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SATURNALIA TEMPLE Ur CD __________________________________________________________ Psychedoomelic NEW / UNPLAYED / SEALED DESCRIPTION: It sounds like the reto-occult-rock bug has bitten the guys over at Psychedoomelic based on the latest two albums that they've sent us. First we have that weird debut disc from Deadmask, who mixed together crushing Vitus/Obsessed worshipping doom metal with ultra-dramatic female vocals and hints of 70's occult rock like Coven while dropping a handful of cover tunes on us. Then t's the other, a full length from a Swedish trio called Saturnalia Temple that was formed by members of Count Raven, Therion, Nocturnal Rites, Dead Congregation and Kaamos. Saturnalia Temple also blend together a love of old dark psychedelia and doom metal, but their blueprint is entirely different. The band emerged in 2007 with a five song demo that eneded up getting released as an official cassette release through the Greek label Nuclear Winter Records, and that tape has been building a buzz within the underground doom scene ever since with it's gnarly, crushing drug-doom. That led to Psychedoomelic stepping in to release Ur on CD, and this killer edition features all of the music from the demo and packages it up nicely in a six-panel digipack that keeps the rudimentary metal demo aesthetic intact with high-contrast primitive artwork and low-rent typewritten lyrics. The first thing that I noticed when I heard Saturnalia Temple is how much these guys sound like Electric Wizard. Their soporific riffs are gnarled and immensely downtuned, and they have a similiar satanic black stickiness as what the Wiz was doing on their classic Dopethrone album. T's buzzsaw blower bass and grisly sludge riffs stretched into infinity, reducting Sabbathoid blooze riffs into a noxious black tar that leave behind massive snailtrails of bongresin and liquified brainmatter across the stretched out jams as the band loses themselves in pulverizing psychedelic groove and relentless hypno-riff mantras. Fans of Dopethrone will most likely go apeshit for these guys. However, as you get deeper into the songs, it becomes apparent that Saturnalia Temple are actually doing something a little different. The band break out some monolithic drones, spewing out huge globs of buzzing amplifier stasis that would make Dylan Carlson proud, especially on the glacial ur-drone of the opener "Enter The Temple Of Saturn".T are these slimy, primitive death metal parts that pop up in a couple of places, t's some tripped-out delayed grunt vocals echoing off of the cavern walls of the song "Mount Meru Is Tall" that sounds like Tom G. Warrior blasted on acid, and much moreso than Deadmask, you can REALLY hear the influence of 70's occult rock like Black Widow and Coven. Not just that, but t's also a bit of 60's psych influence going on , like when the vocalist breaks out into drugged out singing on songs like "Devils Eyes" and "Dreaming Out Death", and in the killer acid-rock soloing that the guitarist smears across a couple of tracks. Lyrically, Saturnalia Temple are fully immersed in bizarre satanic babble, and they invoke a weird vibe through both their lyrics and music that turns this into a killer slab of narcotized satanic psychdoom. Don't forget to check out all of our other CRUCIAL BLAST -approved AVANT METAL / MUTANT NOISE releases in our Ebay store and on auction. Lots of OOP and RARE items too! [CONDITION+INFO] BRAND NEW, UNPLAYED ITEM STILL SEALED IN SHRINKWRAP. >> WE DEAL IN HEAVY JAMS CRUCIAL BLAST is an independant underground label and mailorder specializing in cutting edge, "experimental" heavy music from the indie universe with a particular focus on avant-Metal, heavy mutant noise and drones, and edgy/abrasive/weird "outsider" rock and pop. You'll find everything from art-damaged European metalcore to amplifier-exploding psychedelic drones in our listings, which we update every week. We like our sounds weird, and we like 'em heavy . You're not going to find the popular flavor... read more

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