Primitive Man/Unearthly Trance split
With both of these Relapse sludgy doomsters known for their droning, drawn-out numbers, I’m surprised this split between Primitive Man and Unearthly Trance is…
Unearthly Trance
AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR @ DAYS OF DARKNESS: Day Two, October 29, 2017
Day Two of Darkness was all killer, (almost) no filler. You had Boris playing Heavy Rocks, Warning playing Watching from a Distance and Bongripper playing a 60-minute set…
A NEW YEAR, MORE NEW (IN) METAL: 2017, PART 1b
Last week, in part 1, we noted that there’s too much going on in metal these days to leave all our ‘best of’ and…
Unearthly Trace – Stalking the Ghost
NYC doom dealers Unearthly Trance have returned from a seven-year recording hiatus—one that gave us a pair of Serpentine Path records, mind you, as…
Serpentine Path – self-titled
Right off the bat, you can tell this is one heavy vegetable; slow, punishing doomy riffs with deep-throated death metal growls. Winter is a definite reference here, albeit this record sounds thicker and sludgier, presumably because it wasn’t recorded in a basement.
Unearthly Trance – V
There isn’t much in the way of standout tracks on this one, but rather a continuous, pummelling, ear-pounding assault that only seems to get slower as the album nears its conclusion.