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░█▒█ Artist ■ Gospel of the Future █▒█░
░ █▒█ Album ■ The Eclipse █▒█ ░
░█░█ Year ■ 2010 █░█░
█░█ Release Date ■ 2013-12-28 █░█
█░█ Genre ■ Death Metal █░█
█ █ Label ■ Epidemie Records █ █
█░█ Source ■ CD █░█
█ █ Type ■ Album █ █
█░█ Quality ■ VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █░█
█ █ █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ This record had me worried to begin with. Worried that the █ █
█ █ fractured, sinister and mysterious droning feedback of █ █
█ █ opener æThe Eclipse Pt.1' would continue for a further 35 █ █
█ █ minutes, without giving way to the indulgence of the █ █
█ █ mega-riffing culmination I had been waiting to salivate █ █
█ █ over like some kind of heavy metal Pavlov's dog. █ █
█ █ I need not have worried. Seven minutes later, this little █ █
█ █ know four-piece from the Czech Republic explode into a █ █
█ █ barrage of filthy churning sludge; an explosion of a band █ █
█ █ both dominant in their metallic assault yet also creative, █ █
█ █ original and well-educated in their writing. With a strong █ █
█ █ CV boasting support slots with the likes of Wolves in the █ █
█ █ Throne Room, Crowbar, A Storm of Light and Lair of the █ █
█ █ Minotaur, GOTF are not here to simply make up the numbers █ █
█ █ on the already talent-rich European scene, and have really █ █
█ █ hit the ground running with their sophomore effort. █ █
█ █ Musically, the closest point of reference here has to be █ █
█ █ High On Fire, but the majority of æThe EclipseÆ manages to █ █
█ █ harness a more primal, groove-thrash approach to the █ █
█ █ Matt-Pike-esque riff-trundling. At times the churning, █ █
█ █ chainsaw duel-guitar bludgeon brings forward evocations of █ █
█ █ æAriseÆ-era Sepultura or Celtic Frost at the peak of their █ █
█ █ dark powers. Adding in minimalistic werewolf-groan vocals █ █
█ █ of frontman Ultra and youÆre probably conjuring up images █ █
█ █ of the blacker end of the metal spectrum, but both the █ █
█ █ riffs and crushingly pummelling rhythm section here DEMAND █ █
█ █ your attention from an act clearly well-rooted and versed █ █
█ █ in the arts of doom and sludge. █ █
█ █ After the spooky, charred chords of the opening section of █ █
█ █ the title track, we are treated to a tribal drumming intro █ █
█ █ to æChildren of ChaosÆ, before three guys and a girl hit █ █
█ █ the overdrive switch and crank out the first of many █ █
█ █ tombstone-heavy guitar riffs. The chaos continues at █ █
█ █ mid-pace for most of the album, occasionally breaking out █ █
█ █ into a gallop, but always crushing anything standing in the █ █
█ █ way of their languid onslaught. The sucker-punch for me █ █
█ █ comes with the punishing closing bars of the titanic █ █
█ █ æWitchbone Dust OverdoseÆ û a riff so heavy it could knock █ █
█ █ planets out of orbit, played over and over until your mind █ █
█ █ is about ready to implode. A bit like what Fu Manchu would █ █
█ █ sound like on a corpse-painted-themed bar crawl with At The █ █
█ █ Gates. The all-too-short record draws to a close with █ █
█ █ æGenioveÆ, a cover of fellow Czech black-metallers MasterÆs █ █
█ █ Hammer, and the concluding second instalment of the title █ █
█ █ track; swirling the listener away down a rabbit-hole of █ █
█ █ psychedelia. █ █
█ █ I canÆt stress enough how much I enjoyed this album, █ █
█ █ especially after beginning to appreciate the small █ █
█ █ intricacies and subtle modern stoner influences weaving █ █
█ █ into its shifting chasms of riffage. ItÆs very powerful █ █
█ █ stuff, and as I discovered on a couple of occasions, a near █ █
█ █ faultless ear-splitter to accompany oneÆs journey home █ █
█ █ after a shitty day at work! Based on this evidence only I █ █
█ █ would love to see Gospel of the Future jumping onto the █ █
█ █ European sceneÆs sludge-wagon and putting their aural boots █ █
█ █ into the faces of a wider audience hungry for sonic █ █
█ █ demolition. █ █
█ █ █ █
█░█ █░█
█ █ 1. The Eclipse Pt.I 6:36 █ █
█ █ 2. Children of Chaos 5:37 █ █
█ █ 3. Cavemaster 4:09 █ █
█ █ 4. Witchbone Dust Overdose 8:33 █ █
█ █ 5. Geniove 5:29 █ █
█ █ 6. The Eclipse Pt.II 3:35 █ █
█ █ 33:59 █ █
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