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Album of the day: The 11th Hour – Lacrima Mortis

Posted on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Lovingly pinched from Metal Review: Ed Warby is an astonishingly talented multi-instrumentalist whose credits include Gorefest, Ayreon, and Hail of Bullets. The 11th Hour is his doom metal project, and he performs all of the instruments and clean vocals (with guest growls by Pim Blankenstein) on Lacrima Mortis.

The two different vocal styles work incredibly well together, and a comfortable balance is established throughout the record. All of the songs (save for the conclusive ‘Bury Me’) are around eight minutes long, but most of the structures are crafted well enough to maintain cohesiveness without losing momentum. While the album utilizes many doom metal standards, there are also death metal and atmospheric influences throughout the album that show a marked evolution in comparison to 2009′s The Burden of Grief.

There are melancholy piano interludes aplenty, and devastation in spades, but those seeking more dynamics within their doom metal may lose interest about halfway through the album. The pace is slow, steady, and solemn, which is emotionally evocative but makes for a straight hour of unwavering funerary depression.

The ethereal introduction of ‘We All Die Alone’ gently wraps blankets of strings, flute, and keys around the listener before tightening its grip with commanding walls of distortion. The track achieves depth with ease, and showcases Warby’s flourishing songwriting prowess.

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Wino & Conny Ochs: Full Album Stream at Vpro 3voor12

Posted on Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Heavy Kingdom, Wino & Conny Ochs‘ acoustic debut album, can be streamed below (courtesy of Vpro 3voor12).

Album of the day: Mount Moriah – Mount Moriah

Posted on Saturday, December 24th, 2011

As we move towards the end of 2011, here’s a worthy record that we overlooked the first time around earlier this year. Lovingly pinched from Pitchfork: In a 2006 interview with Pitchfork, the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle explained why he chose Bellafea as an opening act: “I took out good bands ...read more

Album of the day: Hateful Abandon – Move

Posted on Friday, December 23rd, 2011

As we move towards the end of 2011, here’s a worthy record that we overlooked the first time around earlier this year. Lovingly pinched from Lurker: Our daily lives are awash in seas of egoistic, materialistic, ideologic-less whisperings. We are slowly but surely destroying the earth. Religious fundamentalists are sharpening ...read more

Give Us Your Favorite Albums of 2011!

Posted on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Roadburn’s Album of the Day has become a tradition. Now that the year is drawing to a close, we here at Roadburn HQ want to invite our loyal readers, friends, associates and anyone who might have wandered in to help us compile a list of favorite records released in 2011. ...read more

Album of the day: Roadburn HQ Favorite Albums of 2011

Posted on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Many excellent records came out in 2011. We don’t pretend to be arbiters of taste, we just think it’s fun to share which albums rocked our worlds, soothed our souls, lifted our spirits or otherwise burrowed into our systems this year. Of course, in addition to occupying our turntables, many ...read more

Hour of 13 Release New Track, Reveal Album Title (Zero Tolerance)

Posted on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

US, North Carolina doom rockers Hour Of 13 have released a brand new track (titled Lucky Bones) from their forthcoming album, which is due to be released in 2012 via UK’s Earache Records. Listen to Lucky Bones below. In an exclusive statement for ZT the band’s vocalist Phil Swanson commented: ...read more

The Wounded Kings Confirmed For Roadburn Festival 2012

Posted on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

The Wounded Kings return to Roadburn Festival on Saturday, April 14th, 2012 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland (With the addition of The Wounded Kings to Roadburn 2012, the line-up for Saturday, April 14th is complete). A new era of apocalyptic doom approaches!  Featuring the dark and chilling vocals of ...read more

Album of the day: The Men – Leave Home

Posted on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

As we move towards the end of 2011, here’s a worthy record that we overlooked the first time around earlier this year. Lovingly pinched from Pitchfork: Nothing is sacred to the Men. For one, this Brooklyn quartet’s name is pretty much identical to that of fellow New Yorker JD Samson’s ...read more

High on Fire Begins Work on Highly Anticipated New Record

Posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Oakland, CA hard rock band High on Fire has entered Salem, Massachusetts’ GodCity Studios to begin tracking their as-yet-untitled new album. The world renowned group featuring drummer Des Kensel, bassist Jeff Matz and guitarist / vocalist Matt Pike (also of legendary stoner metal trio Sleep) is collaborating with producer and Converge ...read more