RIFF REWIND (28/10/2012): Samothrace - "Reverence to Stone"

Samothrace 2016

Bio (2012)

 

The band is named after a Greek island that is the home of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, a site of important Hellenic and pre-Hellenic religious ceremonies. The most famous artifact from this site is a large, half-crumbled statue of Nike, the goddess of victory in ancient Greek mythology.

 

Having relocated to Washington, Samothrace originally formed out of Kansas and surrounding areas sometime in 2006. Due to the turmoils every band inevitably encounters, they had a few halts such as line-up changes and the occasional incomplete song, which we get to experience on this LP with the first track 'When We Emerged' having originally appeared on their 2007 demo.

 

Samothrace's lyrical theme revolves around social unrest, political corruption, and the resilience we carry to bounce back from otherwise shitty conditions inherent in life.

The band features highly talented members, past and present, involved with acts such as Oroku, Splatterhouse, The Fucktards, and Short Bus Kids. Their beginnings were as friends within the punk/hardcore scene, which gave rise to this almighty band, Samothrace. 

 

With a live recording of their 2014 performance at The Roadburn Festival issued in April of the same year and some short touring cycles in between, Samothrace remain active as a three piece, but with no new material for 5 years, today we are rewinding the riffs back 5 years to the day when we first review their remarkable second album “Reverance To Stone”. 

 

So if you missed this album first time around or indeed you don’t know this band be sure to remedy your error by checking out our review in full below. 

 

By: Teabag Stallone

Album Type: Full Length

Date Released:31/07/2012

Label: 20 Buck Spin

The emotion felt on 'Reverence to Stone' is bleak, yet uplifting, but remains harmonious as a whole. Style, sound, originality and quality are what we can expect. They do not disappoint and this release proves that.

 “Reverence To Stone” CD//DD//LP track listing:

1). A Horse of Our Own

2). When We Emerged

The Review:

Samothrace offer a sound with depth and emotion unmatched by most that fall into this category of doom. I was blown away, yet again, by their latest release 'Reverence to Stone', being a fan of this band since their very first full-length, 'Life's Trade', which is also available via 20 Buck Spin. Both are highly recommended, as they don't trail far from their roots, harboring a characteristic style fans love about this band.

This long awaited two-track gem surpassed my expectations, both tracks are flawless and superb in build-up, delivering everything we expect from this band. They leave their original, yet ever-evolving sound untouched and heavy as ever.

'When We Emerged' starts off very atmospheric with the perfect amount of melody, slowly integrating the down-tempo goodness we all love with progressive sludge/doom. The vocals kick in shortly thereafter, dissonant like that of which many funeral doom bands utilize. Then, shit really starts to get heavy with Axler pummelling away to the sound of his mates dishing out a slighly faster delivery of the same melodies.

'A Horse of Our Own' is even more rewarding in depth and really showcases Renate and Brian's skills on guitars, as well as Spinks' harrowing vocals that give a sense of despair and pain. Both tracks seem to drop off in the same atmospheric fashion they began with, but remain intense throughout.

If you are into deliberate build-ups that offer faster instrumental sections which fade out eerily, then this is the album to dive into. The emotion felt on 'Reverence to Stone' is bleak, yet uplifting, but remains harmonious as a whole. I am really looking forward to future releases from Samothrace, as it is truly a band which lives up to everything I've come to love about them.

Band info: bandcamp|| facebook

RIFF REWIND (07/09/2013): Jucifer - за волгой для нас земли нет

Bio: 

Founded in 1993, Jucifer pioneered the sludge / doom metal duo. The band has performed steadily and released albums throughout the 90's and 00's on both major and indie labels as well as founding their own Nomadic Fortresslabel.   
 
Jucifer has expressed distaste for conforming to a genre but has invented names to describe their blend of styles including "deathdrone" "blackcrust" and "grindgaze". Their live sound has been compared to Celtic Frost, Melvins, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Necrophagia and Napalm Death, as well as bands of their own generation (Jesus Lizard, Darkthrone, Neurosis, Morbid Angel, Harvey Milk, Electric Wizard, Eyehategod, Acid King) and younger groups Lightning Bolt and Sunn 0))).
 

On July 17, 2013 Jucifer's eighth studio album ' за волгой для нас земли нет ' was released and today we’re rewinding back 4 years, with our original review of this album. So if you have overlooked this band/album, be sure to remedy your error by checking out our review and the record is streaming in full below

Album Type: Full Length

Date Released: 17/7/2013 (CD) |

17/10/2013 (Vinyl)

Label : Mutants Of The Monster |

Nomadic Empire

Repetition is key to achieving the forlorn atmosphere. One can feel each heavily distorted riff’s texture with the help of a good pair of headphones, and the end result is a crushing assortment of grinding grooves found exclusively in sludgey music

“за волгой для нас земли нет” CD//DD//LP  track listing: 

01 - The Land Speaks
02 - Песнь просыпающегося города -- Song Of The Waking City
03 - ЛОЖЬ ВО СПАСЕНИЕ -- White Lie
04 - Боритесь, чтобы жить свободно -- Fight Hard Live Free
05 - Ни шагу назад! -- Not A Step Back
06 - Дом Павлова -- Pavlov's House
07 - ПОЗОР -- Shame
08 - Сибирь -- Siberia
09 - Волк (Скорбящая мать) -- Wolf (Grieving Mother)
10 - Эволюция I- Кочевники -- Evolution I- Nomads
11 - Эволюция II- Родина-мать зовет! -- Evolution II- Soviet Motherland Calls
12 - заградительные отряды -- Barrier Troops
13 - Новая могила -- The New Grave
14 - Королева - оленьи рожки -- Queen Of Antlers
15 - Patriotic Song
16 - эпилог – Epilogue

The Review: 

Unlike other Jucifer records, the band’s latest release—with a title entirely in Russian—pushes boundaries in terms of theme. While previous albums held more conventional subject matter and music, the two-piece’s latest album crushes like Stalinism and Russia’s iron first long banished to the depths of history’s gloomy past; the Soviet era. It’s admittedly as weird as it sounds, but it works out well, appearing much denser than other sludge efforts, with songs that trudge along for nearly 10 minutes.

Repetition is key to achieving the forlorn atmosphere. One can feel each heavily distorted riff’s texture with the help of a good pair of headphones, and the end result is a crushing assortment of grinding grooves found exclusively in sludgey music. Likewise, the drumming is as minimalistic as can be and avoids any technical witchcraft as it devastatingly accents each guitar part. Without this brilliant teamwork—only possible in a two-piece like Jucifer—the release wouldn’t be half as strong as it is. The little details truly make a difference.

Attention to detail makes a compelling case for the record as a whole, too. “Evolution I: Nomads” is easily the highlight of the track listing with the bleakest atmosphere the album offers—the other songs don’t even come close. In comparison, the remainder of the release feels tame in its approach to the Soviet Union’s despondency, but still manages to sonically capture the collective mindset at the time.

Even so, a small portion of the record is decidedly more uplifting, the song in question being “The New Grave.” The track seems to promise positivity with a rhythmic groove, and its position near the end of the album suggests a resolution to the issues at hand, a clever move on Jucifer’s part. Shrouded in mystery, the message is left open to interpretation and acts as yet another reason to keep revisiting the music.

In the end, though, Jucifer’s latest release is a coherent product, flowing 78 minutes without any quips. The cover art is spot on. The music hits home for sludge and doom fans. And the theme is wonderfully fresh. Recommended in every sense of the word.

Band info: facebook || bandcamp

RIFF REWIND (18/08/2013): Secrets Of The Sky - "To Sail Black Waters"

Three of the band’s six members each contributing with multiple instruments, SECRETS OF THE SKY projects a unique brand of cinematic, cerebral, atmospheric metal with a heavy persuasion towards doom metal and even more blackened influences citing The Ocean, Opeth, Isis, Agalloch and others.

The debut album from this new by this sadly missed act, “To Sail Black Waters”, was recorded over an eight month period with engineer/producer Juan Urteaga (Testament, Machine Head, Cattle Decapitation) at Trident Studios, the massive album boasting SECRETS OF THE SKY’s entirely modern and unique back-bending of elements from a multitude of genres. With up to three guitar tracks, two and three keyboards at a time and a multitude of vocal styles — clean and epic lines against hollow and blackened battle cries and crushing, low-end growls — the band creates huge build-ups and epic movements as expansive as the cosmos.

Today we’re rewinding back 4 years, with our original review of a review of SECRETS OF THE SKY’s phenomenal debut “To Sail Black Waters”, So if you overlooked this band/album, be sure to remedy your error by checking out our review and the record is streaming in full below

By: Richard Maw

Album Type: Full Length

Date Released: 8/10/2013

Label: Kolony Records

If you are looking for a record that is a little different with elements of multiple sub-genres, give this album a try. Truly accomplished stuff and, yes, mesmerisingly bleak.

“To Sail Black Waters” CD//DD track listing :

1. Winter

2. Decline

3. Sunrise

4. Black Water

The Review:

Epic progressive doom with blackened influences and aspects. So what do you get for your money. You get four tracks- the shortest of which is (7.43) long. This Oakland CA six piece know what to do with the time; each track is expansive, multi-faceted and will hold your interest. It's bleak stuff, which does not sound very Californian. Then again, I suspect much of Oakland isn't exactly how you might imagine/want California to be.

“Winter” comes in over the nine minute mark with a suitably icy sound. Screamed and low vocals trade off while the guitars range from melodic and mellow to positively feral. The production is pleasingly clear and bright- but still raw and grimy enough as to be appropriate.

“Decline” is mesmerising in its bleakness (that kind of sums the whole record, to be fair). It continues and indeed expands on the opener. Clean vocals add a Gothic aspect (think Type O, not The Cure) that is unique and welcome. Keyboards add another layer to the sound as the guitars weave together expertly. This is brilliant stuff. The pace is slow but fluid and the generous 12 minute plus length of the track allows you to really get into this most unusual of sounds. The final 3 minutes plus are even heavier than what goes before and features an excellent riff prior to the track breaking down.

“Sunrise” starts with a lumbering doom riff (backed with an interesting keyboard counterpoint) and thereafter dynamics are used effectively with some truly unpleasant vocals too. Again, there is a definite gothic influence here (to my ears, anyway) and I like it. The opening riff gets returned too; this is not just progressive “throw anything in” writing- the tracks work as pieces of music and structured songs.

“Black Waters” at (11.22) closes the album is impressively expansive style. The intro builds things very nicely as the crystal clear drums crash in with a well worked groove that the bass propels along until the vocals come to the fore. Real heaviness follows with those black metal-esque vocals ripping out of the speakers. The track then twists and turns its way along numerous pathways before stripping away towards the end.

If you are looking for a record that is a little different with elements of multiple sub-genres, give this album a try. Truly accomplished stuff and, yes, mesmerisingly bleak.

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RIFF REWIND (01/08/2012): The Midnight Ghost Train - "Buffalo"

On August 1st, 2007, John Goff was pronounced dead. He died in his home in Abilene, Kansas from a severe asthma attack. This was the influential event that caused his best friend Steve Moss to start The Midnight Ghost Train as a eulogy to John. “John’s memory and life had to be remembered in some way.” Moss then moved back to Buffalo, New York planning to form a band and start touring. This was the idea and drive that fueled The Midnight Ghost Train.

As soon as Moss arrived in Buffalo, he began to recruit members for the band. The original lineup consisted of Steveon vocals and guitar, and friends Keith Harry-Carrey on bass, and Jake Levinon drums.

Their first EP, The Johnny Boy EP, was recorded in early 2008. It experimented with various genres, ranging from heavy rock to acoustic and psychedelic songs. Once the record was finished, Moss booked their first DIY U.S. tour. Before the tour started Keith was replaced by Moss’ longtime friend Brandon Burghart due to Keith’s inability to join them on the road. So Burghart, Levin, and Moss took off in the summer of 2008, and started the first TMGTtour. They had no idea how to make it succeed with the little money the clubs paid. There were even a few instances where they resorted to panhandling for gas money.

After a couple tours the bass role was filled in by Odie Lallo. After their 2009 tour the band decided to relocate to Kansas. Burghart’s home state and where Moss lived for seven years prior. They chose to affordably self-record their debut album in a country house outside of Topeka, Kansas. Topeka native David Kimmell would then become the new bassist. Burghart, Kimmell, and Moss, went back out on the road for a long period of touring. In 2010 they went on their first DIY European tour, in which they were met with great success.

The Midnight Ghost Train released their second full length album, “Buffalo” in 2012. The album was recorded and mixed completely analog at Chase Park Transduction by David Barbe. It displays a more powerful and organic sound. TMGT recorded all the songs live in the studio, as to replicate the intensity of their live shows. “Buffal”o was faster and more driving than their previous releases. It was released on the Louisville label, Karate Body Records. Soon after the release, Kimmell left the band.. In April of 2013, they played the Roadburn festival in Tilburg, Netherlands with friend Joseph Hester on bass. Shortly after, “Live from Roadburn 2013”, was released on Roadburn Records.

In 2014, TMGT signed with Austrian metal label, Napalm Records, who would issued their third length album, “Cold Was The Ground”, in 2015 and their recently released fourth album, “Cypress Ave”, in 2017. Today we are rewinding the riffs back almost 5 years to the day of the albums release in order present arguably their best release to date “Buffalo”. So if you missed it the first time or indeed this band be sure to remedy your error by checking out our review in full below.

(Bio taken from the band's official page)

By: James Crozier

Album Type: Full Length

Date Released: 31/07/2012

Label: Karate Body Records

All in all, this album is just a great record for anyone interested in heavy blues/stoner rock and you’d be crazy not to add this to your collection.

 

“Buffalo” CD//DD//LP track listing:

1). A Passing Moment of Sadness

2). Henry

3). Foxhole

4). Tom’s Trip

5). Spacefaze

6). Cotton Fields

7). Southern Belle

8). Into The Fray

The Review:

The Midnight Ghost Trainis a Stoner Rock band from Topeka, Kansas and their third release ‘Buffalo’ is one solid chunk of stoner goodness. If you’re looking for something that resembles ZZ Top trampled by mammoths, look no further than this record.

The guitars and bass here have got that quintessential stoner tone. If you’re into your stoner rock, you’ll know what I mean. It’s that perfect combination of fuzz and grit. Couple this with the natural groove you get with this kind of music and you’ve got some seriously head bang-able music. That’s not all though, as The Midnight Ghost Train aren’t afraid of switching it up and going for some totally clean stuff, replete with copious ‘wah-ing’ and soloing. It’s apparent that blues is as much an influence with this band as rock/metal, which is great in my opinion.

Again, the vocals on this record have a distinct bluesy feel to them, even if they do tend to take a back seat to make way for the monster riffage from time to time. The low-pitched gritty growl that you only seem to get from these awesome American bands features prominently.  Drums complement the rest of the music perfectly and every tune is full of the kind of stick work we’ve come to know and love in this genre. Plenty of massive cymbals along with huge tom build-ups are what you should expect here. The stand-out thing about the drums, and the whole of the sound on this record for that matter, is the immense production. This is thanks to producer David Barbe who’s managed to fully capture the sound of this truly brilliant band.

In terms of standout tracks, there’s quite a few.

Although it could be seen as just an intro track, the first song on the record ‘A Passing Moment of Madness’, is a brilliant tune in its own right. The first thing that reaches your ears is an almost tribal drum beat. Not long after, the riffage kicks in, well and truly smacking you in the face.

The transition to the next song begins with a great ‘wah’ build up and it really works well. The song in question is called ‘Henry’ and in my opinion this is the best track on the whole record. Here is a combination of pretty much everything that’s great about The Midnight Ghost Train and even if you bought the record just for this tune, it’d be worth it.

Luckily, the fun doesn’t stop there and the next track ‘Foxhole’ carries on in the same vain. Both these tracks are just slabs of juicy stoner rock to sink your teeth into.  In a brilliant twist, ‘Tom’s Trip’ pretty much does what it says on the tin. It’s trippy as hell, but almost in a cowboy-ish way if that makes sense. Images of an opium den tucked away in the wild west somewhere are conjured up and frankly it makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck. But that’s not where it ends. We’re treated to a fantastic solo that’s perfect for this track.

Apart from the cover of ‘Cotton Fields’, the rest of this album carries on in the same vein as the first three tracks and they’re all great stoner rock tunes.

All in all, this album is just a great record for anyone interested in heavy blues/stoner rock and you’d be crazy not to add this to your collection. This truly is a great album and it’s going to be on heavy rotation in my cd player for a long time!

Band info: bandcamp || facebook

RIFF REWIND (04/03/2015): Warhorse - ‘As Heaven Turns To Ash’ (Reissue)

Bio:

In a time where doom is flourishing in all directions and manners, Southern Lord exhumed the sole full-length from Massachusetts' Warhorse. Long out of print, rabidly sought after, and unconditionally vital in foreshadowing the plethora of current acts who partake in long form, recklessly downtuned sound voyages, 2001's ‘As Heaven Turns To Ash’ was  reissued on double LP and digital formats on February 24th, 2015 combined with their final 7" EP, I Am Dying.

Formed in 1996 and lasting the best part of a decade, Warhorsewallow deep down, grooving at the kind of frequency usually associated with imminent natural disaster. But in addition to their intricate delivery, Warhorse possesses an experimental, verging on psychedelic streak which gave rise to gritty and memorable riffs, and saw them sharing stages with the iconic likes of Electric Wizard, Khanate, Acid King, High On Fire and Unearthly Trance.

‘As Heaven Turns To Ash’and ‘I Am Dying’ are sinister demonstrations of ultra-heavy riffs as a weapon, and with Southern Lorddelivered a stellear  rerelease, doom fans worldwide will need to start saving pennies for the subwoofer damage they are sure to inflict.  Today we are rewinding the riffs back a mere 2 years in order present “As Heaven Turns To Ash’. So if you missed it the first time or even following its reissue in 2015, be sure to remedy your error by checking out our review in full below.

By: Daniel Jackson

Album Type: Full-Length

Date Released: 29/09/2001 

(24/02/2015 for the reissue)

Label: Southern Lord

Were ‘As Heaven Turns To Ash’ to be released in 2017 for the first time, it would be in a league with 2014 standouts Conan and Ommadon and the reason, much like ‘As Heaven Turns To Ash’ itself is simple: execution. Especially for its time, but even now; Warhorse knew how to craft a deep fucking tone. If you told me that the guitars were tuned to a previously non-existent z flat and played through a baritone guitar, I’d believe you.

‘As Heaven Turns To Ash’ DLP//DD track listing:

1. Dusk

2. Doom's Bride

3. Black Acid Prophecy

4. Amber Vial

5. Every Flower Dies No Matter The Thorns (Whither)

6. Lysergic Communion

7. Dawn

8. Scrape

9. And The Angels Begin To Weep

I Am Dying EP:

1. I Am Dying

2. Horizons Burn Red

The Review:

Warhorse may not sound all that unique by today’s standards, but in 2001 ‘As Heaven Turns To Ash’ just wasn’t something you heard every day. It’s pretty easy to figure out from which wells Warhorse drew their inspiration: Black Sabbath, Sleep, and Eyehategod. In 2017, you’re going to look at that list and think “So? There are hundreds if not thousands of bands in that camp, and I’ve gotten my fill of it over the last 10 years”. That’s a fair point. It’s hard to argue that as of this writing, doom with stoner tendencies is a well-worn style and bands have needed to add more and more into the mix to come up with a fresh approach. There have been a few that have made stripped-down, basic doom in the Sleep and Eyehategod traditions work, though they’re often the exception rather than the rule.

Were ‘As Heaven Turns To Ash’ to be released in 2017 for the first time, it would succeed in that same way, with the added benefit of a much larger audience for their style. It would be in a league with 2014 standouts Conan and Ommadon and the reason, much like ‘As Heaven Turns To Ash’ itself is simple: execution. Especially for its time, but even now; Warhorse knew how to craft a deep fucking tone. If you told me that the guitars were tuned to a previously non-existent z flat and played through a baritone guitar, I’d believe you. The drums are given plenty of weight in both performance and in production. In a way, this album should serve as the bar which all bands in a similar style should strive to meet, at least production-wise.

The song writing here is strong, despite being deeply indebted to its influences. It also helps that whenever it sounds like the album might be stuck in a groove or idea for too long, the band knows when to include a softer dynamic break or change the emotional tone enough to keep things from getting stale. There are several softer instrumental pieces throughout the album, and along with the subtle diversions sprinkled in throughout the bulk of the album, they manage to avoid letting the bloom fall off the rose.

I’m not entirely certain what ended Warhorse after just one full length and a few EPs. I’d certainly speculate that it’s possible they just had the one album in them. The two songs from the ‘I Am Dying’ EP that came out the following year (also included in this reissue as bonus tracks) suggest that Warhorse were kinda running in place. Even on ‘As Heaven Turns To Ash’, nearly twenty minutes of the album had been recorded in demo form around three years earlier. It would be safe to say that even considering the brief window of time they were together; Warhorsewasn’t a terribly prolific band. They came together and created one great album’s worth of material and moved on. You’d have to try pretty damned hard not to respect that.

RIFF REWIND (18/07/2013): On Pain of Death - "Year Naught Doom"

Formed in the boggiest of the boggy depths of Irelandin March '08, On Pain of Death play slow and twisted doom/sludge metal. The band played their first gig in June '08 and recorded their self-titled first demo over that same weekend and the next in Oaks Recording, Enniskillen, NI.

The band continued to play throughout the Summer and returned to Oaks at the end of September to record their next E...P which features one slab of degrading filth called "Rotting in a Tomb of Depravity". Not happy with the outcome of the recorded EP, OPoD decided to shelf the release with an intention to rework and re-record the track for a future release. A cover version of the Sepulturatrack “Troops of Doom” was recorded and released on vinyl by Blind date Records in December '09. The release featured bands such as Moloch, Thou, Aguirre, Loss and Hey Colossus all doing doomed out covers.

In the latter half of 2010 early 2011 OPoDrecorded their first album entitled "Year Naught Doom". With Handshake Inc. on board "Year Naught Doom" was released as a free download in late 2012 and subsequently released on tape in the summer of 2013 by Dry Cough Records and on LP via Sentinel Records.  Still considered an active band, but yet to release any new material for 5 years, I feel it is time to remind you all just how disgustingly bleak this album was and perhaps reignite the spark within the band to follow up this stunning record. 

Today we are rewinding the riffs back 4 years to the day in order present “Year Naught Doom”. So if you missed it the first time, be sure to remedy your error by checking out our review in full below. 

By: Matt Fitton

Album Type: Full Length

Date Released:3/7/2013

Label: Dry Cough Records (Tape) |

Sentinel Records (LP)



A mind melting and deeply intoxicating injection of Sludge and Doom, You'll need to watch Disney films for a week straight afterwards just to recover from the whole damned thing. Highly recommended.

“Year Naught Doom” CS//DD track listing:

1). Year Naught Doom (11:28)

2). Tell Your God to Be Ready For Blood (13:14)

3). It Came From the Bog (17:42)

The Review:

Ireland can kick out some noise when it wants to (see: Slomatics), and some of its filthiest noise in recent years has been produced by Sludge / Doom dealers On Pain of Death. Their current opus of depraved sick riffery is 'Year Naught Doom'. It saw a vinyl release at the tail end of 2012, but is being released on tape by the mighty Dry Cough. So let's get into it, shall we?

What you get for your cash here is 3 tracks of complete Doom horror to sink your fangs into, or whatever else you might be sporting. 42 minutes of harrowing sounds to wake the dead, and probably drive the living insane.

First track shares the album title and commences this ritual with suitably slow tendencies. Soaked in atmosphere and the potential for menace, it'd probably burst into flames if it walked into direct sunlight. It rolls on at an ominous pace, heavy as hell and full of feel. The low end that this band has is thick and syrupy, just the way I like it. The riffs are droning and the drumming pounds more like a curse is being banged into existence. If you listened to this enough it might give you an infection of some kind. It's sick, in a beautiful way.

'Tell Your God to Ready For Blood' is even more destructively slow and torturous. You constantly get the feeling that something very bad is about to happen, and when it kicks in even only slightly, the effect will still produce permanent damage in your ears if played too loud. The vocals are hissing and delivered with absolute venom. They'll haunt you. By the end it's so heavy that the cup on my desk nearly went all Jurassic Park.

The album rounds out with nearly 18 minutes of 'It Came From The Bog'. I can only imagine that the 'it' in question is the sound that this band commits to murderous tape. Like the death throes of an ancient being, heard across time and space and recorded in Ireland. It's really good!

Slow, winding and intense, it's an experience that your ears will beg you to cease, and your dark heart will implore you to let continue. The feedback at the end will rupture your arteries.

I seriously advise that you get this latest offering from On Pain of Death however you can. A mind melting and deeply intoxicating injection of Sludge and Doom, weighing in more heavily on the latter. You'll need to watch Disney films for a week straight afterwards just to recover from the whole damned thing. Highly recommend

Band info: Facebook