Thou - Summit (2010 self-released)
doom metal \ blackened sludge \ drone
"Thou’s third full length, Summit, starts out in the last possible way one would think it would: when the drums kick in after about thirty seconds of a lonely arpeggio, they’re blastbeats. The strangest part isn’t so much their presence, but the way they absolutely fit in, shaping thunderous droning chords into something immensely palatable. This theme follows for the rest of the song (“By Endurance We Conquer”) and the album itself. Even when Thou get almost impenetrably slow, there’s some meat there, be it in the form of an evocative riff, vocalist Bryan Funck’s dragged-slowly-across-the-coals vocals, or simply what would be for most bands a beautiful moment stretched to its logical breaking point, making for an incredibly unpleasant result. Bad doom metal makes you wonder if there’s a greater purpose or if it’s just a bunch of unwashed dudes standing in front of their amps, stonedly laughing at the rumbling gently shaking the room; Thou avert this masterfully. They test you over the course of Summit, but there’s always something there." - metalsucks
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