Release
date: 06th January 2018. Label: Goatlordth Records. Format: CD/DD
The
Kill Room Journal – Tracklisting
1.The Hastie Fire
(Peter Dinsdale) 04:51
2.The Burial Chamber
04:41
3.The Kill Room
Journal 05:30
4.I, Satan 07:27
5.The Abyss of
Cruelty 04:46
Members
Vocals - Madec
Guitar/Sampler/Noise
- Aizat Tarmizi
Guitar/Vocals -
Khian
Bass - Man
Drums – Panjang
Review
Iron Moth is a very
nasty sounding Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal band from Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. Their debut EP – The Kill Room Journal – offers a
nightmarish heavy doom/sludge metal sound. Perhaps taking influence
from Church Of Misery but with a more disturbing presence. The band
also take influence from Weedeater, Electric Wizard and Bongzilla.
Iron Moth take a NO
HOLDS BARRED approach with everything on their EP. The whole theme
and atmosphere of the EP is scary as hell with Madec's vocals staying
firmly within the more extreme style of death based growls. The music
does have it's fair share of depressing Stoner riffs but they're
buried under an avalanche of heavier sludge/doom metal sounds.
The standout songs on
the EP have to be The Hastie Fire (Peter Dinsdale), The Kill Room
Journal and I, Satan. As they're perhaps the heaviest songs on the EP
and where the band show the most creativity with the lyrics and
music.
Looking at the band's
biography, these guys are seasoned pros who have played in a wide
range of different bands and genres. I haven't came across many
Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal bands from Kuala Lumpur but I hope their
equally as good as Iron Moth.
The production is what
surprised me the most as I was expecting a lo-fi/DIY sound. However
this sounds impressive from the start. As the EP sounds superb and it
really comes alive when the heavier sounds appear.
The Kill Room Journal
is a very nasty sounding piece of work and should go down a storm
with the Doom/Sludge Metal community. Iron Moth are defnitiely a
band to look out for in the future. Let's see what misery they will
bring on future records. Until then The Kill Room Journal is ready to
claim your soul!!!
Words
by Steve Howe
