Release
date: February 24th 2017. Label: Ripple Music. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Mapping
The Inner Void – Tracklisting
Lucifer's Dream
Nameless Cult
Whispers From R'lyeh
The Witches Garden
The Green Meadow
Part 1 & 2
She Wizard
The Waiting Game
Band
Members
Andreas – Drums
Marcus – Guitars and psychedelia
Maximilian – bass and backing vocals
Review
Swedish
Doom/Stoner Rockers Kingnomad new album – Mapping The Inner Void -
is their first album for powerhouse record label Ripple Music and is
one that will appeal to fans of Black Sabbath and Uncle Acid.
Kingnomad create a similar sound to Uncle Acid though they opt for a
more structured Occult Rock sound with elements of sixties style
Psych Rock.
Opening
track – Lucifer's Dream – is your standard Doom/Occult Rock sound
but Kingnomad add vocals that sound very familiar of fellow Swedish
Doomsters Ghost. It’s a very soulful and psychedelic track that
allows Kingnomad to add different elements of Doom Rock/Metal. The
organ playing adds a nice touch towards the end of the song.
Second
track – Nameless Cult - is where Kingnomad start to fully impress
with creepy soundbytes and eerie lyrics sung against a vintage
Doom/Occult rock score. It’s quite heavy with the familiar classic
hard rock moments allowing Kingnomad to experiment with their sound.
Third
track – Whispers From R'lyeh – is a change of pace as Kingnomad
play a slowly played doomish song with semi-acoustic moments set
against a lone female voice. The song moves up a gear when the band
decides to play heavier and faster riffs.
Fourth
track – The Witches Garden – is very blues rock influenced
compared to the other songs. It has a classic sixties style
psychedelic edge where the vocals impress from the start. The doom
and gloom atmospherics allows Kingnomad to have some devilish fun on
the album. It has a progressive folk rock feel at times as the band
creates one of the albums standout tracks.
The
final three songs – The Great Meadow Parts 1 & 2, She Wizard
and The Waiting Game sees Kingnomad not really adding anything new to
their sound from their earlier songs. Though it’s quite addictive
in parts especially on She Wizard and The Waiting Game.
Mapping
The Inner Void is an excellent album and one that will appeal to the
majority of the Doom Metal community. Sure it doesn’t offer
anything groundbreaking but that hasn’t stopped Kingnomad in releasing a superb and well produced album. If you want an good old
fashioned Occult/Doom Metal album with flourishes of Classic Rock and
Psych sounds then you can’t go wrong with this excellent album.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks to Richard at
Sheltered Life PR for the promo. Mapping The Inner Void will be
available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Ripple Music from February 24th
2017.
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