renkls
Imagine if Sleep's Dopesmoker was about the corruption of Roman Emperors, the lyrics spewed forth like rasping howls of pain and anger, even slower then the aforementioned release and perhaps even less riff changes, as well as 7 minutes longer, and you pretty much have Rorcal's Heliogabalus in a nutshell.
After a minute of ticking drum cymbals, we are hurtled into an incredibly heavy riff, which runs for the next eight or so minutes, before a drum and synth interlude, and then we get back into it. It pounds along slowly, with little deviation from these heavy thuds except at the hour mark where it bursts to life for the finale of (speedy?) doom metal.
Interesting release, and recommended for doom metal fans who love it really slow, but for anyone else, getting through this one track album may be a chore.