Although I've always enjoyed here and there some HC bands, I've never really followed this scene and can't judge its actual health, but there's a fact that is undeniable : more and more doomsters are coming from that scene and I feel it pretty agreeably as I think those people bring really something fresh and extremely thick at the same time to DOOM...
DRUGLORD is another excellent proof of this statement, coming from various HC bands such as White Cross and Unseen Force, this trio located in Richmond (VA) and consisting in Tommy (guit/voc), Greta (bass) and Bobby (drums) formed in February 2010 with the definitive intention to make it utterly slow and heavy !
Hungry for downtuned guitars, weedy vibes and crawling heaviness, DRUGLORD make things in order, not too quickly, sure of its strength but sharpening compositions accurately , they've released a 3 songs 1st demo in October 2010 and then a 2nd one year later, having played in between with killer bands like COUGH, BUZZOVEN, SOURVEIN, etc...
This new demo, which contains 4 songs "motherfucker rising", "cleansed", "lick the wound" and "eternal grave" shows a real emerging identity by mixing very tightly Doom with Stoner. Most often this is Stoner bands that introduce doomy elements in their music, rarely the contrary, but here DRUGLORD plays basically DOOM , slow, extremely slow, raw and authentic, not forgetting some hazy melodies here and there; something that will easily appeal to fans of VITUS, "the wretch" from T.G.O.S. and even early CATHEDRAL("forest of equilibrium" period)... to this, DRUGLORD adds a drug-fueled sonic dimmension à la SLEEP and (more slightly) some filthy crudeness reminding WEEDEATER, twisting brillantly emotions in a maelstrom of sheer heaviness.
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This is ESSENTIAL stuff, but before making your choice of format, you need to know that this CD will be soon sold out and that the digital version contains "whores of the reich" in place of "lick the wound"... While Vynil maniacs also have to know that this "motherfucking rising" will be released this Spring on LP format by Last Anthem Records and will include 2 new songs "smell your disease" and "misery feeder", pretty cool and certainly worth the investment... And I'm sure that it won't be too difficult to find other occasions to talk about DRUGLORD in the near future, cause this band is definitely worth checking out !!!
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