They’ve been around since 2016, casting their unique brand of doom-sludge gloom. They’ve ed such behemoths as Corrosion of Conformity, Dopethrone, Ufomammut, Conan and Red Fang. With two full length releases under their belt, the sophomore album Hazy Rites arriving between 2019 and 2020 depending on your desired format. In advance of their third full-length record which drops in the Autumn, the band have provided a two track EP Endless Garden, which sees new keyboardist Kevyn Raecke ing the rest of the band, namely vocalist and bassist Clément Mostefai, guitarist Stanislas Franczak and drummer Thomas Dupuy.
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t may only be two tracks, but these are two gargantuan songs, with “Eternal Sunset” an ambling, sludgy-filled monster, which drifts from concrete heavy riffing to fuzzed up breakdowns and bursts of powerful energy and almost freestyle chaos. You can immerse yourself in the doom that soaks through the song, with Raecke’s keyboards making a prominent but never overpowering statement. It’s dark, harrowing and absorbing in equal measure.
As “Eternal Sunset” draws to a close it segues into a deep, rich bass tone that slowly picks out the direction for “The Maze”, soon ed by Franczak’s guitar and Dupuy’s crashing percussion and drumming. Mosterfai’s haunting vocals hang above the thickened sludge, and the sinister air that prevails makes it a track that is well worth exploring. It’s occult overtures, combined with the stoner vibe and the production skills of Haldor Grunberg (Behemoth, Dopelord, Belzebong) give the EP an air of authenticity that works well. It bodes well for the new record, one that most stoner and doom fans will be anticipating eagerly.
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Endless Garden is out on June 3rd
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