Procession
is a Doom Metal Band from Chile now based in Sweden.
The
members are:
Felipe
Plaza - guitars, vocals
Jonas Pedersen - guitars
Claudio Botarro - bass
Uno Bruniusson - drums
Jonas Pedersen - guitars
Claudio Botarro - bass
Uno Bruniusson - drums
To
Reap Heavens Apart, album track listing :
1.
Damnatio Memorae - 02:20
2.
Conjurer - 06:23
3.
Death & Judgement - 08:18
4.
To Reap Heavens Apart - 09:22
5.
The Death Minstrel - 06:36
6.
Far from Light - 10:59
Chile's
Procession have been ploughing the doom furrow since 2006 and have a
few releases under their (bullet) belt now. Currently based in
Sweden, theirs is the type of doom that is old school to the max;
true doom, even. This is their second full length.
“Damnation
Memorae”
opens the album up in instrumental style and the nice analogue-ish
sound pulls you into this defiantly traditional release. Never afraid
to accelerate when they have to, the band shows fine riffing and
dynamics to pull the listener in. It all serves as an appertif for
“Conjurer”
which gives us monolithic riffs, melody and fine clean melodic
vocals.
“Death
& Judgement”
brings the album into an epic realm. Low vocals, dynamics, despair
and melancholy- it's all here and in spades. The guitars weave
together, the bass is a melodic and ever present force in the mix
while the drums are inventive (not an easy thing to achieve in doom
and when playing at low tempos). After the five minute mark there are
riffs that are straight out of Sabotage/SBS- dramatic and
atmospheric. Great solo over a mournful sequence too.
“To
Reap Heavens Apart” clocks in at over nine minutes. The track fades
in (nice touch) bringing doom and despair along with its harmony
guitar work. The vocals are well delivered, creating an almost
tangible sense of drama. The tempo swings (like Sabbath, not ZZ Top)
and the bass work is truly fine. Again, the epic nature of the
material is right there- it permeates the riffs, vocals, the
production; everything. Things even get a bit Maiden in places- if
you want grandeur then why not?! The track is perfectly paced and
serves very well as a statement of intent and identity for the record
as a whole; just as a title track should.
“The
Death Minstrel” opens with rain and an acoustic and then slowly, by
way of reverbed percussion and atmosphere , builds towards a crashing
piece of very slow doom. The vocals are spoken word- a trick that can
work very with doom as the atmospherics inherent in the music can
carry the songs without histrionics.
“Far
From Light”
lumbers into view out of a sort of percussive segue and closes the
record emphatically. You get over ten minutes of slow burning doom
with this one. Weight and melody meet (as they do across the entire
record) by way of harmony and down tempo rhythms. The music quietens
for a powerful vocal performance- a clever juxtaposition. An extended
solo continues the grand feel of the material prior to a lumbering
series of verses and confident performances all around. A simple
acoustic passage finishes proceedings appropriately.
If
you fancy some traditional doom, you cannot wrong with this record.
For fans of Sabbath, Vitus, Trouble and Candlemass.
Words
by :
Richard Maw
To Reap Heavens Apart is now available on High Roller Records
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