July 15, 2008

Black Shape of Nexus - Self-Titled

by Cosmo Lee In doom metal, the usual words tossed around pertain to size – “lumbering,” “massive,” etc. While Germany’s Black Shape of Nexus are certainly those things – they tune down to a bowel-shaking B flat – they exhibit surprising nuance. Amid the requisitive tiiiiiimestretching riffs are melodic curlicues and percussive details that demand...