Mittwoch, 2. Mai 2012, 14:57

Slowdowned thrash, speed-up doom

-Call it what you like, but I've been looking for this kinda stuff for few years now and so far i've come across only a handful of similar and so-called "advanced" bands that hail this Hellhammer-tune.
You know, that groovy but slow & heavy stuff, like a slowdowned punk with a possible UGH! - shouted every now and than.

Bands like Warhammer and Apokalyptic raids that have been known to make the typical hellhammer-like music for tribute to these legends and new bands like Coffins and Lair of the minotaur (mostly the first album) with a sludgy aproach.

This journal is about gathering these slow-tuned heavy & groovy bands (and songs).

Bands i've found so far:

Anatomia
Apocalyptic raids
Coffins
Gallhammer
Grudge
Ilsa
Lair of the minotaur
Skeletal spectre
Rhino / Horn of the rhino
Warhammer
Winter

Coffins
This is the most modern aproach to hellhammer i've heard so far.
Heavy and distorded death/doom with mostly low growls and lengthy songs.

Lair of the minotaur
This was labeled as "sludgy doom/thrash" long ago in metal-archives.com and i've thought of them that way ever since. Even if theyre two newer albums are nowhere near it anymore, the first two album are totally worth it.
The debut album, "Carnage" starts with a pointless blastbeating, but carries on with a sludgy thrash doom all the way to the end. Songs like "the wolf" and "warlord" - are all raw thrashy doom with a buzzsaw bass rumbling in the back.
And this attitude keeps going on groovier in the second album, "the ultimate destroyer".

Rhino / Horn of the rhino
This Spanish Sludge band is quite new to me still.
All i can say is that the songs are either death/thrash w/ sludge or Danzig-like vocals & groovy doom/sludge.

Warhammer
The legendary german tribute-band to hellhammer. Enought said.
Most likely you know this, but if you dont -check them out.

Apokalyptic raids
Brazilian death/black tribute to hellhammer.

Winter
Doom/death from united states.
This is like the forefather for Coffins.

Anatomia & Grudge
These two bands are unlikely to be found anywhere else than the split album with Coffins - D.D.D.H - Doomed to death, damned in hell. These two are quite similar to Coffins, but abit hollow in the production - in a good way.

Gallhammer
Twisted and dark black/doom by japanese chicks.
Sounded a bit speed-up crusty when i saw them live

If you know these type of bands or songs or want to correct me on something, leave a comment.