Release Date: July 10th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Eternal Mirror - Tracklist
1.Universal Calling 13:52
2.Cosmic Reflections 14:43
3.Supergod 14:17
4.Sky Mountain 10:19
Review
Icelandic Doom/Stoner Metallers SLOR return with their second album Eternal Mirror and it uses the same classic soundclip “TIME TO WAKE UP” from legendary philosopher Alan Watts that’s appeared most predominantly on the classic 2014 YOB record “Clearing The Path To Ascend” before Slor start playing their own stripped back style of aggressive Doom/Stoner Metal.
There are shades of YOB, UFOMAMMUT, SLEEP and BLACK SABBATH running quite freely within Slor’s dominant style of Psychedelic and Space Rock flavours that holds everything together. There’s a tribal and primal melody appearing within the music with the epic opening track Universal Calling having an ice-cold approach with a thumping rhythm section taking all the melody out of the heavy atmosphere. The sounds are quite grungy, seedy and stripped back with the sounds becoming quite drawn out with the clean vocals having a shamanic and droned delivery to them.
The production values are quite sparse and eerie minimal with Slor tapping into the lo-fi atmospherics that becomes superbly powerful and wonderfully soulful at the same time. Slor spend a lot of time in generating sludgy textures which let their music run quite vividly and drift into some far off unexpected Space Rock movements. The tracks run between ten minutes to fourteen minutes in length with that classic UFOMAMMUT sonic delivery being a great musical and creative influence to call upon at times .
All of the tracks follow a similar musical path with Slor overlapping amplified noises, sound effects and distorted cosmic surroundings to great effect on tracks Cosmic Reflections and Supergod. The lyrics can be quite fantastical and over the top but what do you expect for a great COSMIC DOOM album such as this. There is a grounded level of heaviness that Slor uses within the heaviest and down-tuned progressive passages that appear on Eternal Mirror.
With the mighty SLEEP taking a different musical and creative direction without the legendary MATT PIKE then this could be the album to resolve that crushing disappointment. As Slor play a similar style of musical delivery where the AMPS are pumped out to the max with tons of FUZZY REVERB and classic SABBATHIAN based meaty grooves especially on the standout tracks of Cosmic Reflections and Sky Mountain. Though, you can even align Slor closely to the likes of SLOMATICS and CONAN if you want that massive DOOM METAL sound that takes no prisoners.
Slor has delivered a record that’s beautifully filthy, seedy and one that’s full of earth-shattering grooves that will cause some minor damage to your actual hearing. The lo-fi elements and stripped back production values elevates the record to great musical heights which will leave you in an hypnotic trance especially when that thick, heavy and down-tuned groove fully takes over with Slor destroying everything within the Doom/Stoner Metal COSMOS.
If you love your music played against a backdrop of non-stop LOW & SLOW, DISTORTED FEEDBACK and AMPLIFIED HEAVINESS based soundscapes then Eternal Mirror is the album for you. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!!!
Words by Steve Howe
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