Rather than emerging with a roar, it meekly crawled out with something like a whimper. Perhaps spoiled by so many other Doom bands in which their debut arguably remains their best (see: Candlemass, Pentagram, Trouble, Pagan Altar, etc.), I was less than impressed with Penance's first release. The resulting album, Alpha and Omega, was released Group continued to play live and release demos until signing with Martyr
Frontman Briant Balich joined in 1997, and the Year, but the band was plagued by lineup changes and were eventuallyĭropped from the label.
They created a buzz in the metal underworld, leading to a contract Traveled, on Cathedral frontman Lee Dorrian's Rise Above Records inġ992. Penance stayed together and put together their debut, The Road Less Permanent member of the group, to play the drums on their first album. They were so impressed that they asked Mike Smail, the only It floatedĪround tape-trading circles until the members of Cathedral finally heard Even once I finally had enough material to start writing it still took about two three three-and-a-half weeks to pound this thing out.ĭoom metal rockers Penance got their start in 1990, when theįreshly formed group released their first underground demo. That's not to say these guys are bad, just difficult to get into. In retrospect it was probably a mistake to listen to what was clearly their weakest release seven or eight times in the hopes that something would "click," but I was trying to avoid another Count Raven or Solitude Aeternus article, lest this thing appear lazy. The following band posed a somewhat less-enjoyable write-up, probably because I'd tried several times over the last year to get one going again, only to discover that the music just wasn't doing anything for me. I'm excited to research and review every release by one of these legendary bands. These kind of write-ups are usually a pleasure for me. Also, you can't bring up Sky Valley without mentioning Demon Cleaner - it's not my favourite song on the album but it is the most accessible and it's one of Kyuss' greatest songs in the sense that it's not only a very accomplished song but that's probably the single best entry point to the band that there is.Īlso, one other general point: I love how much appreciation Kyuss has been getting on this sub lately - I've hung out here for 4 years (including time spent on my old account) and I've never seen so much discussion about them here over such a small amount of time.Yeah, sorry, that wasn't "midweek." But looking at the length of this article, I think the time it took was understandable.īeen chugging along on this one for awhile. Asteroid and Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop form an incredible 1-2 punch of psychedelic, tripped-out heavy rock and the acoustic Space Cadet is makes for a welcome change of pace, keeping proceedings varied. Even so, Sky Valley is a classic - Gardenia is an almighty opener and Whitewater is a barnstorming closer, but the album sandwiched between the two is just as good. And The Circus Leaves Town, which came after. While it's probably their signature LP, I actually slightly prefer both Blues For The Red Sun, which came before it and was my introduction to the band, and.
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