To be fair, he does a fatntastic job of hitting all the low-notes Peter Steele original committed to recording, but his more mid-ranged baritone timbre is just not as husky and colossal as the boisterous bass of the original. Barring a denser drum sound standing in the place of the programmed ones on the former and a meatier guitar tone that mercifully replaces the grating scooped-mids sound Dimebag sported on the latter, the primary point of contrast from the original versions of these songs is the straight up character of Garrett’s vocals. The first stop down memory lane is the cynical world of the 1990s, featuring a highly faithful rendition of one of Type O Negative’s most morose yet quirkily humorous odes “Everything Dies” and a similarly by the numbers recap of Pantera’s depressing ballad “Hollow”. ![]() However, when getting past the leading nods to doom metal orthodoxy, what emerges is an album that really gets into the weeds and takes the curious step of showcasing just how the sub-genre took on its current character. On the other hand, the dreary blues-rock driven mannerisms and swampy-trudge of “Mass Formation Psychosis” definitely points to a more 70s-tinged psychedelic sound that should sit well with fans of Trouble and The Obsessed, and Garrett plays the role of front man and Iommi-inspired axe-man effectively. ![]() Granted, Garrett’s vocal approach is far less operatic than that of Marcolin’s and has that sort of gritty, working class edge that frequently sees this band compared to more rustic doom acts like Warning and Pentagram. The lofty and old school metallic vibes of “Sorcerer’s Fate” in all of its early 80s Black Sabbath-influenced glory could find themselves among the track-listings of any Candlemass album during their 80s heyday with Messiah Marcolin at the helm, replete with soaring melodic guitar lines and a sorrowful, keyboard-driven atmosphere to the complement the thick and punchy stomp of the guitars, bass and drums. ![]() The entry of this outfit’s latest EP dubbed “20 Centuries Gone” proves no less expansive in scope or versatile in how it presents itself.Īt first glance, this release follows a similar formula to that of last’s years concise EP of original material “Forge Your Future,” with two well-crafted anthems of dank yet melodic agony leading the pack. Having reduced itself to a de facto two-person outfit in a studio capacity under the leadership of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Nate Garrett, one might assume that the direction of the band has taken on a correspondingly narrower stylistic scope given the smaller number of members with a potentially dissenting opinion, but in actuality the combination of sounds and influences at play since 2019’s “Divided By Darkness” has become increasingly nuanced and intricate. Originally entering the metal scene in the mid-2010s as a traditionally-tinged doom metal project after the mold of modern purveyors with a dash of stoner sensibilities such as Khemmis and Pallbearer, Austin Texas’ own Spirit Adrift has since made some interesting inroads into the more epic side of the coin normally reserved for the likes of Candlemass and Cirith Ungol.
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