SMOULDER - Times Of Obscene Evil And Wild Daring (SLIPCASE CASSETTE)
Canada | Epic Doom
Detailed Description
Remember that scene in The Return of the King when Eowyn whips her helmet off, snarls "I am no man!" and blows up the Witch-king of Angmar's fucking head? Smoulder's debut album sounds the way that scene feels. Its six tracks of chugging, solo-ripping vocal-soaring capital-m Metal both pay loving tribute to the history of epic doom and inject new life (and tons of catchiness) into the genre's most niche-and-nerdy caverns. Somewhere in the Halls of Mandos, Ronnie James Dio smiles on these Canadian upstarts. - Decibel Magazine, Top 40 of 2019
