7) Weeping Sores - The Convalescence Agonies
Speaking of 2-man bands, here's another one. They've been here before and so has Pyrrhon the other project these two particular men contribute to so it's no surprise they're here again. My instinct is this might be the waters receding for this particular project though it's well hidden in the maelstrom that is this style of sludgy death doom. This record introduced a lot of non-metal presence, strings, organs, horns. My sense is that these instruments are leaned on when they need to inject some melodic texture. But, why do they need this melodic texture coming from somewhere other than the guitars? It's because the guitars don't contain much melodic texture. The riffs are largely knuckled dragging sludge riffs, pedal the low power chord alternate with a higher octave open chord, repeat. I want more from the guitars gents, though my wants are irrelevant and this is still a damn fine record, just not a great one.
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