Posts Tagged ‘doom’
Album of the day: Lurk – Lurk
Posted on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Praise for Lurk‘s S/T from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: This is the debut release from these Finnish heavies, and is a crushing slab of gloriously abject doomsludge infused with plenty of old school slo-mo death metal crush, the label mentions bands like Coffins, Autopsy, Winter and Celtic Frost, and we’re definitely feeling all of those, but we’re also hearing plenty of Melvins (especially in the vocals) even some diSEMBOWELMENT, not to mention all those other modern death metal outfits like Disma, Vasaeleth, Vastum, Encoffination and the like.
Lurk mix long stretches of droned out ambience, layered guitar buzz and effects drenched thrum, with bursts of churning chugging heaviness, pounding doomic sludge. The drums massive and pummeling. The vocals slipping from a growling guttural howl to a surprisingly melodic bellow (hence the Melvins comparison), there are some surprising melodies too, even some hooks, but they’re less noticeable once they’ve been stretched way out and slowed way down.
The songs often fracture into lurching lumbering stop / start workouts, or disappear in squalls of white noise, slipping into near-grooves, before splintering into something much more abstract and dirgey. The closer is the fastest of the bunch, but even then it’s still basically a crawl. But when the drums and the riffs fall just right, and the band lock into a serious chunk of blackened chugging sludge, these guys become fucking monstrous, and that sort of sonic power and black hole metallic fury, should have all those other modern death metal outfits looking over their shoulders, and running for their lives.
At 40 years old, Aquarius is the oldest independent record store in San Francisco. We try to only carry music we love, and we’re always searching for more new, cool, weird and wonderful music. All of which we then share with you, our loyal customers.
Tags: Album of the day, Aquarius Records, Death, doom, Lurk, sludge, Total Rust Records
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Saint Vitus To Release Blessed Night Single (Blabbermouth)
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
The long-awaited new album from U.S. doom legends Saint Vitus, Lillie: F-65, will hit the stores this spring via Season Of Mist. Due to “manufacturing issues,” the North American release date will be announced later. The CD is tentatively due on April 13 in the rest of the world. In ...read more
Album of the day: Pilgrim – Misery Wizard
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Lovingly pinched from THRASHhits.com: While music obviously needs bands capable of doing radically new, different things, it also needs bands that refine existing styles and add their own voice. Pilgrim fall into the latter category – they’re not going to spawn an entire new sound, but they are going to ...read more
Pilgrim: Rhode Island Doom Trio Premiere New Song on BrooklynVegan
Posted on Monday, January 30th, 2012
Today BrooklynVegan premieres Quest, the latest single from Rhode Island doom doers Pilgrim. Quest is the third track off the band’s forthcoming debut full-length, Misery Wizard, set for North American release on February 14, 2012. Check out the tune as well as an interview with the band at THIS LOCATION. ...read more
Album of the day: Tort – Tort
Posted on Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Praise for Tort‘s S/T from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: One of three new releases from Jerusalem based Total Rust label, who specialize in the slow and heavy, the sludgey and dirgey, so it makes sense that these Spaniards would find a home there, even more so when you consider that ...read more
Conan: Entire Cardiff Show Available at Bandcamp (Free Download)
Posted on Friday, January 27th, 2012
Caveman battle doom purveyors Conan have offered up to you as a free download, in a variety of digital formats, the live recording of their entire show at Buffalo Bar, Cardiff on January 22nd. Listen to (or download) the audio stream below. In related news: Conan approach from the North ...read more
Huata Added To Lineup For Voivod’s Au-delà du Réel at Roadburn 2012
Posted on Thursday, January 26th, 2012
We’re very pleased to announce that Huata will bring their vintage stoner doom ceremony to Voivod‘s curated Au-delà du Réel event at the 2012 Roadburn fest on Friday, April 13th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. Hailing from France, Huata‘s debut album, Atavist of Mann, is downtuned heaviness at ...read more
US Doomsters Pilgrim Premiere New Track Via Pitchfork
Posted on Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The young Rhode Island trio Pilgrim premiere a new track via Pitchfork called Misery Wizard. Culled from their debut album, Misery Wizard, “the almost 11-minute title track gives an idea of what these guys do well: Heavy, expansive, classic-sounding sword & sorcery-inspired doom”, according to Pitchfork’s Brandon Stosuy. Listen to Misery Wizard HERE.
Sheavy Offer Free Album Downloads (The Soda Shop)
Posted on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Sheavy has just offered up some of their past releases for FREE download. The albums are: Blue Sky Mind, The Electric Sleep, Celestrial Hi-fi, Synchronized and Republic? Continue reading: Sheavy Offer Free Album Downloads « The Soda Shop.
Mudfest 2012, January 20 – 21, Roermond (NL)
Posted on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
This weekend, the first edition of Mudfest will take place at De Azijnfabriek in Roermond, Holland. The emphasis will be on psychedelica and trippy stoner rock the first night (Friday, January 20) and on sludge, noise, doom and postrock the second (Saturday, January 21). The line-up for Mudfest 2012 includes ...read more
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