Date Released: 31/10/2017
Label: High Roller Records
Procession carry a torch for the purest
of doom- dark monolithic and emotional. It carries true weight and truly the
band are at the top of their chosen field.
There are huge riffs, the performances from all
band members are fantastic and the songs are well crafted. No trend, just doom.
Procession deliver the goods yet again.
“Doom Decimation” CD//DD//LP track
listing:
01. The Warning
02. When Doomsday Has Come
03. Lonely Are The Ways Of The Stranger
04. Amidst The Bowels Of Earth
05. Democide
06. All Descending Suns
07. As They Reached The Womb
08. One By One They Died
02. When Doomsday Has Come
03. Lonely Are The Ways Of The Stranger
04. Amidst The Bowels Of Earth
05. Democide
06. All Descending Suns
07. As They Reached The Womb
08. One By One They Died
The Review:
Procession keep on keeping on with their true doom style. The Chilean (by way
of Scandinavia ) band unleash another slab of
granite hewn doom here. They kick off with a muscular instrumental and then
continue things with the fairly high tempo (for doom) “When Doomsday Has Come”. The vocals remain melodramatic and
perfectly pitched for this type of epic sound. The production is again of good
quality- it feels like they have really planned things out prior to recording
as they deliver a classic sound- reverb in the right amount, big drums and a
solid twin guitar sound. There are epic tracks here- “Lonely Are The Ways of the Stranger” being the first of these and a
couple of tracks stretch well beyond seven and even eight minutes.
Now,
your capacity for this type of doom may dictate how much you enjoy the slower
passages, but there is plenty of sharp riffage to go with the murk- just check
out “Amidst The Bowels Of Earth” for
proof. Again, fans of Candlemass will definitely find what they are
after here- fans of doom that is a little more concise may find the drawn out
intro of “Democide” a little much-
not to mention the following few minutes of purely instrumental riffs and
solos.
Interestingly,
writing this having just listened to R.I.P.'s new album and “Doom Decimation” back to back, it really struck me just how much of
a broad genre doom is becoming- or perhaps has always been. After all, Sabbath
had everything from instrumentals to ballads, to up tempo rockers to the
slowest of crawls- sometimes even in one song!
Procession carry a torch for the
purest of doom- dark monolithic and emotional. It carries true weight and truly
the band are at the top of their chosen field. When they do decide to press the
pedal to the metal with more urgent riffs, they work just as well- and still
sound like the same band- “All
Descending Suns” being a good example of this.
“As They Reached The Womb” and the epic “One By One They Died” close the album
with sixteen minutes of dramatic doom metal. The record is not for the casual
doom fan; it is for those souls who enjoy the genre in its essence, in its
purest form. There are huge riffs here, the performances from all band members
are fantastic and the songs are well crafted. No trend, just doom. Procession
deliver the goods yet again.
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