THOU / SALOME split LP (black)

“Another killer release from Vendetta, once again combining two ugly, brutal, slow and heavy bands, this time from the U.s.. Southerners THOU come with thick slugde-core that doesn't fear occasional hymnical moments and quiet interludes before falling again into an abyss of black, hateful slowliness. Virginia-based SALOME instead serve stripped-down stark sludge-doom and prove that it needs no more than drums, a guitar and a vitriol-filled voice to deliver nothing but pure hatred.”

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“Two bands that simply had to come together on a split release on their urge to explore the depths of heavy sludge/doom. THOU ornament their noisy SABBATH worship with moments of quietness and melancholy that calms down the listener before dragging him down into the dark cellars of the mighty e-minor chord cathedral. SALOME concentrate more on the pure power of the repetitive guitar riff fundamented by earthquake drumming and topped by awesome hateful tormented vocals. Altogether a massive document of pain, despair and hate pressed onto vinyl.”