Wpnfire plays doom he does like er... lovesThis album...
It is like it was made for me to listen to...
It's progressive, it's epic, it's all riffs... I mean this is just ridiculous.
5/5
That's all that needs to be said.
Yet, I feel compelled to explain what this album is to me, and I will try to be objective. First of all, yes, it is the same thing, over and over and over at times for minutes without any changes, so if you are not someone that likes that... well, I really do not know why you are listening to a doom/stoner album in the first place if you do not like that.
It starts with a very,
very, elementary doom riff that plays for a few minutes, then the song winds down for a few minutes, and the minimalist beat disappears entirely, then the tune ramps up and the riff returns, only its...different. The difference is barely noticeable-part of the reason the song never gets tiring-but there is a small section added to the riff. It is as if during the breakdown section, the riff journeyed off into the beyond, and came back more...mature, seasoned.
Eventually, a booming voice shatters the stagnation ("stagnation" in word only). The voice is monotone, never changing in pitch or tone as it bellows a tale that can only be heard if you play the entire song--I mean album. I find myself always caught off guard by the vocals, as the rest of the instrumentation is incredibly addicting and pulls you in. On multiple listens, it always seems like the vocals are in a different place...
This pattern continues for most of the song, but it somehow never even approaches boring or redundant. Hypnotic comes to mind. Occasionally, the pattern breaks and the song diverges into...gosh this song, er..album is so long, it is hard to recall everything about it. Anyway, there are a few solos, of which I believe there are three spaced throughout, and they also seem at first to be randomly placed though they are usually interspersed similarly to the vocals to break up the song.
The last thing I want to talk about with this, this is stoner doom, but it is almost...uplifting in a way. About a third of the way through the song, the riff really starts to sound good, and all I can think of is heading off on a grand journey through the desert. I have to say, the whole thing is inspiring.