Release
date: June
18th
2018. Label: Self
Released.
Format: DD
Depths
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Tracklisting
1.Carcharodon
07:00
2.Spermaceti
04:07
3.Architeuthis
10:28
4.The
Wretched Sea 10:05
5.Feeding
Frenzy 04:53
Members
Hayden
Crawford - Guitars, Synths, Percussion, Vox, First Mate
Chris
James - Bass, Percussion
Evan
Sandy - Drums, Percussion
Caleb
Elliot - Cello, Oarsman
Natalie
Morrow - Ghost Vocals
Johnny
Depth - Bellows and Caterwaulin'
JP
White - Chaos Guitar
Adam
Morrow - Purveyor of Chaos
Austin
Motlow - Synths
Red
Mouth - Ahab
Albert
Rothstein - Harpooner
Jamie
Sego - Oarsman
Review
If
there ever was an album that was so perfectly named then Loggerhead
debut album – Depths – is probably that album. As this album is a
Prog Rock/Metal odyssey combining Doom, Sludge, Stoner, Psych and
Post-Whatever sounds. The album is a multi-layered sonic experience
that takes influence from YOB, ISIS, Neurosis, Baroness and Mastodon
but still having it’s own definitive sound.
Depths
moves in so many different direction that I wouldn’t blame anyone
feel lost in the many different progressive sounds found on the
album. Look how many people were involved making this album and that
gives you a brief glimpse on what to expect. Songs such as
Carchardodon and Spermaceti set the mood with heavy Post-Doom rhythms
and grizzled vocals from Hayden Crawford, who wrote this entire album
and being involved with the production of the album.
Loggerhead
have an experimental sensibility running throughout their album and
that shows in the majority of the songs contained on the album.
Loggerhead impress the most on the two 10 minute epic songs –
Architeuthis and The Wretched Sea. As this is where the album adds an
eerie and atmospheric post-rock feel. The band call their music
“Nautical Stoner/Sludge Metal” and that is a very good
description indeed.
The
last time I heard an album similar to this was from Legend Of The
Seagullmen. I know I will probably get criticised for this but I feel
Loggerhead are the better band. As this doesn’t feel like a
“supergroup/side-project” that Legend Of The Seagullmen does.
Depths is an album that has an exciting narrative that draws you into
their weird sounding and heavy nightmarish world.
Depths
is a brilliantly entertaining progressive Sludge/Stoner Metal album
that fans of ISIS and Neurosis cannot simply ignore. Loggerhead have
released a FUCKING MONSTER with Depths and I want to hear more.
Words
by Steve Howe
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