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April - Album-highlight
Orodruin - Epicurean Mass
2003
Psychedoomelic Records (Austria)
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The Album
ACID DOOM ALERT! Although this album isn't their most recent output, it's still Orodruin's
visiting card of their intriguing retro-stoom style which is of eponymous means.
Combining downtuned guitars, a haunting organ and a gurgling bass which is
actually reminiscent of Kyuss and Dozer and a powerful yet emotional drumming,
these US-based monster doomsters show us how to play doom METAL with class.
Consisting of 9 tracks, the entire album has no weak song (and yeah, it's about
SONGS!) at all, each track being a top-notch doom metal hymn which they already
proved with their excellent and ambitious live performance.
Supported by the
awesome epic voice in a Bedemon'ish and Pentagram-reminiscent style, 'Epicurean Mass'
contains songs you'll never forget and which deserve being listed in a top-10
doom metal hall-of-fame such as Burn the Witch, Pierced By Cruel Winds or the
title track. But I guess everyone picks his own favorite song...
Anyone who
likes obscure Proto-Doom like Pentagram, psychedelic epic doom like Last Chapter
or Solitude Aeturnus or even straight ahead stoner rock like Kyuss should move
his ass to the next record shop, equipped with a fair amount of money to grab
this masterpiece of rock music - and maybe their other releases, if available ;)
Comparable acts: Last Chapter, Solitude Aeturnus, Pentagram |
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