Urzah – II

 

 

Urzah – II
Self released – 2022
Rock, Post, Metal, Doom, Prog, Sludge
Rated: ****

It came out early 2022 and immediately made it to the 13th spot of the January Doom Charts. We are of course talking about Urzah and their second aptly titled EP: II. Two years earlier they released their first one and we were already damn right down with them. Down in the good sense of the word. Aggression and seething grit are still the overall emotions evoked; but with such a degree of high melodic energy that those emotions are ones of cathartic release. And why do we mention the EP, six months after it’s release… Well, it’s Friday! And even though that usually means we do a Stoner HiVe Quick Fire Friday session… Which we will do also… We also do a little Friday Freebie session. Cause this EP deserves to be heard by one and all… Or as Doom Oracle wrote back then on the January Doom Charts: “Fearlessly balanced between the overt rage and convulsive vehemence are some skillfully placed, surprisingly shimmering and elegant guitar passages which give way to chasmal, rumbling bass tones and ultimately propulsive percussion before being rounded out yet again with yet more expansive and riveting riffage. Urzah has pulled out all the stops on II and with these four tracks the Bristolian gents have truly succeeded in creating an ineffably enjoyable, fervently heavy ass listen. TLDR; Urzah’s II is legit. Turn it up, it’s heavy, aggro and loud. In all the best ways.”

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The Doom Chart for April 2021

 

Doom Charts

    “As from the smoke is freed the blaze,
    So let our faith burn bright!
    And if they crush our golden ways,
    Who e’er can crush Thy light?”

~ The First Walpurgis-Night, Goethe

We end the month of April with a folklorically traditionally time, an ancient holiday of sorts. That which is known as The Witches Sabbath or Beltane, where Midsommer and Walpurghis Nacht is celebrated in some parts of the world and has been for millennia. In ancient times these celebrations heralded the season of light and bonfire celebrations and displayed hope for renewal and rebirth as we head into May with longer days and summer approaching. And how fitting, as no summer in recent memory holds greater anticipation or need for that light or hope and renewal for us music fans, artists, and industry folk as the one ahead, while we await with bated breath a possible return to normalcy for live music and events, creative livelihoods and entire cultural sectors.


Will summer bear live musical fruit for us? What day is it anymore? Does time even matter? It remains to be seen, but the hope that comes with longer days and more vitamin D is a damn good start as well as April having brought with it a bounty of stunning releases for us all to enjoy. And without futher ado, as your faithful contributors of the Doom Charts are wont once again as every month dear reader, we coalesce to provide you with a listing of the finest new releases the world over from within our stylistic proclivities for Doom, stoner, sludge, heavy psych and fuzz centric musical offerings. Be safe and keep the faith, the light of our underground community shines bright.

That lovely intro was provided by the newest member of the Doom Charts Contributors group, long time Doomed & Stoned contributor: Doom Oracle. And let us indeed hope that this summer will bring forth the air we all desperately need to breathe and to be that air filled with lovely heavy musical notes that float along the warm breeze. Making the ember inside glow once more and make us not just remember, but experience and enjoy… Thousandfold! This positive, do good and we will surely make it happen! For now, we have the April edition of the Doom Charts which once again brings us so much great and heavy music to listen to! Personal votes went out to: LáGoon, Motorpsycho, Greenleaf, 1968, Yawning Sons, The Vintage Caravan, Draken, Dunerider & Dust Mice ! And today, we will listen to those, the ones we could just as easily have voted for and those few we hadn’t even heard… Like Iron Rider, Hot Breath & The Watcher… And knowing the fellow contributors, we will dig the hell out of ‘m and probably vote for them next month! Check ‘m out! Check ‘m all out!

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and album reviewers from the heavy underground around the globe.  Each month, our critics submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge metal, stoner-psychedelic and heavy rock albums.  The results are compiled and tabulated into the chart below.  This is a one-stop shop for the best new albums in the world…

The Doom Chart for April 2021