Zac's "Double Dose": Tombstones / Void Moon

Tombstones: Year of the Burial 

An all Scandinavian Double Dose can't be a bad thing! First up are Norway's Tombstones with their pure doom record Year of the Burial. Our compadre Toby introduced us to this leviathan back in 2010 with their release Volume II. Well, needless to say Tombstones is back and with a darker demeanor. The trio have taken their fine skills, polished them and added some solid song writing for this sophomore release. Within the first moments of listening the most noticeable sounds are the truly earth-shattering bass lines. Honestly Mr. [Ole] Helstad is emitting enough bass through these speakers to rattle the teeth from your jaw, and you being a Heavy Planet reader know this is a good thing. Vocal duties are shared between guitarist Bjørn and Ole. These vocals at times are chant-like, fogged by the immense vibrations and create an uneasy atmosphere. Other times they over-power, ablaze in fury, like being shouted down in abuse. In the end I just call it doom... and damn good doom. Get your copy from Soulseller Records!

 

Members: 

Bjørn-Viggo Godtland - Vocals // Guitar 

Jørn Inge Woldmo - Drums 

Ole Christian Helstad - Bass // Vocals

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Void Moon: On the Blackest of Nights 

That's right 'Planet-heads...Scandinavia strikes again! Well, properly... Sweden does with Void Moon and their soon-to-be released On the Blackest of Nights. Void Moon are a classic doom four-piece that kneel at the altar of Sabbath and Candlemass. Void Moon crush with a steady pace of bass heavy riff-age. If you are looking for something a little more traditional to add to your playlist check out the single Hammer of Eden below and if you need a copy head you will have to wait. On the Blackest of Nights will be officially released and available November 6th courtesy of Cruz Del Sur Music.

Members: 

Erika Wallberg - Guitar 

Jonas Gustavsson - Guitars // Vocals 

Peter Svensson - Bass 

Thomas Hedlund - Drums

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Album Review - Tombstones: Volume II

Let me just get this out of the way right now…this, my friends, is a DOOM album. Hailing from Oslo, Norway, a town known more for churning out orchestral black metal and corpse paint rather than stoner rock, Tombstones (great name by the way) are one of the bands currently changing the common perspective on Scandinavian metal. And on their latest release, Volume II, this band has crafted nine juggernaut tracks of lumbering sludge that is rife with riffs of Sabbathian proportions.

On the album opener, “Hellfire”, Tombstones introduces you to their formula and from there, they never let up. As I’ve already noted, this is a doom album through and through, so if you’re a fan of that sort of thing (and I’m guessing if you’re reading Heavy Planet that you are), you won’t be disappointed by Volume II. Combining wickedly, evil blues guitar licks and vocals that linger just under the surface of the music with those heavy ass riffs; this band just defines what it is to be slow and heavy. In fact there were times on my first listen when the music slowed to such a crawl that I feared it may come to a halt altogether (see “Whisperer in Darkness” and “Realms of Oblivion”).

If there’s one knock on these guys however, it’s that their recipe of trudging riffs and drowned out vocals tends to wear a bit thin around the midway point of the album. But I say it’s better to do one thing really well than to do a whole lot of things half assed, and Tombstones certainly know how to execute their craft like seasoned vets. And once you’ve made your way through the entirety of Volume II, you’re rewarded with a nearly nine and a half minute, epic instrumental entitled “Supernoid” (could that be a play on Sabbath’s “Supernaut”…hmm), which sounds like the metal version of a funeral dirge. Could there be a more appropriate album closer for a band that calls themselves Tombstones? I think not. Now put on a frown and go check these guys out for yourself.

Track Listing:

01. Hellfire
02. Distorted Visions
03. Whisperer in Darkness
04. Further Down the Abyss
05. Realms of Oblivion
06. Eye of the Universe
07. The Source
08. Wheels Turn
09. Supernoid

Band Members:

Bjørn-Viggo Godtland - Vocals/Guitar
Ole Christian Helstad - Bass/Vocals
Jørn Inge Woldmo - Drums

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New Band To Burn One To-Tombstones

The "New Band To Burn One To" today is the heavy as shit 4-piece band Tombstones from Oslo, Norway.

"Tombstones play heavy, suggestive and down-tuned. From selected sources of inspiration, Tombstones stay faithful to a formula based on tenaciuos, free and riff-based rock.Through lyrics and mood, the fog will ooze from the dark woods of eastern Norway"

Tombstones has a new album due to be released by years end and is being produced by Bill Anderson (Sleep, Melvins,Cathedral).

Last weekend the band supported Nebula at a club in Oslo to an enthusiastic crowd, and are currently scheduled to appear at the Gunfest festival with acts such as Electric Wizard, Rwake, Grand Magus, Grief, Mustasch, Witchcraft and more!

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"The Hand of Doom will point at You!" Check them out now!!

Free MP3 "Wrecks Of Time"