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░ ██ ██ Artist: Serpent Omega ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Serpent Omega █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-02-14 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Mordgrimm ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Serpent Omega is a Stockholm based sludge act that █
█ was formed in 2011. The band's eponymously titled █
█ debut album Serpent Omega was released in January █
█ of 2013 by the infamous Mordgrimm Records, which █
█ is based out of the United Kingdom. The album █
█ features seven tracks of gloomy and doomy sludge █
█ that sounds drags its feet through the muck, █
█ leaving a trail of mud and grime that any fan of █
█ the genre should enjoy. Their overall sound is not █
█ as swampy as the NOLA scene and not as influenced █
█ by stoner and southern rock as the Virginia scene, █
█ but they incorporate a little bit of everything █
█ sludgy into their own brand downtrodden, heavy █
█ music with some crusty undertones and punk █
█ attitude. █
█ While the band does have a sludgy sound that █
█ permeates the entire album, each track takes on a █
█ life of its own. The album's opener, ôSkullwandö █
█ kicks things off with some delectable stoner █
█ riffs, groovy, thick drumming and pulsing bass █
█ lines. There's more than a nod to acts like Kyuss, █
█ but Serpent Omega keep it dirty and sludgy with █
█ Pia H÷gberg's raspy and snarled shouts that manage █
█ to somehow retain a slightly feminine touch. █
█ Everything has a downtrodden, sludgy feel to it █
█ even when the tempos are kicked up a notch, like █
█ on the trudging and crushing ôWarmachineö, which █
█ shows the band incorporating crusty guitar riffs █
█ and ramped up drumming. The absolute highlight █
█ here is the album's eight minute long-player, █
█ ôSmoke Ritualö, which is the only track that █
█ reaches outside above the murky haze. Small █
█ tendrils of clean, melodic guitars rise above the █
█ murky music during a Black Sabbath inspired jam, █
█ bringing forth perhaps the only uplifting moments █
█ on this album. Despite the crusty punk elements █
█ and the stoner inspired riffing, this is still █
█ downtrodden, sludgy and wallowing. █
█ Unfortunately for Serpent Omega, there are a lot █
█ of bands wading through murky rivers of sludgy █
█ doom metal. Serpent Omega is a solid debut album █
█ that should please die hard fans of the genre, but █
█ there's nothing really outstanding here to help █
█ separate them from the pack. If you worship at the █
█ altar of High on Fire, Lair of the Minotaur or █
█ Sleep this album should appeal to you. Serpent █
█ Omega doesn't really have their own identity yet, █
█ but I can sense they have a promising future if █
█ they stretch their wings a bit. Personally, I'd █
█ like to hear the band exploring and expanding the █
█ sound of ôSmoke Ritualö, as it seems like they █
█ utterly nailed the jamming, somewhat psychedelic █
█ sludgy sound they were going for. Serpent Omega is █
█ a solid debut album that will please fans of the █
█ genre but it won't leave a hugely lasting █
█ impression. █
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░ 1. Skullwand 4:32 ░
░ 2. Smoke Ritual 8:09 ░
░ 3. Hammer 5:49 ░
░ 4. Warmachine 3:44 ░
░ 5. Red Sun 4:16 ░
░ 6. Serpent Omen 2:27 ░
░ 7. Konflux 7:17 ░
░ 36:14 ░
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