EAB attacks and kills all species of North American ash, including white, green and black ash. Mountain-ash is not affected because it is not a true ash. Ash trees have an opposite leaf pattern, which means leaves, buds and stems are located directly across from each other. Ash leaves are compound and typically consist of leaflets. When seeds are present, they are paddle-shaped and in clusters that stay on the tree until late fall or early winter.
Currently no ash species or cultivar native to North America is resistant. EAB was detected in more than 25 states in the U. It has been found also in the neighboring states of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado. EAB spreads mostly through human-assisted movement, such as moving infested firewood and nursery stock.
To prevent the spread, moving firewood and nursery stock out of infested areas is regulated by state and federal quarantines. To avoid spreading EAB and other wood-infesting pests, collect or purchase firewood where you will burn it. Don't bring wood with you when you travel. Leave unburned wood at the campsite. Visit www. The application should be made in May and is most effective on small trees, generally less than 15 inches in trunk diameter.
Tree care professionals are able to use additional products such as trunk injections and trunk and foliage sprays. Contact a certified arborist for these treatments. Ash has been a popular tree for landscape, agroforestry and conservation plantings for decades. This popularity has resulted in a tremendous number of ash trees being planted in Nebraska.
Because diversity is an important measure of the overall health of a community forest, it is important to plant a variety of trees. Based on this and the threat of EAB, planting ash trees is not recommended. A number of other trees grow well in Nebraska. Several species of native borers attack ash trees. The first track, Descended Lamentations starts off with a slow build. We get a nice slow, even somewhat low in the mix synth intro before some guitar feedback kicks in. A few minutes into the track, we get hit by the onslaught of harsh shrieks, double bass drumming, tremolo picking and thick bass.
Already the head banging has started. The track has that "black metal" feeling of cold, and desolation. The vocals add to this feeling so much, as they feel tortured and pained. The musicianship is very tight, and the riffs are very memorable and catchy.
As catchy as a black metal album can be. However, this band is not all about the heaviness and black metal maelstrom. This track as well as others, which I will get into transitions into a slower passage.
Right around the 10 minute mark, we are left with just guitars, featuring some great atmosphere, and and a very post-metal feeling. The rest of the instruments kick back in about a minute later, not early as fast as before. Now we get more of a doom metal passage. In the first song alone, we have already heard different styles the band can employ.
A little past the 13 minute mark, we get back to the heavy black metal riffage and double bass. The transition from the heavy parts to the slow parts, and back again is done very well, for this track as well as the rest that follow. We get more great lead guitar work and musicianship to end the track.
Now we get to track 2, Phantoms , and things start of with a nice, mid range riff, and some good drumming. The howling vocals are heard in the background, adding more atmosphere to the track. We do get a taste of some lower growls in the first couple of minutes in this track, which are a nice change, and keeps things interesting.
Around the minute mark, a nice groovy section comes in, very simple drumming but very well done and gets the head moving. We do get to hear more of the deeper growls during this passage which I enjoy very much.
Upon my first few listens of this album a little over a year ago, I felt the vocals were a little too low in the mix. However, as I listened to the album more, I began to really, really enjoy the mixing. To me, it's about the atmosphere. The vocals, as they are, provide the perfect atmosphere for the record. At about the 8 minute mark, the music dies down, and we are left with a very atmospheric, synth section. It reminds me of walking through the streets at night, in an unfamiliar place, heart pounding in your chest.
Meticulously timed and purposefully varied, "Descended Lamentations" veers between hypnotic and harrowing; it wouldn't make sense as a shorter composition, and each second has its purpose. The pace picks up, as it always does, and "Phantoms" rages against the dying of the light before sinking back into silence. The soft to loud dynamic is alive and well, and translates nicely into Ash Borer's somber, smoldering tunes.
A choir of sweet-voiced angels-- aka Jessica Way of San Francisco's Worm Ouroboros-- appears to intervene on his behalf, but the Devil's after his due, and no one is exempt. Roaring into the void, hopeless and bereft, Ash Borer are not a happy band at the best of times, and when they really step back and allow the darkness to seep through, it doesn't get much more lightless.
Finaly, closer "Removed Forms" is muted, strung out along a single note and voiced by that same choir of clear, high female voices until panicky chords signal the beginning of the end and all hell breaks loose.
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