The House of Capricorn – In the Devils Days

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The House of Capricorn, from Auckland New Zealand, on their second full length release “In the Devils Days” on Swamps of One Tree Hill, have come up with a collection of tunes that vary in mood, tempo and humour to the extent that they could have been in danger of appearing schizophrenic. What is on offer here, however, is a range of styles and textures that demand the time to adjust, but do overall repay the time spent, with interest.  Tracks such as “Veils” and “Les Innocents” have a slower, arcane doom laden feel, whereas “Arcane Delve”, ironically, is a straight forward acoustic vignette that, although infused with a doom sensibility, provides gentle reprieve......