Release
date: February 16th 2018. Label: Argonauta Records. Format: CD/DD
Regret
Beyond Death – Tracklisting
Instead of...
The Irony
New Verse Inferno
Regret Beyond Death
Wilderness of Steel
and Stone
The Standard
A Terror to the
Adversary
Members
Aaron D.C. Edge:
Guitar / Bass / Vocals
Tyler Smith:
Percussion
David S. Fylstra:
Additional Guitar / Vocals / Soundscapes
Review
Bible
Black Tyrant is the new group featuring members from Eagle Twin and
Lumbar. Two bands who are well known for creating heavy doom/sludge
riffs of their own. Though with this band, the mood is more
psychedelic and progressive with a few flashes of Stoner Metal
grooves being played to maximum effect. Their debut album Regret
Beyond Death is a sludgy monolithic blast of Psychedelic Doom Metal
and Progressive Metal sounds.
Opening
track – Instead Of... - opens with a distant ambient/post-rock
style of vocals before a simple sludgy doom riff appears before the
intense vocals make their appearance known. The vocals are firmly
within the Doom/Hardcore/Sludge Metal realm but you can still
understand what they are singing about. This is always a good sign.
The music is heavy and progressive whilst having a cool sounding
post-rock/post-metal influence. When the band play a more psychedelic
blend of music, the album suddenly becomes more hopeful with the
gloomy atmospherics keeping the whole flow of the album quite melodic
at times.
Second
track - The Irony - is eight minutes of intense sounding progressive
grooves with the band adding a cool build-up of sonic
experimentation. The music does take influence from Neurosis at times
but the song soon settles down into its own rhythm and that's perhaps
down to the complex Stoner Metal parts that appear within the song.
The vocals yet again are very exciting and quite precise in parts.
The music soon moves into post-sludge/post-metallic territory. The
lyrics are perhaps more depressing than they should be but this
perhaps reflects the overall mood of the album and I admire the
band's drive and vision for the overall theme of the album.
The
following two tracks New Verse Inferno and Regret Beyond Death sees
the band continue with their heavy progressive psychedelic dark
sound. Both of these songs move between Doom and Sludge Metal, as the
whole flow of the album continues with violent authority. The
instrumental work is the standout part of the entire album. As Bible
Black Tyrant are relentless in playing their blend of high voltage
Doom/Sludge Metal.
The
final three songs on the album Wilderness Of Steel And Stone, The
Standard and A Terror To The Adversary offer the heaviest moments on
the album with a more drone based atmosphere starting to appear on
certain parts. Bible Black Tyrant still retain their brutal
Doom/Sludge Metal identity but it's good to see that there is more to
this band than the genre's standard sound.
The
production of the album is superbly realised. As the whole sound of
the album contains a threatening presence that's very hard to ignore
and resist. You have to give the band credit from sounding very
different to their more famous bands. I'm not calling Bible Black
Tyrant a supergroup as I kinda hate that term. This is a band that
stands on their own merits and convictions by creating a wonderful
sounding and complex album. Bible Black Tyrant is a band you need to
listen to.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks to Barbara at
NeeCee Agency for the promo. Regret Beyond Death will be available to buy on
CD/DD via Argonauta Records from February 16th 2018.
Links:
