It’s not often that I’ll go out of my way to review an
obscure two song demo that’s been available for nearly two years, but, when I
came across Kingdom
of Decay on BandCamp last
week, I was really impressed with this demo and have been listening to it a shit load.
Kingdom of Decay is a death/doom metal band from Darwin. They’ve been
around since 2005 and have only released this demo, with a new release coming
later in 2012. Their sound can best be described as “funeral” death/doom,
taking influence from bands such as; Mournful Congregation, diSEMBOWELMENT,
Winter, Agalloch, Evoken and the like.
The mood is rather hefty and depressing, with themes
focusing on the end of the world with all religion crumbing and a new society
rebuilding around the worship of a Sun God, or something to that effect. The
music is generally slow, but, occasionally picks up the pace with the
occasional slow-mid pace moment peaking through. The vocals are gruff and death
metal-ish, guitar tone is what I’d expect for this type of music; simply
crushing, the bass is there doing its thing in the background and the drums
just plod along, driving forth this lumbering mammoth.
I really can’t go into much more detail about a two song
demo, but if funeral doom or death/doom is your bag then check out Kingdom of Decay. I’ll be waiting for that new EP!
5/5
Demo available for free download at BandCamp.
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