Release
date: July 29th
2016. Label: TeePee Records. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
EERIE
– S/T – Tracklisting
Hideous
Serpent
Yeti
Master
Of Creation
Immortal
Rot
Blood
Drinker
Band
Members:
Tim
Lehi – Guitars
Dave
Sweetapple – Bass
Moses
Saarni – Drummer
Shane
Baker – Vocals
Review:
EERIE’s
debut album is being released on TeePee Records. Not the first label
that comes to mind to release a Black Metal album. EERIE’s style of
Black Metal is firmly rooted in Doom, Heavy Metal, Psychedelic Rock
and Stoner Rock at times. The album is more Doom Metal with shades of
pure Black Metal being the main heartbeat of this album.
Opening
track – Hideous Serpent – takes influence from the modern newer
sound of Black Metal bands but merged with a murky Black Sabbath feel
with elements of Psychedelic Rock and Heavy Metal The vocals from
lead vocalist Shane are one of the albums main strengths as he keeps
you intrigued from the very start. The instrumental work is swift and
very powerful, that isn’t surprising when you consider the talent
involved with EERIE.
Second
track – Yeti – carries on the devilish and wicked fun with
harsher riffs and grizzled vocals. With a ten minute run time, EERIE
could have easily become bogged down with the different style of
music they offer, so it’s to their credit they’ve created
perhaps the standout song on the album. It’s a celebration of all
things loud, dangerous and heavy. Doom and gloom atmospherics given a
psychedelic black metal makeover that will have you entertained
throughout. The instrumental work once again is frantic, crazy and
fast-paced that will only endear them further to both fans of the
Hard Rock and Extreme Metal scenes.
Third
track – Master Of Creation – is another epic track that opens
with a superb grizzled psych riff that allows the band to expand
their sound even more. The wicked black metal vibe isn’t too far
behind but EERIE’s sound is more than that, it’s a wildly
inventive and highly original sound that harks back to the classic
early years of heavy metal. This track has a Mastodon kind of vibe
running through out but it’s louder than anything that Mastodon
have released over the last five years or so. A complex sounding
progressive stoner groove holds everything together for another one
of the albums standout songs.
The
final two tracks Immortal Rats and Blood Drinkers are shorter at five
minutes and six minutes respectively and it sees EERIE only expand
their Black Metal/Doom/Stoner/Psych based sounds. These two songs
offer perhaps the gloomiest and heaviest moments on the album as
EERIE play epic guitar riffs with lead vocalist Shane excelling yet again.
The
album may not seem very progressive from the first listen but with
each repeated listen, you begin to hear many different ideas
throughout the album. EERIE’s debut album is an exciting and
often thrilling release that I want to hear more of in the future.
Superb stuff.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Carl at Action PR for the promo. EERIE S/T debut album will be
available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via TeePee Records from July 29th
2016.
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