By: Richard Maw
Album Type: 7”
Date Released: 16/06/2017
Label: Svart
Records
“Striped Dragon” DD//7” track listing:
1). Striped Dragon
2). No Way to Escape
The Review:
Following
up debut “Sang - Dragon” with this
two track EP is a smart move- riffs pound, organs swirl, vocals wail...
business as usual for these French doomers!
A-side
“Striped Dragon is a weighty and
psychedelic excursion into the realms of Electric Wizard but the
band are sleeker and more streamlined. Both tracks come in almost at the six
minute mark with lots of overdrive and lots of retro atmosphere.
“No Way To
Escape”
is just as heavy, but perhaps even more driving in sound. Simply put, if you
heard the debut and follow up “Sang-Dragon”
then you know what to expect here. Essentially the doom version of Motorhead, I am amazed that the band have not yet written a
song called Born Toulouse... but there is still time. This is real fuzzed up
doom. Vive Le Serpent!
FFO:
Electric Wizard, Windhand, Sleep, Cough
