heavily influenced by My Bloody Valentine. PopMatters notes that the album takes elements from multiple different bands such as Boris, Swans, Godflesh, Isis, and My Bloody Valentine.

Reception

Weighing Souls with Sand received positive reviews. Blabbermouth.net felt that the different aspects of the album, such as the distorted melodies and vocals, combined into a "sonic excursion into raw human emotion like few others out there today."

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.
  • Kris Angylus – guitars, vocals, drums, textures, artwork
  • Monica Dragynfly – bass, vocals, textures, artwork