Genre: Funeral Doom
Year Released: 2006
Label: Moribund Records
Tracklisting/Song Length
1. In The Depths Of R'lyeh (11:16)
2. Dead Dripping City (16:36)
3. At The Edge Of The Abyss (13:27)
4. Where No Light Hath Shone... (But For That Of The Moon) (12:39)
5. Fallen Into Shadow (16:14)
6. Awakening Of The World's Doom (Reprise) (2:11)
Review:
This is amazing. It's slow, it's dark, it's atmospheric and IT'S FUCKING HEAVY. This is truly funeral doom. Slow as hell, long songs and just full of unrelenting atmosphere that threatens to steal your soul and pull you down into a dark abyss. The songs sound so fucking creepy, so disjointed and so disturbed. It could literally be described as the zombie of death metal. Slow, unrelenting, disgusting and full of hatred. This is not an album for everyone, the songs are almost drone-like in quality. They're insanely slow, the songs often repeat for long amounts of time and it really takes a keen listener to get into it. This isn't the type of music you can play and get into around your friends, especially if they're not into metal.
The guitars are slow, droning and and just filthy, well thought out and atmosphere ridden. They're deep, crunchy and can very easily pull you head first into this album if you're not paying close enough attention. Just the weird and disjointed way the songs are written make you feel odd, it just gives off a sense of unease and fear. Whatever the hell they're tuned to is great, I wish I could do that. This is honestly one of the first albums to ever actually give me shivers down my spine, it's really THAT atmospheric!
The drums, those are the most disjointed of the album. They're played in a very weird and slow way that really keeps you off guard. It's very hard to drum at a pace as slow as Catacombs is going, it's very easy to lose the beat, get distracted or even just plain out forget what you were doing. None of these ever bother Catacombs, it's precise, slow and truly unnerving.
The vocals are the key to just how deep and dark this album is. They're really, really low growls that can last an amazingly long time and never fail to add atmosphere to the album.If anything they manage to make this one of the most odd and crazy musical experiences I've ever had.
Overall if you don't pick this album up ASAP you'll be missing out big time. This is what Funeral Doom is all about, this is the embodiment of funeral doom in 6 slow and dripping songs. If you ever listen to doom then this is a must have, it's a true funeral doom masterpiece.
BUY IT FUCKING NOW!
Final Rating:
5/5
this sounds right up my alley.
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