Release
date: April
13th
2018.
Label: Self
Released.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Bardo
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Tracklisting
1.Sidpa
19:20
2.Chikhai
22:24
Members
Bart
Van Garderen - Bass
Tom
Van Garderen - Drums
Ross
MacLean - Guitar
Review
Whooom’s
new album Bardo only consists of 2 tracks but the whole album runs
for over 40 minutes. Bardo is a mixture of Psychedelic, Doom, Stoner
and Sludge Metal vibes . Though you don’t get that impression from
the first few minutes of the opening track – Sidpa. As the song
opens with a slowly played ambient/post-rock/drone based sound. It
takes an age for the heavy riffs to appear. When they finally appear,
ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE.
As
Whooom style of music is crushingly heavy with dense psychedelic
sounds allowing the band to play a LO-FI kind of sound. Bardo doesn’t
have the best production but I think that’s the point. As Whooom
have always been about creating music that’s as real as possible.
The album still manages to sound beautifully heavy and clear at the
same despite the rough production. The album has an addictive edge
and that’s perhaps down to the fantastic bass guitar played by
Bart.
Bardo
is highly progressive throughout the entire album. As Whooom are very
hard to define. Yeah, they play Doom, Stoner, Psych and Sludge based
music. However they play a lot of different other sounds as well.
Whooom are creating their own style of music that’s perhaps heavily
influenced by Black Sabbath and Ufomammut.
If
you’re looking for an album that gets you away from the SLEEP
juggernaut that’s causing a major fuss within the Doom/Stoner Metal
community then I recommend you listen to Whooom. As they’re
currently one of the most inventive bands you’ll hear within the
Doom/Stoner Metal scene.
Bardo
is 40 minutes of top-notch Doomed Out and Psychedelic Weirdness
you’ll find very hard to beat. My advice, find the biggest pair of
speakers you possibly can and let BARDO bring sonic destruction and
devastation to those around you….
Words
by Steve Howe
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