Dead Hand - 2014 EP (2014)
From the wilds of Georgia emerges this
two-track EP debut from Dead Hand, whom we featured last week on a
split with Repellers. The band's page states that a full-length is
on the way, and that these two songs are half of the material
intended for inclusion on that imminent arrival. The first of these,
“Ground To Ash”, begins with a quote from Stephen Hawking about
the illegitimacy of authority systems, which leads quite naturally
into some grinding, sludgy doom metal. There's some funeral doom to
it, some post-core (mainly in the intense but sometimes low-mixed
drumming), but it's generally all swirled together without regard for
those conventions, in keeping with the opening sample.
The second track, “The Last King”
begins in a more subdued manner, with a steady drum-beat laying down
a path for the gently-picked guitar melody, while bass hums in the
background. Moving past point after point where they might be
expected to jump out into a big, loud burst, the band gradually
develops the energy until they can sweep smoothly into a more violent
mode. With a sharp guitar tone that floats along on reverb, the
second half of the song packs in signature changes, heavy riffs, and
escalating tension, before finally releasing into the same quietness
with which it began.
It's a promising start for this group,
and with their split on Divine Mother Recordings already selling
fast, it doesn't seem too farfetched to imagine the same will happen
for the full-length, once it arrives. Keep your ears open for more
to come!
~ Gabriel
For Fans Of; Unearthly
Trance, Black Freighter, Integrity, Oak & Bone, November Coming
Fire
~
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