You
can’t fail to admire the ascendency of the UK doom scene over the last 5 years,
indeed if we extent that scene to incorporate the whole of the British Isles,
the scene is perhaps in a better state now than it has ever been, (Slomatics, I can never leave you out).
More
knowledgeable folks on the scene may scoff at their John Smiths Bitter (Or
Brains if your from Wales), over this remark; and perhaps it is longer than
that in terms of bands coming through and imprinting themselves upon the
underground. I merely speak from a
subjective standpoint given my tenure at The Sludgelord has been roughly that period of
time, but what is clear, is that the doom scene is not just some fly by night Nu-Metal
fad, there is and has been a veritable smorgasboard of bands that have emerged
from the scene, producing superior albums and thus in turn giving our neighbours
across the pond and in Europe a run for their money, making their asses clench
in the process. To coin The Sludgelord
mission statement, the UK
Few
could argue that the quality and quantity of bands to emerge have been
superior, but the question is, in the words of John Bush is there “Room for One More”. Well if the answer on
your lips is Tides of Sulfur,
then it is a resounding “hell fucking yes”.
Emerging
from South Wales in 2012, Tides of Sulfur drew upon their influences to
create their 'epic death sludge' sound with original drummer Jamie Burston, but was soon replaced by powerhouse Tom Lee (no not
that one) and his approach to his craft instantly gave the band
freedom to expand on their range of sounds, incorporating aspects of more
extreme forms of heavy music such as black metal, grindcore, crust and
primitive doom, moulding Tides Of Sulfur into the filth noise merchants they are
today.
Since
their inception and a variety of short form releases later, most notably a
recent split with The Air Turned to Acid, this death-sludge
power trio are pleased to announce that they will unleash their full-length
debut album “Extinction Curse” on
July 15th 2016 via Black Bow Records and whilst I don’t wish to
blow steam outta the ass of one band or one individual in particular, Conan, and
leader and driving force, Jon Davis are a fine testimony to what the scene is
about, dedication to their art, determination to succeed and a willingness to
support the scene that supported them. Certainly
the signing of Tides
of Sulfur to his own label, further exemplifies Jon Davis’
dedication to champion the best bands the UK has to offer, and make no mistake people,
the 7 tracks on offer on Tides of Sulfur’s debut are misanthropic, nihilistic
and filthy as fuck, fueled by a disdain of the greedy and morally corrupt,
21st-century human condition.
Today we are absolutely fucking ecstatic to present
the first blackened hymn entitled “Malthiest”
from an absolute beast of an album “Extinction
Curse”. Now “Can you dig it?”
Here is what Tides… had this to say about the track they hand picked for today’s premiere.
We fancied
writing an utterly misanthropic and aggressively negative tune. Started of as
an anti religious affair but we'd decided that's been done a fair bit.
"What if God is real?" We thought, " What if the religions of
the world are partly right but it turned out he was just a sadistic vicious
bastard?".It turns out that there's a word for someone who believes that.
A Malthiest.
Pre-orders
for the album are available here. “Extinction Curse” was recorded and mixed
by master craftsman Chris Fielding at Skyhammer Studio and mastered by Today is the
Day's Steve Austin.
“Extinction
Curse” CD//DD track Listing:
1.
Eternal Bleeding
2.
...Of Suffering and Grief
3.
Woe To You O Destroyer
4.
Malthiest
5.
Extinction Curse
6.
Iron Fists Shall Rust
7.
Year of Pigs
Band info: Facebook
Band info: Facebook
