Release Date: March 20th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD.
Deserted Temples - Tracklisting
1.Floating Sword 05:29
2.Shroud 04:21
3.Lapse 05:50
4.Drowning In My Brain 04:10
5.Oxygen Destroyer 04:19
6.A Bit of Devil 04:18
Members
Vocals: Carl Casarez
Guitars: Jay Denzer
Bass: David "Evil Dave" Hane
Drums: Neil Pech
Review
Doom/Stoner Metallers Asatta release their third album with Deserted Temples which runs under thirty minutes which allows the band to get straight down playing their stripped back style of heavy rock. The music moves from Doom, Sludge, Stoner and Proto-Metal with influences ranging from the likes of SLEEP, THE OBSESSED and some classic GRUNGE elements appearing along the way. I last featured Asatta way back in 2016 when I reviewed their debut album which was a great record with a heavy seedy undertone at it’s main core which is still retained with this great album.
The songs follow the same structure with Asatta playing a distorted and noisy style of Grunge, Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal with a heavy reliance on massive AMPLIFIER FEEDBACK and Carl Casarez’s aggressive vocals holding everything together. There’s a sudden shift into sludgy psychedelics and gloomy DRONE sounds which comes into full effect from the very start on tracks such as Floating Sword, Shroud and Lapse. The lyrics are highly volatile with distinct grounded energy which gives the record a subversive Garage Rock sound with a demented streetwise vibe lasting to the very end.
The second half of Deserted Temples does see some slight experimental touches appearing with Asatta never playing it safe and creating more violent and monolithic LOW & SLOW melodies on tracks such as Drowning In My Brain, Oxygen Destroyer and A Bit Of A Devil fully moving into the DOOM METAL world on a spiritual level. The music itself is a mixture of the different musical elements which contains an extra layer of WEEDIAN heaviness which allows the band to end the record on an exciting finish.
Deserted Temples is bound to please longtime and dedicated followers of the LOW & SLOW movement especially if you like your music with spicy levels of DRONE hidden in the background.
Excellent and Highly Recommended.
Words by Steve Howe
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