"Industrial ambient" had been slithering around the underground for years by this point, and one of the most respected artists remained to be Skullflower, whose uncommercial, droning sound served as an influence on everyone from Godflesh (whose leader, Justin Broadrick, issued several early Skullflower releases on his HeadDirt label) to Sunn 0))). Issuing albums on a regular basis from the late '80s through the mid-'90s, Skullflower's recording output subsequently dwindled significantly, as 2005's Orange Canyon Mind is only its second release since 1996. With most of the songs stretching past seven minutes in duration, Orange Canyon Mind does indeed get to be a bit mind-numbing after a while. But the title track manages to sound almost My Bloody Valentinesque at times, while "Vampires Breath" starts off with sounds comparable to a spaceship landing. Elsewhere, you're probably going to need a compass to navigate though the droning sonic seas. Fans of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music will probably enjoy this, but for fans acclimated to traditional verse-chorus-verse structures (and songs with singing), Orange Canyon Mind will be quite a listening task. by Greg Prato - allmusic.com http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxfrxqlsldfe User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.