A rather different beast to many of the bands we cover
here at Heavy Planet, but one none-the-less that falls directly into our
musical category. Solo musician Goryl offers us a chance to explore the far
reaches of our darkest souls with his heavy ambient drone project, and having
recently released an acoustic take on his work, it’s about time that we
divulged these dark lonely winter nights shadowing his drawn out growling
riffs.
His previous two
EPs The Father Of Witches and The Father Of Evil Witches offer mesmerizing
droned riffs that only his outpouring soul could decipher as he sits hunched
over his bass-heavy guitar shredding out cursed, devastating drawn-out riffs
that feel like the hand of death upon your shoulder, encompassing and frightening
in alliance.
Describing his
sound as “A line of poetry written with a splash of blood - a sonic reminder that you
will suffer many hardships and adversities, but you will not die until the day
appointed for you doom”, Goryl is not to
be taken on board without fair warning. His latest release, Snakes, an acoustic
EP, offers as much bleak, droning respite as his previous work, which is an
impressive feat. The final track on the EP 'Lovely Witches' even offers some hushed whispered vocals which is a welcome respite from his otherwise instrumental music.
Goryl’s musical work so far is utterly
transfixing, from each lonely desolate pluck of the guitar string to the next
downturned soul wrenching note, you find yourself totally overcome with a sense
of being, it’s not a sound which uplifts or necessarily makes you think, but
rather a sound which keeps you static, aware of the darkness and decay around
you, embracing death as much as life itself.
Goryl is heavy,
other-worldly, and vital.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please share your comments...