Sound of Origin - The All Seeing Eye (2020)
After popping up with their Seeds of
the Past EP back in 2017, and
making an appearance on last year's Doomed & Stoned in
England compilation, the quartet
of Sound of Origin have rolled back around with their first full
album, boasting fifty minutes of stoner-tinged doom across nine
songs.
First
of the bunch is “Not Dead Yet”, with some lancing guitar and
booming bass chords setting things up for a run of slow and heavy
riffage. The title track pops out of that form, briefly, with a
burst of higher-tempo drumming opening it up before sliding right
back into regular stoner doom proceedings. Good mixing keeps the
bass unmuddled, while the slight sinking of the vocals makes them a
part of the crunches and fuzz. A mid-way break launches things back
into the higher energy altitudes, before arcing back down into a bass
riff that makes up for the interlude with extra weightiness.
And,
for the most part, that MO carries the album. There's twists of
sludge (as in “Dim Carcosa” and “Lockjaw”, their choice for
lead single), and Sabbathy melodics (“Morning Bird”), but the
grounding in that style established by the opening tracks is always
evident, however tweaked. Luckily, the interplay between the bass
and drums (like the opening cruise of “Stoned Messiah Blues”)
keeps things fun enough to buoy the listener through the album. It's
an easy one to let yourself let go and float along with, thanks to
the solid riffs throughout each song, and the momentum rarely lets
up.
Closing
out with the nine-minutes-and-change of “Tempest Dunes”, the band
stretches their riffs and scope out to monstrous sizing, working a
call-and-return structure to fun effect. All together, it should be
a nice treat for stoner doom fans who've been looking for a new group
to add to their rotation. The All Seeing Eye
goes up for sale on August 21st, through APF Records.
~
Gabriel
For
Fans Of; Attalla, Dopethrone, Godsleep, Tar Pit, Wizard Smoke
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