ENG
Bong - "We Are, We Were and We Will Have Been" 2015 / CD
RITUAL PRODUCTIONS
UK
The UK has a long history of delivering the most poignant and enigmatic of doom metal. Bong, the psychedelic drone combo from Newcastle Upon Tyne, offers a variation of the early Esoteric sound. "We Are, We Were and We Will Have Been" is the Brits' fifth album, and it sounds as smoked out as always. This is feedback laden, bass-dominated droning doom that would make Stephen O'Malley proud. Through sheer repetition, and a suffocatingly oppressive atmosphere Bong manages to do within two (admittedly long) songs what any number of young death metal bands can't manage within the entirety of their discography, that is: making the listener feel uneasy. Esoteric, Yob and Burning Witch did the same thing to varying levels of success – yet Bong (at least they are honest about it) is more about atmosphere and feeling than it is about conventional songwriting. The monk chants and ethnic instrumentation (sitar, among others) contribute to the otherworldly atmosphere the record aims for. We are, we were and we will have been looking to the UK for the trippiest of doom. Well done, gentlemen.
www.facebook.com/pages/BONG-DOOM/173658429382728
www.ritualproductions.netWouter / 8 Szukaj więcej o Bong