Why, why, why do humans try to put ideas into boxes? Boxes are like rules, they should be smashed! With the April 19th Seventh Rule release of the album Furnace, Batillus have created doom in their own image. This is a universe where gothic keys travel alongside mammoth Sabbath riffs & then crash into a sea of bleak sludge. From the moment I heard the opening track, “…And The World Is As Night To Them,” I knew this was something totally different. While listening to Furnace I got a sense that this music that was created by people who were very comfortable in their skin. The point is, Batillus is a band that is not afraid to take risks!
Batillus is inner-city gothic doom blues. While having Furnace transmit through my speakers, some tracks make me see heat jumping off NYC asphalt & smell the stench of rotting garbage on a boiling hot summer day in the city. On the other hand, certain tracks on this album, like “The Division,” allow the feedback to penetrate your bones like fucking blizzard, but then you peace out on a riff like you would if you were the only one on a snow-covered street. The whole album is the perfect blend of bright heat and sinister cold. To me, Furnace is a whole experience & that’s how it should be ingested. If you want your doom on new terms, then Batillus is for you.
Batillus
Photo by Scott Irvine.
Batillus: Division
ivan
June 12, 2012 at 2:17 pm
hail, uma das melhores bandas da atualidade, e uma das minhas favoritas, grandioso cd!