Release Date: December 13th 2024. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: CD/DD
The Slow Dying Of Light - Track Listing:
1.Fade In 01:44
2.Fade Out 07:47
3.When I Was God 06:33
4.The Cobra Rides Again 06:53
5.On A Bridge 06:40
6.The End Of Sleep 08:22
7.Ruins 08:56
8.Phobos & Deimos 08:51
Review
The Slow Dying Of Light is the new album from Doom/Sludge Metal collective Voltron which is their fourth full length record overall. The band has been in existence for over twenty three years and I’ve been a fan of the band since around 2010 or so. Their music has elements of Metalcore, Industrial, Post-Metal, Prog Rock and even Shoegaze which all make a subtle appearance within this record. Voltron calls their music “DOOMCORE” and that’s a very apt description.
Playing similar sounds and themes by the likes of Mastodon, Neurosis, ISIS and Cult Of Luna on the album, Voltron add a moody sense of Psychedelic heaviness to their music with emotionally charged vocals to match. The music is moody, aggressive and dominantly heavy with plenty of acute beatdowns and breakdowns which comes into focus right away on the emotionally draining opening tracks of Fade In and Fade Out.
Voltron explores a heavier and distorted Industrial sound compared to their previous records that allows the band to further enhance their subtle style of “DOOMCORE” into much heavier surroundings powered with a menacing Atmospheric Sludge Metal attitude on standout tracks such as When I Was God, The Cobra Rides Again and The End Of Sleep. The lyrics have a ferocious and unforgiving attitude which should appeal to long time devotees of NEUROSIS with it’s blunt and honest style that Voltron brings to the table.
The Slow Of Dying Light can be superbly melodic in places within the more Post-Rock sounding movements of the record that’s helped by an ice cold Ambient score which is perhaps the perfect gloomy soundtrack for the current winter season.
The album lasts for almost fifty six minutes or so and Voltron is never in a rush to move onto the next part of the album with brilliantly played instrumental passages that allows the listener to soak up the highly unpredictable energy being drawn up around them. The record has excellent and very minimalist production values that once again adds a harsh sense of realism to the whole album especially on the superb final batch of tracks The End Of Sleep, Ruins and Phobos & Deimos.
The Slow Dying Of Light is perhaps Voltron’s most technically impressive record to date and their most important record yet. This is an outstanding album on every level. Check this out now. End Of.
Words by Steve Howe
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