Kirk Gauthier
Yet another ridiculously great song from Vokonis. Their fuzzed-out take on epic doom is just amazing, and this yet another fine example of that. What I don’t understand is how this band can crank out all these great songs all the time. They’re all so amazing!
Favorite track: Celestial Embrace.
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Vokonis's amazing track of Doom from the Skull Mountain Double Album: 4 Label Sampler from the Underground. All new single art by the amazing Kyrre Bjurling.
An epic song of proto-typical Vokonis Doom. Be prepared.
About Skull Mountain:
Over a year in the making! Perhaps the world's first Four-Label collaborative effort to bring together some of the best heavy psych, stoner, doom from both sides of the Atlantic. Two US-based labels, Ripple Music and Twin Earth Records, join forces with two European-based Lables, DHU Records and Kozmik Artifactz to bring forth a double album of epic proportions, something so massive it could only have it's own monolith, Skull Mountain.
Each Label showcases one full album side of it's signature sound, each song previously unreleased or unreleased mix. The entire album mastered to perfection by Tony Reed at HeavyHead.
Inside the gatefold, Tarot cards display the four element theme of Skull Mountain with each Label represented by it's own signature element, Ripple-Water; Twin Earth-Earth, DHU- Fire, and Kozmik- Air. Accordingly, each label has a limited amount of vinyl available in it's own signature elemental color, Ripple-Blue, Twin Earth - Green, DHU-Red, and Kozmik- Clear
An epic introduction into the worlds of North American and European heavy music. A monumental journey to Skull Mountain
Track Listing:
Side Ripple
The Watchers - Starfire (Cosmic Nebula mix)
Kingnomad - Dewer's Hollow
Blackwulf - The Tempest (Black Tide mix)
Vokonis - Celestial Embrace
Side Twin Earth
Alastor - Blood on Satan's Claw
Kabbalah - Abomination
Starts that Move - Give It All Away
Haunted - Crossmoth
Side D.H.U.
Disenchanter - More Evil Than Thou
Dawn - Day of the Lord
Witch Ritual - Drawing Down the Moon
Youngblood Supercult - Sticky Fingers
Side Kozmik
The Heavy Eyes - Home
Devil Electric - Devil's Bells
Red Spektor - Devil's Keeper
Hair of the Dog - My Only Home
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So refreshing to hear this sound; groove, great chorus transitions, and technical when it needs to be. Best find of the year so far and a band to watch. David Rothbauer