REVEREND BIZARRE
“II CRUSH THE INSECTS”
(Spikefarm)
The
second album for the Finish doom metallers Reverend Bizarre is a fact! I
met the band when it re-released its debut album a few months ago and I
really loved its sound! This new album is very heavy and very doomy and
the average track length is about 9 or 10 minutes! The tracks are very
slow (although that there are some fast/rock’ n’ roll moments again)
and the vocals of Albert Witchfinder are again very dark. In my ears, he
sometimes sounds like he is mourning... Listen for example the tracks
“Slave Of Satan” and “Fucking Wizard” and you will feel like
watching a real funeral! The band’s influences are still the same:
Candlemass, Trouble, Pentagram, Saint Vitus and Black Sabbath, of course.
To tell you the truth some parts of the album reminded me so much of Black
Sabbath that I believe that the band has composed the particular parts to
pay their respects to the fathers of the doom sound... If you give
yourselves the chance to listen or buy this album you will feel great when
you discover the particular parts. The guitars (Peter Vicar) are slow,
very heavy and reminded me of the aforementioned bands. The rhythm section
is very heavy too and the bass (Albert again) sound is ready to blow your
head off! This is one of the best doom metal releases of the year, so the
fans should hurry up in order to get this album... As for the rest, I
cannot recommend any tracks, because all eight tracks (six new and two
previously released tracks: “Doom Over The World” and “Fucking
Wizard”), which are included here, are really very good!
The
second album for the Finish doom metallers Reverend Bizarre is a fact! I
met the band when it re-released its debut album a few months ago and I
really loved its sound! This new album is very heavy and very doomy and
the average track length is about 9 or 10 minutes! The tracks are very
slow (although that there are some fast/rock’ n’ roll moments again)
and the vocals of Albert Witchfinder are again very dark. In my ears, he
sometimes sounds like he is mourning... Listen for example the tracks
“Slave Of Satan” and “Fucking Wizard” and you will feel like
watching a real funeral! The band’s influences are still the same:
Candlemass, Trouble, Pentagram, Saint Vitus and Black Sabbath, of course.
To tell you the truth some parts of the album reminded me so much of Black
Sabbath that I believe that the band has composed the particular parts to
pay their respects to the fathers of the doom sound... If you give
yourselves the chance to listen or buy this album you will feel great when
you discover the particular parts. The guitars (Peter Vicar) are slow,
very heavy and reminded me of the aforementioned bands. The rhythm section
is very heavy too and the bass (Albert again) sound is ready to blow your
head off! This is one of the best doom metal releases of the year, so the
fans should hurry up in order to get this album... As for the rest, I
cannot recommend any tracks, because all eight tracks (six new and two
previously released tracks: “Doom Over The World” and “Fucking
Wizard”), which are included here, are really very good!