"‘Pornography Of Grief’ is a slow descent into funeral doom-fueled despair, one where down-tuning and feedback navigate the fall. Acidic vocals screech across the invisible airwaves while hopelessness seems to resonate right along with them. The guitar solos are quite powerful, minimalist and poignant while the track takes you right up to the brink of the abyss. Haunting notes begin to reverberate, announcing the arrival of ‘30 Year Suicide‘ with a simple guitar/vocal intro segment. Things begin to simmer with eerie noise effects and slow-churned drumming before the full eruption of the track’s hellish aural agony is fully pronounced. Crowe takes a much different vocal approach here as well, one with bellowing guttural, death metal-ish vocalizations."
Patrick Lowe: Bass
Tommy Butler: Drums
Eric Crowe: Guitar/Vocals
Recorded & Mixed: Josh Lamar, Atlanta, GA
Mastered: Gabe Usery, St. Louis, Missouri
Cover Illustration: Eric C. Harrison
Layout & Design: Eric Crowe & Misty Crowe
Thanks to:
Eugene Khomich & Maria Phobia-Bad Road, Eric C. Harrison, David Paul Seymour, Trevor (DGR), Dan Lively, Victor Griffin, Peter Campbell, Randy Michaud, Nate Hall, Gabe Usery, Tim Jeffery, Odessa Walker, Alison McCorkle-Cleland, Kent Aberle, Pat W. Stone, Joel Martin, Amos Rifkin, Dwayne Jones, Kirk Fisher, Scott Grimmer, Mark Wentz, Jason Scott, Alex Avedissian, Josh Lamar, Justin Ringle, Rory McCann, Brian Krasielwicz, Friends, Family and all who have supported what we do.
In memory of Gabe Doelger 1976-2016
HEXXUS, DEAD HAND, DAMAD, PLACE OF SKULLS, PENTAGRAM, BUZZOV EN FISTER, SHROUD EATER, SONS OF TONATIUH, OOTO, DESTROYER OF LIGHT, EMBER, LAZER/WULF, BLACK TAR PROPHET, FISTULA, SNAKE OIL, WELTESSER, IRON WITCH SEA OF BONES, KR'RTH, BLACK ARTS TONEWORKS, AVEDISSIAN PICKUPS, DEAD REGISTER, TORCH RUNNER, MIDMOURNER, WAFT, DOOMSTRESS
More cathartic, atmospheric heaviness from the German doom metallers, balancing no-nonsense hooks with proggy flourishes. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 14, 2023