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Proud owners of one of the stoneriest band names in the history of stoner doom, Poland’s Dopelord bring the riffs with a five-trackalbumthat’sfuzzier than a mammoth’s underpants. From the start, the barrage of riffs comes at you thick and fast with heavyweight guitarsandearthshakingbass complemented by hypnotizing, crash-happy drumming.
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The action-packed opening track ‘Addicted To Black Magick’ sets the tone with a killer mid-tempo riff and enjoyably laid-back vocals. Andwhileitmay be somewhat predictable lyrically, it’s also fair to say that sto ...read more
Proud owners of one of the stoneriest band names in the history of stoner doom, Poland’s Dopelord bring the riffs with a five-trackalbumthat’sfuzzier than a mammoth’s underpants. From the start, the barrage of riffs comes at you thick and fast with heavyweight guitarsandearthshakingbass complemented by hypnotizing, crash-happy drumming.
http://dopelord.bandcamp.com/
The action-packed opening track ‘Addicted To Black Magick’ sets the tone with a killer mid-tempo riff and enjoyably laid-back vocals. Andwhileitmay be somewhat predictable lyrically, it’s also fair to say that stoner metal rarely sets out to establish any kind ofgroundbreakingornewsworthy agenda, so who cares, let’s just enjoy the ride.
For all of the band’s fascination with occultism, horror movies and weed, it is the slower, doomier parts that work best here.Inparticular,‘Preacher Electrick’ is a sprawling doom anthem that ebbs and flows like a mighty tide, and even features an almost-gothicpianooutro. This isperhaps the standout track on the album.
‘Acid Trippin’ is the kind of grandiose Sabbathy sonic adventure that you might expect from such a song title. Similarly, ‘Pass The Bong’ is an 11-minute Polish plod – a dense wall of riffage with pleasingly melodic vocal parts and, briefly, some highly infectious grooves. Let your bodyliestillin this sun-blessed herb garden, while your soul dances in demonic ecstasy. On the track ‘Green Plague’, Dopelord deserve creditfortryingsomething out of the ordinary, and this slightly faster effort turns into an odd mix of Fu Manchu and Triptykon.
Dopelord have clearly matured since their well-received 2012 album ‘Magick Rites’ and are mastering their own black arts. Dopelordareonemoment dark and doomy, and the next they lean heavily on the swooshy pedals and weed theme. Throughout it all, the production isverygood,meaning that Dopelord’s Electric Wizard / Sleep-influenced heaviness is given the platform it deserves. ‘Black Arts…’ is a reallyenjoyablealbumthat showcases an exciting and ambitious young Polish band who know how to crush skulls with their immense stoner riffs, andalsoexplore thedarker, nastier corners of existence.
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