"Did you know there are horses on the cover of Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version? There are at least three in the right hand corner gathered inexplicably near a white canvas tent a human possibly perched among its folds. As widescreen and vast as the cover may seem those little details-the horses the possible human the faint wisp of white clouds-give it depth and wonder something to which the imagination can return. Did you know that the music on Earth 2-repressed now for its 30th anniversary back in its original artwork and accompanied by a riveting set of remixes that demonstrate the reach of what Dylan Carlson long ago called ""ambient metal""-works much the same way? The surface is massive and obvious the meatpaw riffs of Carlson and bassist Dave Harwell pounding and swiping and pawing at the speakers a true bludgeon in three-dimensional sound. Listen though for the details in the corners for the finesse beneath the force and Earth 2 reveals new levels of depth and wonder. The widespread impact of Earth 2 suggests that others have indeed been leaning in listening to these minutiae and making something new of them. A masterpiece without many genre precedents Earth 2 surely helped send doom metal down its more modern drone ambient and avant-garde avenues. Those descendants are obvious. Perhaps more surprising and gratifying are the ways it has influenced electronic music modern composition and even hip-hop by realigning our senses of tempo time and texture. Earth 2 engendered a rearrangement of expectations regardless of preferred form."