doom

Ocean Chief are a Swedish band with a unique sound which combines sludge/doom metal with space rock and psychedelia. I’m not going to lie and pretend I already knew who they are in order to seem cool. Apparently, they’ve been around since 2001 and kept themselves busy all these years. A quick look at their site revealed they have six releases (including two split CDs) to their name. I’m here to talk about their new album though, so let’s get to it. It’s called “Universums Härd” and it’s the most primal doom/sludge metal thing I’ve heard in a long time.
 

Zaum is a Canadian music project between Kyle Alexander McDonald (Shevil’s front-man) on guitars, sitar, synth & vocals and Christopher Lewis (Iron Giant’s front-man) on drums. The duo does not stray from their beloved doom metal music; this time they are moving on more drone, sludge & slow doom metal paths.
 

I remember this band’s debut a couple of years ago… It did feature some nice tunes and it showed that this band has some potential. I was wondering if they could present anything better – as every band ought to – on their sophomore release but I was terribly dissatisfied with what I heard back then.
 
Now the band is back with its third, and more crucial work – as I’d like to say, and under a new (bigger) label this time. The last thing made me wonder how the A&R department of the ‘major’ labels works these days… hehe it’s really comical!