Countress - Ov Sin (2013)
With some blackened thrash, a splash of
death metal, and some solid grooves running underneath the fury,
Countress make their full-length debut with Ov Sin,
and prove that there's more than one way to approach the spirit of
doom. Take the occult focus and preoccupation with serial killers
that marks bands such as Church Of Misery and Bongripper, crank the
speed and aggression up on the dial for the music and vocals, give
the drummer some unforgiving passages to play, some blistering riffs
for the guitarist, and you're pretty close to the 'dangerous after
dark' neighborhood of Countress.
The
music rarely slows down, but every now and then the band will throw
in a scraping slide on guitar, a particularly complex drum fill, or a
nicely atmospheric intro/bridge to a song that suggests they could
easily put together a devastating straight black doom album from the
materials hidden up their sleeves, if they could just tear themselves
away from their commitment to speed and sound barrages. “Hell Is
Here” is probably their most restrained track in that respect,
slowing the guitar-work down to a grim and gritty growl for most of
the song, which makes their release of that throttle for the rest of
the songs even more striking, but they bring it into play elsewhere as well.
If
you're not averse to injecting the spirit of doom into other styles
that have traditionally had some serious friction, give Countress a
fair try. It may be a little out of the ordinary for our offerings,
but they've got the same madness in their hearts as the most
dyed-purple-in-the-wool doomers; they just want to pick some fights
to go along with it. We've also got an interview with them popping up today, so give it a read and let them win you over already!
~
Gabriel
For
Fans Of; Open Tomb, Satan's Satyrs, Acid King, Weapon, Contagium
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