A review from Deaf Sparrow:
4 out of 5 SparrowsColorado’s sludge / doom merchants Deer Creek sound like cavemen. Like undeveloped monkeys who were just handed instruments. Their primal take on the nastiest of styles is back to basics in a subgenre that is already back to basics. If their song “Panic” foresees their future, then we can only predict something really archaic. The song is untouched by time and influences. Meat and potatoes, so to speak. And as such, this doom-focused two-disc, two-tracks per band compilation by Game Two Records opens up, informing the newbies that there was a time when doom and sludge music wasn’t polluted with influences, let alone a fucking wah wah pedal.
I am familiar with Belgium’s Möse because I reviewed their Halfway to Nowhere record in the Solitude Productions spotlight from a few months back. Their first song included here “The Levee Will Break” is taken from that record and is as harsh and angry as most of their material. What it’s also got is hooks, which vocalist Klootöör takes perfect advantage of. Totally new to me are Switzerland’s Pÿlon, who in 2009 unleashed an album with the ambitious title Doom and whose Christian thematic sounds fucking glorious in “Ride the Pale Horse” which sounds like a lament for the gods. Great song; melodic, morose, and clear. Heavy but free of all the harshness of the rest included.
Who is Mr. Peter Hayden? Apparently, an unstable Finnish unit that tends to experiment in a few directions. Their first track included here is titled “Majestic 5” and sticks out as perhaps the most adventurous of the bunch. Glacial pace and tribal drums in the back, this bunch launches the doom subgenre for a spin. Definitely interested in checking out some of their earlier recordings.
In contrast, Colorado’s Smaug regress to a more conservative sound. Their doom is laced with classic heavy metal and is weak on the vocals of Dave Cantrell who sounds like John Garcia on an international call. The first disc comes to an end with Burn Heavy, whose bottom of the well sound is given depth by a violin. In any other instance this classical addition would have spelled c.h.e.e.s.e., but this Denver smokers keep it tamed and wicked, with a groove that’s impossible to resist.
The second disc starts with Cold Mourning whose sole contribution to the compilation is the most uninspired. Their track “Driven to Reason” isn’t exactly a stinker but in such company, it seems minimal. All the bands aforementioned get their turn once again and hence, with a double dose of downers one is bound to walk away from Doom All Over the World totally suicidal.
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