Dirge doom is all in my bones, Space doom is all in my bones, Apocalyptic doom is all in my bones…how good it feels to have your being taken over by Nola sonic destroyers THOU. The band’Ss new EP The Archer & The Owle, which will be out Aug 2nd via Robotic Empire (pre-order here), is another awesome collection of stellar music. I can’t front, I’m really amazed by this band, I will say it again: these dudes are modern day blues men. Every song on this EP is just as fucking sick as a government-made virus. THOU are champions at using emotion as a weapon that will conquor your blackened heart. When I listen to their music, I feel like they are trying to tell a story with every note that they play. It’s almost like they are doom griots & for those who have minds to hear them, something special will be reveled! So much dark, slow-moving melody, it’s like molasses spreading over our nightmares, but actually they know how to create cracks of sunlight in their music so that rays of hope are able to shine through. THOU locks in on some mammoth riffs on The Archer & The Owle, & repetition serves the band well while giving us audio ear candy. The song “Voices in the Wilderness” is a ten minute epic voyage that will have you sailing through caves of despair & flying over blackened mountains of sorrow, plus the basslines will tell you secrets that can’t be spoken. Are you ready for the real heavy check? Their track “Bonnet Carre” oozes out constant surges of black dirge that will have you head bobbing for daze, but it’s the valleys of sonic space that draw you into this song. Why did THOU totally push my wig back with an off the chain cover of Nirvana’s “Something in the Way” & they did superdelic job at it! THOU vocalist always makes my jaws drop with his delivery that is just pure toxic bile with a hint of morbid stench. After the jump check out some epic video footage from their most recent European tour…plus catch them doing a BLACK SABBATH cover!
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