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Artist......: Bottomless
Album.......: The Banishing
Year........: 2023
Genre.......: Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Dying Victims Productions
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (24bit)
Quality.....: 1670kbps / 48 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 8 tracks
Playtime....: 00:42:05
Size........: 506.4 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-19
S.Date......: 2023-08-25
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/u4r1zy5p5s2lc
01. Let Them Burn 4:42
02. The Great Unknown 5:48
03. Guardians of Silence 7:32
04. Stand in the Dimming Light 6:27
05. By the Sword of the Archangel 4:46
06. Illusion Sun 5:09
07. Drawn Into Yesterday 2:52
08. Dark Waters 4:48
Hailing from Italy, BOTTOMLESS was formed in 2016 by the
hands of vocalist/guitarist Giorgio Trombino and drummer
David Lucido; bassist Sara Bianchin joined shortly
after. Collectively, the band possesses a wealth of
experience across other prior and present bands,
including Messa, Assumption, Becerus, Shrieking Demons,
Morbo, and many more. Five years later, in 2021 and
preceded by a trio of three of digital singles,
BOTTOMLESS released their self-titled debut album: a
clear affirmation of the power-trio's commitment to
traditional doom metal yet with a slightly '70s edge,
bluesy and hard rocking.
Now, two years later, BOTTOMLESS return with their
second full-length. Appropriately titled The Banishing,
the band take bold steps into new territories here,
retaining their rootsy doom sound but moving it toward
the epic and sometimes evil and most definitely dark.
The relatively-dramatic shift reflects a focus on themes
of magic, death, remembrance, and sorrow, most
poignantly displayed across such tracks as "Guardians of
Silence," "By the Sword of the Archangel," and the
acoustic ballad "Drawn Into Yesterdays." Even more so
than the first album, The Banishing is a doom metal
record for doom maniacs, reflecting emotional
atmospheres reminiscent of classic Candlemass, Solitude
Aeternus, the UK's Solstice, and Manilla Road's slower
moments whilst firmly residing on a foundation of '80s
doom ala Pentagram, Trouble, and especially Black
Sabbath; one could say that BOTTOMLESS are even
approaching the latter's cult years with Tony Martin on
the mic. And like the best vintage doom, whether it's
entrenched in the '70s or '80s, The Banishing is richly
wrapped in an authentically analog production, all
recorded, mixed, and mastered on tape in a few sessions.
BOTTOMLESS are truly hitting their stride now. The
Banishing is for all those heavy rockin' castaways who
are living backwards, banished from the modern world and
still looking to carve their own individual path into
the realm of slow, somber heavy metal.