CRUELTY Presents:
Artist...: Thou
Album....: Summit
Label....: Gilead Media
Size.....: 75,10 MB
Source...: CDDA
Playtime.: 51:40 min
Genre....: Metal
Release..: Aug-10-2010
Encoder..: LAME V3.97 -V2 --Vbr-New
Quality..: avgkbps 44.1Hz Joint-Stereo
Track List:
01 09:03 By Endurance, We Conquer
02 08:18 Grissecon
03 11:02 Prometheus
04 10:02 Another World Is Inevitable
05 02:52 Summit Reprise
06 10:23 Voices In The Wilderness
Release Notes:
In March of 2008 Gilead Media released the debut full-
length, Tyrant, by Baton Rouge, LA doom band Thou. Over
the past two and a half years the band has played over
150 shows, including multiple national tours throughout
the entire US. They've also managed to release a split,
ep, cassette or LP (their catalog now numbering nearly
20 releases) on just about every label worth their
weight in a pallet of vinyl... from Southern Lord and
Robotic Empire to Halo of Flies, Vendetta and Perpetual
Motion Machine, Init, among many, many more. Without a
single record falling below their high standard of
quality.
I think this is due in part to this basic fact: Thou are
a "punk rock" doom band. They've somehow combined the
ethics of true DIY punk, and the sound of sludging,
droning doom to breath life into a creative entity that
is completely passionate, they're entirely dedicated to
what they do. They don't write their music and lyrics to
serve any one scene or genre, I don't even like labeling
them as doom, as it isn't fitting in and of itself. THOU
draws so drastically on so many different influences,
influences that find their ways through their songs in a
myriad of ways.
These are the things that set this band apart in a world
where many try to emulate honest heavy music. Their
lyrics are politically and ethically charged, their
riffs defy simple genre classification, and SUMMIT
showcases the band at their most progressive, melodic
and diverse. All the while retaining their signature
style of apocalyptically crushing metal. In the time
since I enthusiastically exchanged my first emails with
them in late 2007 Thou has grown from an up and coming
band in heavy music, to a band that is now primed to
define the future of what slow and heavy music may
become. "Summit" contains six songs, and runs 52
minutes.