Release
date: October 27th 2017. Label: Magnetic Eye Records. Format:
CD/DD/Vinyl
Burn Your Dead - Tracklisting
1.Cold
06:23
2.The
Descent 04:30
3.Burn
Your Dead 04:00
4.The
Howl 06:45
5.And
They Sang... 03:52
Members
Amy:
Vocals + Bass + Keys
Jon:
Drums
Review
Seattle
Doom Duo - Year Of The Cobra (YOTC) return with another earthly doom
driven EP. Burn Your Dead carries on where their spellbinding debut
album left off. With the band creating bass driven riffs. The overall
tone of the EP is quite gloomy and atmospheric in parts. Amy's vocals
have a more blues rock appeal but the music is still gloomy and heavy
throughout.
Opening
track - Cold - starts very slowly but soon gathers pace with a
haunting piano being played along with Jon & Amy's drum and bass
sound. The gloomy soundclips offer a different doom perspective to
the band's overall sound. Partially psychedelic at times as the song
races to an exciting creepy finish.
Second
track - The Descent - starts slowly again with a cool and cold
sounding instrumental sound before YOTC turn up the volume with a
bass-heavy doom style sound. Amy's vocals are impressive again, as
she creates a nineties sounding alt-rock/doom/gothic sound.
Third
track - Burn Your Dead - sees YOTC - play a faster style of doom and
sludge rock. It has a more experimental punk rock atmosphere with the
vocals being less restrained than the other tracks on the EP. The
final two songs - The Howl & And They Sang... - sees YOTC
expanding their musical range yet again. With different sounds being
played and merged into a more settled doom rock/metal rhythm.
It's
good to see YOTC creating songs with their individual feel and
identity. All of the songs sound very different to each other. The
Howl is perhaps the standout track on the EP. As YOTC combine vintage
seventies doomy riffs with a familiar and modern sounding grunge
vibe.
Overall,
YOTC have excelled themselves yet again with this EP. It's a
fantastic sounding EP that sees the band experiment with their sound
and I'm kinda excited to see where the band goes from here. I applaud
the band for using different sounds and vocals on this EP.
Burn Your
Dead is a superb release and will no doubt go down a storm with their
established fanbase and perhaps even attract a few more new fans
along the way.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks to Jadd at
Magnetic Eye for the promo. Bury Your Dead is now available to buy
now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Magnetic Eye Records.
