Release
date: June
14th
2019. Label: Argonauta
Records.
Format: CD/DD
Eternal
Fire
– Tracklisting
01.
Eternal Fire
02.
Obsessive Tale
03.
Serpent’s Son
04.
Eclipse
05.
Kanavar
06.
The Hunter
07.
Starweed
08.
Black Mass
Members
Minoz
Robby
Ale
Review
Slow
Order new album Eternal Fire is one that sees the band draw influence
from instrumental rock/metal bands such as Pelican and Karma To Burn.
This allows the band to embrace the complexities of Post Rock/Post
Metal with the riff driven style of Desert Rock and Stoner Metal. The
album is quite a confident ride from start to finish with Slow Order
playing a progressive style of Instrumental Rock/Music.
The
songs contained on the album are quite different to each with Slow
Order allowing the listener to draw their own conclusions on what
style or genre of music they fall under. Slow Order add elements of
Psychedelic Rock and Ambient Metal to their music and not in the way
you possibly expect. The album can be very progressive but still
maintain a cool easy-going and addictive charm.
The
first few songs on the album – Eternal Fire, Obsessive Tale and
Serpent’s Son – allows Slow Order to create a creepy Doom based
vibe with the Post Metal/Stoner Metal influences holding everything
together. The band slowly start to play a more menacing style of
music especially on Serpent’s Son as the music becomes that little
bit more threatening and with a sense of purpose as well. The sludgy
Post-Metal grooves make themselves known as Slow Order create a more
direct sound. The ambient textures soon build up to an exciting
finish.
Fourth
song – Eclipse – is an Ambient based Post-Rock song with elements
of gloomy sounding Desert Rock that’s quite a stark contrast to the
other songs held on the album.
The
second half of the album sees Slow Order add a more distinctive
Sludge Metal groove to their overall sound and even seeing Thrash
based drums appearing on certain parts of the album. Check out the
heavy and thunderous drumming on Kanavar. Immense and extremely
powerful.
Eternal
Fire is an album that has a lot going for it and is no doubt an
exciting wild ride into the realms of Post Metal and Stoner Metal.
The production is excellent and it allows to the different genres to
sound very different to each other. If you’re a fan of Pelican and
Karma To Burn, then Slow Order is where you need to be at. As this
album embraces the different worlds those two legendary bands operate
in and Slow Order will leave you wanting more.
Excellent
and Highly Recommended
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Mona at All Noir PR for the promo. Eternal Fire is available to
buy on CD/DD now via Argonauta Records.
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