It’s very Electric Wizard, I could end the review here to be fair! This is the third album from Polish doom monoliths and whilst I say that at the start, there are some individual character that make this a balls out doom laden assault that can turn a shrinking violet listener into a monstrous raging doom messiah.
‘Night of the Witch’ explodes with monolithic tones and beats with accompanying sinister haunting vocal lines. The reaction to the music maybe that of power and assimilation into groove and doom collectives accordingly. Near the four minute mark the tempo increases which really is a positive step forward, not saying previous was sub-standard, it augments your listening pleasure is what I am trying to say! Similar to the stylistic changes that are reminiscent of Cathedral and Electric Wizard. Towards the end the track comes back to earth and completes its journey. ‘The Chosen One’ follows the same majestic doom ridden path, the song is very immersive, I feel as one with the tune and the vocal melodies are soul tingling. You have a juggernaut to the head with the vocal change during the track “Worms”, someone sounds very angry and you wait over 5 minutes for those to change stance into classic Sabbath tones as the tempo increases.
That girl isn’t finished yet, ‘Return of the Night Witch’ begins reminding me of 70’s sci-fi with the synthesiser tones, but this is only an instrumental piece. ‘One Billion Skulls’ has real orange amp power, it’s a damn fine doom-jam, its powerful, divine, rewarding. I’m really stressing the importance of audible power. If you add volume to this, well, you’re going to feel invincible!
(8.5/10 Paul Maddison)
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