Subject:	6: מזמור and Thou - Myopia
From:		.jh
Date:		2022-12-20T13:30:00Z
Tags:		music blog best\ of best\ of\ 2022 מזמור\ and\ Thou 2022

![Myopia](/gfx/1035308.jpg)

As a longtime fan of מזמור but unfamiliar with Thou (sludge has really
never been an interest) I wasn't sure what to expect here, but turns
out it's quite excellent. The album starts out with a song that to my
ears could have come off of a מזמור album, having that sharp riffing,
the raving vocals (they do swap back and forth between the vocalists
something which also turns out to work remarkably well) but also
having a crushing heft to it which I can only assume we can credit
Thou for. I only tend to like funeral doom, I find much of what is
called doom too light and cheery, now מזמור have always to me been a
blackmetal / doom hybrid, always too fast to be considered funeral
doom but oozing misery and despair. This continues here and it's
glorious, I'm sure this collaboration was a one off, but I'm hoping
there may be more someday.

[מזמור on Encyclopaedia Metallum](https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8/3540348723)  
[Thou on Encyclopaedia Metallum](https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Thou/104484)

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