Album Type:
Album
Date Released:
13th September 2014
Label:
Self Released
Welter Through
The Ashes - track listing:
1.Tresor
2.Welter Through The
Ashes
3.Adrenaline
4.Overloaded
5.Weak Little Souls
6.Sheitan
7.Thousand Headed
Goddess
8.On Solid Grounds
9.Bliss
Bio
stoner metal /
sludge / hardcore from hamburg, germany
bad temper turned
into music with light at the end of the tunnel. the four guys from
hamburg celebrate the exorcism of inner demons in mid tempo and
slo-mo cut by jagged outbreaks.
Members
Mo (voc)
Timo (git)
Flo (bs)
Stephan (dr)
Review:
RODHA's
debut album – Welter Through The Ashes – is one mean lean
brooding beast of an album. It snarls right at you from the very
start. A pulsating mix of Doom, Sludge, Stoner Metal drenched with
hardcore blasts of intense fury. RODHA mean business on their debut
album and they don't disappoint for a single second.
Opening
track – Tresor – opens up with pissed off guitar riffs before
Mo's vocals come screaming in from all corners. This is what RODHA is
all about. Heavy slabs of Sludge/Stoner Metal riffs played at a
frightening pace with enough menace to scare all of you into
submission.
RODHA
call their music – Sludgecore – and it's the perfect description
to call their music as even though the album has elements of Doom and
Stoner Metal it's primarily rooted in heavy blasts of Sludge Metal.
The album will take you on an emotional roller-coaster as it has some
very powerful tracks that will test your patience and resolve. Trust
me when I say that is a good thing for an album like this. Welter
Through The Ashes has it's fair share of sublime guitar riffs to
worship to. The drumming is another major highlight as Stephan never
stops banging the hell out of those drums especially on tracks such
as Welter Through The Ashes, Adrenaline and Thousand Headed Goddess.
RODHA
have created an album that is one highly dangerous and addictive ride
from start to finish. It's hard to pick out an overall stand-out
track as they are all equally good as each other. If you want an
album that is heavy, loud and brutal from the start then Welter
Through The Ashes is the album for you. It can be very depressing at
times especially with some of the lyrics as RODHA don't hold back
unleashing their true feelings upon to the world. It' an album that
comes with a haunting and social conscience attached to it. Don't go
expecting an easy listen as that ain't RODHA's style. This is an
album to completely lose yourself in. It's a thought provoking tale
that will crush you world for 51 minutes or so.
RODHA
have created an absolute monster here. Welter Through The Ashes may
not change the world of Sludge/Stoner Metal but it has more than
enough power for you to bow down at one of the rising stars of the
German Sludge/Stoner Metal scene. RODHA are going places. It's best
to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Brilliant.
End Of.
You
want to hear this album for yourself a week before it's released.
Well your in luck as RODHA have kindly agreed to let Sludgelord HQ
stream this awesome album now. A whole week before it's released on
Sept 13th 2014. Only if you're feeling brave enough of
course.
Thanks to RODHA for the promo and album stream. Welter Through The Ashes will be available to buy from BandCamp on Sept 13th 2014.
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Written
by Steve Howe
