Release
date: June
12th
2020.
Label: PolderRecords.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Through
The Eyes Of The Flame –
Tracklisting
1.Ritual
Fire 09:15
2.Nameless
Night 10:17
3.Long
Road Home 06:53
4.City
of Dread 07:00
5.The
Murderous Sea 15:42
Members
Dr.Witch:
Bass and vocals
Mr.Void:
Drums and vocals
Sgt.Doom:
Guitars
Review
Through
The Eyes Of The Flame is the debut album from Belgian
Post-Rock/Post-Metallers -Voidian – who splice elements of Stoner
Metal, Psych, Doom and Sludge Metal into their overall sound. The
album is quite dense and heavy from the start which allows the band
to create a dark style of music that’s beautifully heavy with
aggressive amounts of muscular anger to match.
The
songs are complex and quite long for the majority of the songs. As
Voidian flit between Psychedelic Stoner grooves with a commanding
Post-Rock/Post-Metal presence before switching to another style of
music and you can feel that style of music being put to great effect
on the excellent opening song – Ritual Fire.
Ritual
Fire offers 9 minutes plus of heavy stylized Post-Rock/Post-Metal
passages with modern Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal riffs that never feel
out of place despite the many different genres the band play
throughout the album. The spaced out and psychedelic atmospherics
create a murky and dark world with the band playing at a slow-to-mid
pace and that allows the listener to soak everything in.
With
a band consisting of members called Dr Witch, Mr Void and Sgt Doom,
you would expect a band to be playing music inspired by Black Sabbath
and KYUSS. Though, these guys feel inspired by bands such as
Neurosis, CONAN and COUGH but they’re still quite clever to allow
their music to be inspired by a whole range of different bands but
still creating their own heavy monolithic and progressive sound.
Voidian
continue playing their highly emotionally style of music on 4 more
great songs and things become even heavier and stranger on the second
song Nameless Night with a clever use of different vocals leading the
way. With Dr Witch and Mr Void performing clean vocals and harsh
growls for a demented team-up of sorts.
The
heavy distorted guitars bring the “DOOM METAL” atmosphere of the
album to hold everything together whilst the band carry on playing
the different riffs on the remainder of the album.
Through
The Eyes Of The Flame did take myself a few listens to fully
appreciate and truly understand what a hugely talented bunch of
musicians Voidian actually are. I was fully sold on this album after
my 4th listen and after that I couldn’t stop listening
to this record. This is an album with something to say and the
powerful sounds of Voidian will offer you around 50 minutes of
brilliant entertainment.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks to PolderRecords
for the promo. Sage PR for the promo. Through The Eyes Of The Flame
is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via PolderRecords.
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