Review Summary: On a side note, I love that art.
It’s some kind of black/doom metal, an aggravated assault charge in the crimson king’s fortress. That’s what I hear, my ears are weird. It achieves something similar anyhow, brushing a vividly dark painting on the canvas with potent atmospherics. Synth pads create the gloom, as does the slow pace of tracks coupled with truly evil growls much like ghastly ghouls. Worm create a massive cavern of atmospherics, a foreboding omen. These spectral growls are quite spooky, just in time for Halloween if playing metal is your idea of a successful holiday.
Whereas Foreverglade brought more chug, Bluenothing slows down to reveal
cvlt m3tal. The sinister vibe here is the true highlight, because the riffs aren’t that crazy. Doom guitars (often reminding me of Draconian’s Sovran) brought the somber crunch, with enough variety in melody to keep me interested. The ethereal air also transferred me between track to track with ease. It’s a slow burning album, but the stomach churning shrieks left a startling impression amongst the cold doom and gloom. The synth pads are a little cheesy and retro, but I don’t mind.
Bluenothing fills that awkward space between doom and black effortlessly. It’s worth a listen though the EP format hinders the release greatly. Half the time they work on the atmospherics rather than bringing riffs, more crushing metal surely wouldn’t hurt. The result of this is a doom EP with great ideas, but not enough punch to be one for the memory book. I look forward to an album where they bring their black/death combo to full fruition, with no holding back.
