Formed in the boggiest of the boggy depths of Ireland
The band continued to play throughout the Summer
and returned to Oaks at the end of September to record their next E...P which
features one slab of degrading filth called "Rotting in a Tomb of Depravity". Not happy with the
outcome of the recorded EP, OPoD decided to shelf the release with an
intention to rework and re-record the track for a future release. A cover
version of the Sepultura
track “Troops of Doom” was recorded
and released on vinyl by Blind date Records in December '09. The
release featured bands such as Moloch, Thou, Aguirre, Loss and Hey Colossus all doing doomed
out covers.
In the latter half of 2010 early 2011 OPoD
recorded their first album entitled "Year Naught Doom". With Handshake Inc.
on board "Year Naught Doom" was released as a free download in
late 2012 and subsequently released on tape in the summer of 2013 by Dry Cough
Records and on LP via Sentinel Records. Still considered an active band, but yet to
release any new material for 5 years, I feel it is time to remind you all just how disgustingly bleak this
album was and perhaps reignite the spark within the band to follow up this
stunning record.
Today
we are rewinding the riffs back 4 years to the day in order present “Year
Naught Doom”. So if you missed it the first time, be sure to
remedy your error by checking out our review in full below.
By: Matt Fitton
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released:
3/7/2013
Label: Dry Cough Records (Tape)
|
Sentinel
Records (LP)
A mind melting and deeply intoxicating
injection of Sludge and Doom, You'll need to watch Disney films for a week
straight afterwards just to recover from the whole damned thing. Highly
recommended.
“Year Naught Doom” CS//DD track
listing:
1).
Year Naught Doom (11:28)
2).
Tell Your God to Be Ready For Blood (13:14)
3).
It Came From the Bog (17:42)
The Review:
What
you get for your cash here is 3 tracks of complete Doom horror to sink your
fangs into, or whatever else you might be sporting. 42 minutes of harrowing
sounds to wake the dead, and probably drive the living insane.
First
track shares the album title and commences this ritual with suitably slow tendencies.
Soaked in atmosphere and the potential for menace, it'd probably burst into
flames if it walked into direct sunlight. It rolls on at an ominous pace, heavy
as hell and full of feel. The low end that this band has is thick and syrupy,
just the way I like it. The riffs are droning and the drumming pounds more like
a curse is being banged into existence. If you listened to this enough it might
give you an infection of some kind. It's sick, in a beautiful way.
'Tell Your God to Ready For Blood' is even more
destructively slow and torturous. You constantly get the feeling that something
very bad is about to happen, and when it kicks in even only slightly, the
effect will still produce permanent damage in your ears if played too loud. The
vocals are hissing and delivered with absolute venom. They'll haunt you. By the
end it's so heavy that the cup on my desk nearly went all Jurassic Park
The
album rounds out with nearly 18 minutes of 'It Came From The Bog'. I can only
imagine that the 'it' in question is the sound that this band commits to
murderous tape. Like the death throes of an ancient being, heard across time
and space and recorded in Ireland
Slow,
winding and intense, it's an experience that your ears will beg you to cease,
and your dark heart will implore you to let continue. The feedback at the end
will rupture your arteries.
I
seriously advise that you get this latest offering from On Pain of Death however you
can. A mind melting and deeply intoxicating injection of Sludge and Doom, weighing
in more heavily on the latter. You'll need to watch Disney films for a week
straight afterwards just to recover from the whole damned thing. Highly
recommend
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