Doomherre – Plaguelords
Skatbo Records / Majestic Mountain Records
Metal, Doom, Classic
Rated: ****
They’re back! And with Plaguelords, Stockholm’s Doomherre hit harder than a hammer on frozen skull! From the very first riff of Serpent Shrine, you are dragged into their universe. A world full of molten guitar lines, thunderous bass work and drums that roll and pummel like an ancient war drum out of a Norse saga. Epic is the word! This is the doom with a pulse, a groove and a way to get all that ice cold blood a racing. This is a wonderful universal nod towards all the legends of yore, the classic metal and the doom we all love so dearly…
Two years after the remarkably self-assured Bonegoat, this is an album that confirms the trio as one of the most compelling forces in today’s doom underground. Victor Takala’s vocals soar and bite, straddling clean heroics and gritty menace, carrying tales of Nordic myth and shadowy landscapes. Tracks like Dark Hand and Blodregn (Sabbatsberg II) whisper, then roar, while the title track and final track This Burning Guilt crash and hit like cinematic lightning bolts.
Plaguelords is the calling card from your newest doom heroes. And it’s a calling card you can feel in your bones. A battering ram. You feel it smash through your chest, dark, melodic, and gloriously unrelenting! We loved Bonegoat, but with the new album Doomherre you realize the three horsemen have truly arrived… And yes… They have brought the apocalypse…
(Written by JK)
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