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
Thou on Encyclopaedia Metallum
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