WITH THE DEAD — With the Dead (review)

WITH THE DEAD — With the Dead album cover Album · 2015 · Doom Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
UMUR
"With the Dead" is the self-titled debut full-length studio album by UK doom metal act With the Dead. The album was released through Rise Above Records in October 2015. The lineup consists of three rather prolific doom metal musicians in lead vocalist Lee Dorian (Cathedral, Napalm Death), and the original rhythm section of Electric Wizard, drummer Mark Greening and bassist/guitarist Tim Bagshaw.

Stylistically the music on the album sounds exactly how you´d expect it to sound with the musicians involved. Cathedral meets Electric Wizard isn´t the worst description of the music. It´s the dark and most doom laden Cathedral though (so don´t expect any silly yeahs and oohs here) and the extremely bass heavy and vintage influenced Electric Wizard elements combined. The bass literally threatens to blast your eardrums or maybe cause your chest to implode, that´s how delightfully heavy this is. The dark and gloomy atmosphere is a real treat too, and the lyrics follow suit, which song titles like "Living with the Dead" and "Screams from My Own Grave", are a testament to.

The musicianship is tight yet organic, and it´s obvious that the three guys playing/singing are seasoned veterans of the scene. Lee Dorian still can´t hit a clean note if it came up an hit him in the ass, but regardless of that there is an irresistable charm to his voice and delivery. And wisely enough he limits his use of range here to a minimum. His performance has the right dark, occult, and "evil" sound, which suits the instrumental part of the music well. All material on the 6 track, 41:57 minutes long album is well written and consistent in both quality and style. I´ll mention "Nephthys" among the standout tracks, but as mentioned the remaining tracks are certainly worth a mention too.

"With the Dead" is generally a very gloomy and brick heavy album. The crushingly doomy riffs and heavy beats are further enhanced by the raw and powerful sound production. It´s not that the listener is left with many surprises as you more or less get what you´d expect considering the musicians involved, but the quality of the material, the performances, and the powerful sound production, still make "With the Dead" a high quality doom metal release and a 4 star (80%) rating is deserved.
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UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Yep ultra heavy doom metal.
Tupan wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Pretty short songs, considering the musicians involved... ;)
Listened to few songs from this album, but it seems heavy as hell, as Jonas said.

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