Here’s a collection of albums that I’ve acquired recently since my last album post. Almost all are from eMusic, although I did have to order one or two of some of the more obscure ones. Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot more Sludge Doom. This is what I’m liking right now:

At thirty-eight minutes and just three tracks that are basically unnamed, Buried At Sea’s “Migration” is a massive, crushing Sludge Doom album that deserves many, many replays. I had to order it through the mail, which I totally hate doing, but it was well worth it. I love this shit. There needs to be more of it. I would kill to see this band live. I hear that after a retarded amount of years, a new album is finally coming out this October. If true, I will, I must find it and buy it. There can be no other way.

Halo is an Australian duo with a Sludge/Industrial Doom thing going on. “Guattari (From The West Flows Grey Ash And Pestilence)” is some serious skull-fucking shit. Gigantic bass thumping, distortion and noise. Loud and charged. It’s a really good album. Great listening for when you’re totally shit-faced in the middle of the night and about to fall on some subway tracks and end up a smeared mess of multi-colored goo. In other words, you should make sure you have it loaded on your MP3 player because you never know when you might end up as track lubricant. As I’ve been writing this post, I downloaded another album of theirs and a couple tracks in, I’m really liking it.

“Documents Of Grief” is a self-released album by the Sludge Doom band, Graves At Sea (Don’t ask me what the deal is with nautical-themed band names in Doom Metal, I don’t know). With slow, Stoner riffs, super-heavy bass lines and vocals that are reminiscent of Black Metal, I find these dudes often occupying a spot on my playlists. I like ‘em. I dig ‘em. I carry them on my MP3 player and I listen to them often.

Since I’m kind of all over the map on what I like to listen to, for this post I’m going to stick specifically to the Doom Metal genre of albums that I’ve picked up from eMusic that I find praiseworthy.

There’s only one full album that Warhorse ever put out and it’s balls-out awesome Doom. As Heaven Turns to Ash has some of the heaviest, slowest and lowest bass lines I’ve heard. The style leans on the psychedelic side with the main tracks interspersed with light and at times folk-like short instrumentals. It sounds weird as I try to describe it, but it works. Heavily inspired by Black Sabbath and L.S.D., Warhorse ranks right up there with Electric Wizard as one of my favorite Doom bands. If you’re not into Doom Metal, this album will change that. This is really good shit.
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