Hailing from Portland, YOB have developed a unique style of doom that is extremely conducive to mind expansion. If you think the band create just a wall of boring rehashed Vitus riffs you're wrong...
When I think, there's no new band around, which can surprise me, I found this demo CD-R in my mailbox. I was a bit disappointed about a missing cover, but at least it's the music that counts...
I didn't expect much when I put the disc of this Swiss trio into my player. The drummer played formerly in Hell Mute, a band which leaves me cold, too...
I think, that these four guys put a lot of work into their songs and you can hear that they know how to handle their instruments, but sometimes it isn't enough when the arrangements and riffs of the songs are on that typical mediocre level. There are so much bands, playing this kind of pseudo-energetic heavy Rock 'n' Roll without having an own identity and it's the same with this Swedish band...
I've read a lot of positive words about Portland's YOB and now it was time to make up my own mind. This is the first full length release, that contains six long songs, so the total playing time is about 70 minutes...
I remember the first Swedish Sins compilation on White Jazz, where the mysterious ZEN participated with an awesome track. Sorry, I forgot the title but for my taste, it was one of the best songs on this compilation...
The Italian occult Metal underground is famous for bands like Death SS and the omnipotent Paul Chain, and both have released some real milestones in the past. But apart of the big names, there are still some surprises hidden in the past and one of this secrets was the five-piece ZESS...
