White Tundra Downshifts Their Stoner Rock on "Byting" (Early Track Stream)
Putting the longest song at the end of the record isn't just a time-honored tradition in stoner rock, but it's a practice that feels especially well-suited for the doom-adjacent genre. Norwegian stoner rockers White Tundra follow in the steps of giants in this fashion on their upcoming self-titled debut, with the nearly eight-minute "Byting" capping things off. It's a fitting conclusion, as the rest of the band's debut illustrates their command of stoner rock as a larger spectrum, so getting a little slower and longer here makes sense. Listen to the track below.
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Taken on its own, "Byting" is a doom-laden, sinister affair that methodically shaves off all the whimsy and strange humor of the record that precedes it, focusing on dour melodies and a skull-crusher of a main riff. It's not purely grim, though, with a killer mid-section that showcases White Tundra's versatile and adventurously melodic approach to heavy rock.
The band comments:
The last track on the album, Byting (meaning: changeling) is a rendition of the old folklore about people getting their babies exchanged with creatures from the underworld, and finding an unknown, troubled child in their bed.
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White Tundra releases October 27th via All Good Clean Records.
