Album Type:
Album
Date Released:
June 01st
2014
Label:
Self Released
El Ahorcado –
S/T - track listing:
1.Funereal Wind
03:39
2.The End Of It All
09:21
3.Doomed Ablaze
07:17
4.A New Dusk 10:34
5.Dust Haze 01:09
6.Las Brujas 12:36
7.The Devil's Root
08:49
8.Sequía 00:44
9.El Ahorcado 18:32
Bio
Slow,
deep, hard, aquatic, satanic, misanthopic, marijuanomaniac. Rock N'
Roll, Get High, Satan Worshiping.
Band Members
Maximo Mateo - Bass
Diego B. - Guitar
Perrik - Drums
Review:
El Ahorcado contacted
me a while ago to check out their S/T debut album. The album cover
intrigued me. It's a desolate, bleak and almost violent piece without
giving to much away. I listened to a couple of tracks and then my
interest went into overdrive. I am a huge fan of the Mexican
Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal Scene and a few of my friends from Mexico told me these guys are one of the heaviest and loudest Sludge/Stoner
Metal bands that Mexico has to offer.
With that endorsement
ringing in my ears I then proceeded to listen to the album fully for
the very first time. All 72 minutes of it. So what did I truly
experience after those 72 minutes. I experienced an epic journey told
through heavy amplifier worship as El Ahorcado put my body through a
gruelling and punishing audio workout that left me a shivering wreck.
El Ahorcado combine
Sludge Metal, Doom Metal, Stoner Metal with a dark bleak satanic
outlook on life. It's not exactly Black Metal though the vocals have
a slight Death Metal growl at times. This album is Dopesmoker's devil
worshipping demonic riff slaying evil crazy high as a fucking kite
little brother.
El Ahorcado leave no
stone unturned playing epic riffs powered by the mighty weed.
As their bio states, this band is influenced by Get High, Rock
N' Roll and Satan Worhsipping. That's the perfect description for
this album as it's crazy hazed drug-fuelled ride that may take some
poor losers souls along the way. But what a great journey you will
have.
Tracks
such as Funeral Wind, The End Of It All, Doomed Ablaze and Las Brujas
– show a band influenced by classic bands such as Sabbath, Kyuss,
Sleep and High On Fire but still bringing their own unique style to
the world. You will need to give this
album your full attention as it has a lot of different ideas running through it's epic 72 minute run-time.
One
of the albums bleakest tracks is – A New Dusk. A heavy
and hazy nightmarish journey into the dark wastelands that sees the
band play some of the best riffs on the album with intense vocals to
match. Are these guys worshipping Satan. It's hard to tell but that what makes this album such an experience to listen to. As this is not
your conventional Sludge/Stoner Metal album. It's a bleak as fuck
experience that actually may put some people off.
El Ahorcado will put
your body through one final heavy as hell endurance challenge with
the 18 minute plus track - El Ahorcado. A slow burning experience
that sees the band unleashing hell on earth as their musical
creativity knows no bounds as the constant onslaught of drone based
riffs even had me feeling nauseous at times.
So what have El
Ahorcado delivered here. Quite possibly one of the bleakest and
depressing Sludge/Stoner Metal albums of 2014. It's a
dangerous album that will leave you feeling very uncomfortable with
the world around you. And I loved every fucking second of it.
Brilliant
Stuff.
El Ahorcado is
available to buy on CD directly from the band. It's available to buy
now on Digital Download from BandCamp .
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Written
by Steve Howe
