FOR THOSE ABOOT TO ROCK: Riffs of Canada with Occvlt Hand (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

By: Mark Tremblay

Album Type: Full Length

Date Released: 13/09/2017

Label: Possessed Records

“Not Everyone Deserves a Happy Ending” is full of riffs; riffs that pummel, slow-to-a-crawl, and riffs that grind everything to dust. Occvlt Hand have really created an exercise in the variety of heavy riffs one can employ on a record without ever repeating themselves, or creating a similar experience.  

“Not Everyone Deserves A Happy Ending” CD//DD//LP track listing:

1). Intro

2). Smash My Bones, Inhale The Dust

3). Michael

4). Total fucking Absence of Light

5). He Who Walks Behind The Rows

6). Interlude

7). Long Live The New Flesh

8). Not Everyone Deserves A Happy Ending

The Review:

Occvlt Handhave unleashed their slab of Crowbar/Entombedworship sludge metal. This album has one goal, to be a crushingly heavy experience for the listener.  Although it is the bands first full length record, the pacing and sonic flow of the album is spot on. This is not merely a collection of heavy tracks, but a logical flow of ideas. Playing this record in a different order would almost cheapen the experience. Very few young bands appreciate the experience of an album, so it is impressive the way Occvlt Handis able to write with this in mind.

“Not Everyone Deserves a Happy Ending” is full of riffs; riffs that pummel, slow-to-a-crawl, and riffs that grind everything to dust. Occvlt Hand have really created an exercise in the variety of heavy riffs one can employ on a record without ever repeating themselves, or creating a similar experience.  What is perhaps the most exciting thing about the record is to see where Occvlt Hand goes from here. It seems that the possibilities for this band going forward are endless.

“Not Everyone Deserves  A Happy Ending” is available here

Band info: bandcamp || facebook