In the Wind is such a nice change of pace from the usual genre trappings of doom...instead of weed-fueled dirges you have mid-tempo foot stompers injected with whisky and gasoline. R.I.P. almost near a desert rock-esque tone at times, but never stray too far from their doomly intentions. Also, holy shit that album cover!
Was a big fan of the previous iteration of this release--a solid throat-clearing sludge assault. Also, props to the engineer for actually including a tangible low end in the mix, I honestly think an emphasis on bass and drums is the most important element of the subgenre.
The vocals sound like Leonardo DiCaprio getting gored by that bear from The Revenant. So yeah, worth it. Jokes aside, if this is OCKULTIST's demo material, then count me in for all of their future releases. The goopiest of sludge.
Great for late-night driving through the city--glitchy, nocturnal hitters laden with rumbling sub bass and abrasive synth lines. London is once again proving itself as the capital of dark and heavy electronic music. Reminds me a bit of The Bug's classic "London Zoo."
DENNNNNNNNNSE as hell. Will inevitably blow out my car speakers with this slab o' sludge. Recommended for fellow fans of this new golden era of ultra filthy sludge/doom acts like Midmourner, Sithter, Fattura Della Morte, Gangrened, Hell etc.
Many rappers use violence as superficial source material for their music, but not nearly as many honestly portray the pain that violence causes. Deniro Farrar delivers hard-hitting, lock n' load tracks like "War," but is also able to reel it in and bring an introspective and haunting take on the aftermath with "World On My Shoulders." Also props to Young God for the really moody and atmospheric instrumentals.
Super addictive gutter rap, lots of slaps on here. Big fan of the grimy instrumentals--they compliment the lyrical content really well. I do agree with the others though, lose the trendy autotuned bars on track 6 guys, you're better than that.
I'm VERY picky when it comes to throwback Metal in general. But everything from the vocal stylings to the drum fills are just so on point. I mean shit, there's like a four minute drum solo at the end of "Bound to the Serpent"--these guys just get it.
