Altar of Betelgeuze Hear "Echoes" Of a Doomed World (Early Track Stream)
In the skilled hands of Altar of Betelgeuze, doom metal is but simple putty to be shaped and transformed. Although the Finnish band deserve praise for how they meld multiple doom subgenres into a coherent approach, what stands out the most is how they create dynamics and motion while staying true to their two core tenets: being heavy, and being slow. Without resorting to disjointed tropes or throwing in oddball songs, their new album Echoes is a consistently enjoyable jam that blends inventive, iconic riffs with a passion for slow, overbearing doom metal. With a noxious pot of stoner, death, and sludge metal simmering underneath the surface of its monumental exterior to juice things up, Echoes allows for some nice jams that break up the surface tension and create fluidity so that when the big, long stuff hits, it truly resonates. Speaking of long stuff, today we're premiering "Echoes," a nine-minute banger of a title track that lets Altar of Betelgeuze flex their full, brooding might.
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Though crushing, the production is pleasingly vintage: Sabbathian guitar and bass tones mesh together with the deep, growled vocals with surprising ease. Even on this lengthy track, the band's flexibility helps each tasty riff thrive, and the death-doom double-bass at the end feels like the only suitable way to end such a dirge.
The band comments:
We’re proud to reveal the second single and the title track of Echoes. It features massive riffs combined with hard hitting drums and big growls and the lyrics tell a tale of destruction. Being the longest and overall slowest track, it offers a unique perspective to the material on the album, and by that we mean total doom!
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Echoes releases March 22nd via Wiseblood Records.
