Cough / The Wounded Kings (split) - An Introduction to the Black Arts

*Year : 2010

*Country : USA

*Genre : Occult Doom, Sludge

Tracklist : 

1. The Gates of Madness
2.Curse of Chains

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Total playing time : 34.37

Comment:

Cough: Tectonic bells and harsh sound. They very quickly impose an atmosphere made of heaviness and malfeasance. We found again this alternating song, sometimes near to Black Metal vocals, another times clear and bewitching vocals. A gluey, black, greasy and sticky nineteen-minutes track/soup.

The Wounded Kings: This second track is less harsh, but not less intense at all. Curse of Chain is black, stifling, captivating and addictive. Much more occult than any sadness expression. Behind classy airs tinged with unhealthy grandiosity, The Wounded Kings offer us  fifteen-minutes of refreshingly hypnotic Doom. I also want to note the use of the (mythical) Hammond organ.
Maybe (even certainly) my favorite split!

Myspace: Cough, The Wounded Kings

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