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REVIEW: Hierophant - The Tome
Solitude Productions, 2007
Things came pretty easy this time, since Hierophant is a band closely related to Catacombs and both re-releases came in the same pack via Solitude Productions to get the relevant reviews from this humble writer you're right now being tortured by. Both bands are linked since the guy behind the projects is the same, namely John Del Russi also known as Xathagorra Mlandroth. Hierophant is more accessible and luckily more interesting than Catacombs, though highlights won't overpopulate the 67 minutes of doom hereby included. Despondent music in the vein of Skepticism's more crushing moments, without matching the intensity and emotional achievements of the Finns. Abyssic doomy chords and überdeep growls evoke Lovecraftian chasms and grimness (sure you figured out something similar taking into account the mentioned nickname of Hierophant's sole composer) and the artist succeeds in a certain way - this is definitely dark and raw, slow death doom metal, the minimalist way, pounding gloomy simple harmonies. The Tome was launched in 2003, compiling all the stuff edited by Hierophant until then and Solitude Productions have decided to re-release it to the masses, since this band was not very well known then and has been more or less buried and forgotten several feet under. Now extreme doomsters around the world have the chance to taste them and drown in dark waters with this collection of desolate hymns.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Forever Dying |
| 2. Where No Light Hath Shone |
| 3. Forever Dying |
| 4. Where No Light Hath Shone |
| 5. The Weight Of Winter |
| 6. From The Dust Of Grave |
| 7. Ancient Moonlight |
| 8. Shades Of Aqueous Essence |
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