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░ ██ ██ Artist: Forgotten Tomb ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: We Owe You Nothing █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-12-10 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Agonia Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Italian black/sludge metal trio Forgotten Tomb █
█ brings us their 9th studio album, æWe Owe You █
█ NothingÆ, to add to a long-lived and consistent █
█ discography of fifteen years. Inside the package █
█ of this album is a brevity of thick, █
█ skull-pounding riffage and darkly engrossing █
█ atmosphere. This record is overwhelmingly █
█ powerful, almost abusive in how heavy it beats you █
█ over the head with concrete sludge. █
█ █
█ One thing that really sticks out is how æWe Owe █
█ You NothingÆ kicks off; thereÆs no introduction to █
█ the music, they simply drop you in the middle of █
█ an ongoing groove and set you off running. Given █
█ how infectious grooves tend to be, you should not █
█ be surprised at how fast this record sets it with █
█ the opening title track. ItÆs unrelenting, itÆs █
█ driving, itÆs badass; thereÆs no shortage of words █
█ to paint the picture of devastation introduced by █
█ Forgotten Tomb. █
█ █
█ ThereÆs a much stronger focus on the black metal █
█ elements that make up this record, so you canÆt █
█ expect it to groove the whole way through. ThatÆs █
█ not a problem, however, as Forgotten Tomb █
█ smoothens from the introductory groove into a more █
█ aggressive approach. ItÆs hard to describe █
█ Forgotten Tomb solely as sludge or stoner with █
█ their propensity to shift into the blacker realm █
█ of metal over the slow grind of doom. █
█ █
█ The black metal presence with æWe Owe You NothingÆ █
█ is smooth and fresh, they set up the record with █
█ sludgy tones and donÆt stray too far from that █
█ sentiment. This allows Forgotten Tomb to create a █
█ fascinating approach to the mixture of sludge and █
█ black metal. Is the sludge forming a darker, more █
█ sinister black metal tone? Or is it the black █
█ metal that brings the sludge into rising form, █
█ like the Creature From the Black Lagoon on a fatal █
█ terror spree? █
█ █
█ Forgotten Tomb refuses the standardization of █
█ their sound with the formation of two somewhat █
█ conflicting genres. There are snippets of elements █
█ from each genre that carry over into each other █
█ and Forgotten Tomb takes those elemental snippets █
█ and brings them together to create a defining █
█ piece of work with æWe Owe You NothingÆ. █
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░ 1. We Owe You Nothing 7:31 ░
░ 2. Second Chances 8:11 ░
░ 3. Saboteur 6:38 ░
░ 4. Abandon Everything 8:18 ░
░ 5. Longing for Decay 6:36 ░
░ 6. Black Overture 3:41 ░
░ 40:55 ░
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