In
2009 this Oklahoma based doom band already made a good album called 'Relative
Obscurity'. With this new album they have succeeded in making an even better
one. Still the musical base is doom with stoner influences, but they add more
progressive elements this time. Most of the time the music is slow off course,
but every now and then they turn up the tempo and that is also the strength of
their music. Adding influences by a band like Porcupine Tree, some post-grunge
stuff like we know it from Alice in Chains and even Opeth makes the songs
interesting musical pieces.
The
vocals of Dennis Cornelius are clean and very clear and he does a good job. The
style of singing has some Psychotic Waltz resemblances in it too. The band has
created music that can operate like a bridge between doom, post-grunge and
progressive music lovers. I think that fans of the doom genre, but also the more
progressive music fans that are into Porcupine Tree, Opeth and even Alice in
Chains adapts will like this record. A record with many faces and influences,
well arranged and executed in a very perfect way.
A
job well done!