Album
Type : Full Length
Date
Released : 20/1/2014
Label
: Bandcamp
Doom Machine, album track listing :
1).
Doom Machine 05:46
2).
Tractor Beam 05:07
3).
Planets & Suns Consumed 09:59
5).
Voidwagon 04:25
5).
Skull of the Titan 09:31
The Band :
Dominik
Stachyra| Bass
Pawel
Zmarlak | Drums
Michal
Skula | Guitar
Review :
While there's definitely a time and a place to allow Major Kong to batter your eardrums and lure you from the harshness of reality and into a spaced-out land where Black Sabbath is an omnipresent God and we are all their obedient servants, when that time comes, Doom Machine is a damn fine record.
Instrumental doom crawling its way out ofPoland ’s
murky underground; the trio from Lublin
While there's definitely a time and a place to allow Major Kong to batter your eardrums and lure you from the harshness of reality and into a spaced-out land where Black Sabbath is an omnipresent God and we are all their obedient servants, when that time comes, Doom Machine is a damn fine record.
Instrumental doom crawling its way out of
Dubbing their music “slow guitar
hypnosis,” paints a fairly accurate picture of what this band is about. Across Doom
Machine’s five tracks, totalling just less than 35
brutal minutes, your ears are treated to an assault of slow, brooding
riffs.
Tractor Beam leads with a snarling, wah-wah riff that demands your attention, while Voidwagon offers a similar grooving bombast, complete with blood curdled screams from that much loved pedal. Misiek’s guitar tone is unassailably menacing, wrapped in a filthy fuzz that gives even Fu Manchu a run for their money. His vibrato meanwhile, is highly noteworthy. The sustain he gets as he bends the string, treating it like a dog gives his sound an enormous rattling quality, tailor made for a stoned audience.
They get a great dissonance in chord based movements which perch themselves between those signature beating riffs that have been winning them so many fans. While they remain unsigned, you’re left to wonder what piece of the puzzle if missing from their arsenal to tempt the labels into making a move. Their musicianship is unquestionably strong, with Planets & Sun Consumed and Skull Of The Titan, both of which surpass the nine minute mark and maintain the listeners attention and interest all the while proving just that. Perhaps then, their instrumental nature limits their commercial value; after all, that is what a label needs to stay alive. Yet, if they were to add vocals to their palette there is the fear that this band would lose their charm. Some gems are destined to remain undiscovered and unsigned; their cult following to be nothing more than that. So long as they keep producing this kind of noise, I’m happy either way.
Tractor Beam leads with a snarling, wah-wah riff that demands your attention, while Voidwagon offers a similar grooving bombast, complete with blood curdled screams from that much loved pedal. Misiek’s guitar tone is unassailably menacing, wrapped in a filthy fuzz that gives even Fu Manchu a run for their money. His vibrato meanwhile, is highly noteworthy. The sustain he gets as he bends the string, treating it like a dog gives his sound an enormous rattling quality, tailor made for a stoned audience.
They get a great dissonance in chord based movements which perch themselves between those signature beating riffs that have been winning them so many fans. While they remain unsigned, you’re left to wonder what piece of the puzzle if missing from their arsenal to tempt the labels into making a move. Their musicianship is unquestionably strong, with Planets & Sun Consumed and Skull Of The Titan, both of which surpass the nine minute mark and maintain the listeners attention and interest all the while proving just that. Perhaps then, their instrumental nature limits their commercial value; after all, that is what a label needs to stay alive. Yet, if they were to add vocals to their palette there is the fear that this band would lose their charm. Some gems are destined to remain undiscovered and unsigned; their cult following to be nothing more than that. So long as they keep producing this kind of noise, I’m happy either way.
Words
by : Phil Weller
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