Bio:
Since
the year of our Lord 2007, Barabbas have been lavishing moral
soothing, spiritual peace and irreversible tinnitus on the lost
metallic sheep pushing at the doors of their Sonic Church of the Holy
Redeemer Riff.
Apostles
of a doom following the traditional Holy Trinity of Black Sabbath,
Saint-Vitus and Cathedral, the french congregation have taken their
time to personalise their catechism before preaching live (and
sometimes in the desert…) and to concoct their first lead-plated
communion: 33.33 minutes of monolithic canticles to redeem the sins
of the new French chanson and regain the original innocence of Adam
and Eve headbanging in the garden of Eden.
Barabbas
pardon those who are offended by the clumsy heaviness of their music,
their relentless repetitiveness and their upfront refusal of
subtlety. As frontman Saint Rodolphe, wisely put it: “The music of
Barabbas may be boring to listen to, but playing it is even worse”
Over
the last couple of years Barabbas played (mostly in and around Paris
but also a couple of times in Rennes) with great bands like The
Wounded Kings, Pilgrim, Windhand, Ataraxie, Voight Kampf, Son of
Zardoz, The Bottle DoomLazy Band...
The
band is actually recording its 1st full-length early this spring,
expect with songs like "le Couteau ou l'Abime", "Le
Male Omega", "Judas est une Femme" or "Le Sabbath
dans la Cathédrale", some more refined Stoner/Doom still
dynamic and overwhelming to convert more doomed hellhounds...
Ite
Missa Est.
The
Band Members
Saint
Rodolphe : la Voix des Anges
Saint
Stéphane : les Accords du Diable
Saint
Jérôme : les Bas Instincts
Saint
Jean-Christophe : les Tambours du Sabbat
The Low-Down:
My
good friend Steph from much missed blog Temple Of Perdition asked me
to promote this excellent band – Barabbas. And when he tells you to check a band they must be something special inded. Well I am happy to say that Steph was right again as Barabbas are a hard-rocking Doom/Stoner
Metal band from France who will appeal to a lot of you as they play
some truly stunning riffs.
The
bio above will tell you need to know. Just headover to BandCamp and
download all of their material now. As these guys are truly something
special. They have a great mixture of High On Fire lurking the
background. It all bodes well for their eagerly awaited debut album
due out in Sept 2014. From this evidence consider me a fan of
Barabbas as I want to hear that album now!!!!
This
is Doom Metal with capital FUCKING DOOOMMM!!!!!
Just
check it out now. You won't be sorry.
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