Release
date: April 14th 2017. Label: Self Released. Format: CD/DD
The
Evening Redness – Tracklisting
1.Man's Purpose: War
02:10
2.But War Is God
08:14
3.Sometimes Comes
The Wolf 06:54
4.Unto Stone 07:00
5.Breadth Of The
Horizon 06:50
6.The Evening
Redness 08:43
7.Regression 04:03
Members:
Nick Willkomm - Guitar
Mike Stich - Guitar
Kyle O'Donnell - Bass
Brian Brown- Drums
Nick Elert (Studio) - Synth
Review
Lotus Ash returns with
their new album - The Evening Redness. Two years after they released
their debut album - The Word Of God. Back then, the band had a
vocalist though this time round they're primarily an instrumental
doom/sludge metal band. I was hesitant in checking this album out as
one of my favourite aspects of their debut album was the vocals. I
needn't have worried as Lotus Ash new album is a creepy and startling
vision where sludge/doom riffs combine with ambient noises creating
an unsettling atmosphere.
Opening track - Men's
Purpose War - offers a nightmarish sound with haunting elements of
distorted drone based doom and gloom theatrics.
Second track - But War
Is God - returns slightly to the bands sounds created on their debut
album but with a more despairing psychedelic sludge outlook on life.
The progressive delivery of the music adds a more chaotic affair.
This is perhaps the only song on the album that I would have
preferred to have vocals as it's an interesting and forward thinking
style of instrumental based of music.
Third track - Sometimes
Comes The Wolf - carries on the depressing feel of the previous song
with the band becoming slightly more comfortable with their gloomy
sludge based riffs. The band manages to create their own sound and
manage not to take influence from their more famous contemparies
within the Instrumental Doom/Sludge metal field.
The album holds your
attention from the start as Lotus Ash creates different sounds on
each of the songs. So most of the songs sound different to each
other. Other great songs to check out are: Unto Stone, Breadth Of The
Horizon, The Evening Redness and Regression.
The album won't be for
everyone as it's quite a dark musical odyssey. It doesn't have your
upbeat moments of Post-Rock/Post-Metal that bands such as Pelican and
Russian Circles have. The Evening Redness is superbly produced with
the heavy riffs leaving a lasting impression. Whilst, The Evening
Redness is a great album to listen to, I still prefer their debut
album as it's more my style of music. Though I applaud Lotus Ash for
going down a different route with this album.
The Evening Redness is
a thought-provoking and bleak sounding album. Excellent and Highly
Recommended.
Words
by Steve Howe
