INDIAN — Guiltless (review)

INDIAN — Guiltless album cover Album · 2011 · Sludge Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
UMUR
"Guiltless" is the 4th full-length studio album by US sludge/ doom metal act Indian. The album was released in April 2011 by Relapse Records.

The music on the 7 track, 40:56 minutes long album, is filthy and raw sludgy doom. The vocals are rather extreme. Very aggressive/raspy and at times desperate sounding vocals delivered with a caustic conviction. Unfortunately the vocals are a bit one-dimensional. The music is bleak, bleak, bleak. The kind of album which leaves no hope and all you can think about during the playing time is desolate wastelands and abandoned urban ruins. The band make great use of haunting guitar dissonances to create an atmosphere that spells utter despair. Indian very skillfully change pace and move from one section to the next without ever destroying the basic mood of the tracks and upon listening to the full album, "Guiltless" comes off as a very consistent and powerful album.

The production is powerful and raw. Always on the edge of feedback and distorted to hell.

"Guiltless" is one mother of a bleak and sludgy doom metal album. It´s the kind of album that threatens to rip you apart with it´s convincing delivery but at the same time keeps you entertained because the tracks are so damn well written. Indian use very few tools and a pretty basic rock instrumentation of two guitars, drums, bass and vocals to create the haunted, bleak atmosphere on the album and I guess I find their simple approach charming and extremely well executed. A 4 star rating is fully deserved.
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