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Owing this band a debt of late reviewing their magnificent demo due to petty issues such as war being waged and missile being launched towards my city, the words have carved their own way out, from the day I have initially listened to this stupendous demo until these very words being written. Frankly, words cannot really describe what's actually going on in that innocently looking Cd'r with its simple graphics for cover art and simple aesthetics.
I think the French band Overmars has spawned the term 'doomcore' to describe its music, but even so, this hybrid of styles cannot genuinely describe the aforementioned band's complex music, the post-rock-ish maneuvers and intricate weaving of musical bestiality with exquisite atmosphere… So can't it describe Kongh's elite musical dichotomy of constructing/deconstructing the very pillars of beauty versus ugliness not alternately, but at the very same time frame, at the same moment… It's like being slapped on the mouth with a spiked iron glove while enjoying oral sex on the same breath; bleeding and wetting the pants; in pains and experiencing an orgasm synchronously. Imagine that…
The Swedish trio has constructed a sophisticated piece of doomcore here, each spanning around twelve minutes and contains sheer musical genius of serpentine tales of power and might; despair and hope; ambience and violence. Sludge-y guitars tuned so low they can shudder and tear down a wall, swing alternately with the clear non-distorted ones and the pendulum of tranquility versus heaviness tilts in a mind-numbing, owe-inspiring way, creating a unique experience second to none.
Recorded at highest of qualities, Kongh is offering a gem of musical architecture and craftsmanship very rare to come by nowadays, and paying homage in the most respectful of ways to sludge/doom/atmospheric hardcore and even post-rock giants such as the Swedish Switchblade, the above mentioned Overmars, the Japanese Fugue and the forefathers of this wonderful and unique blend of styles: Neurosis…
I think that in the end, Kongh offers an upgraded version of the above mentioned in terms of ingenuity, creativity and delivery. Kongh's music is as elaborate as it is primal and as philanthropic as it is misanthropic. It's all about the extreme dichotomies found both in nature and in humanity, the incessant struggle of the darker and brighter sides of anything out there, encapsulated so finely and perfectly in these forty-something magnificent minutes…
Beautiful in every way…
| Tracklist |
| 1. Zihuatanejo |
| 2. Adapt The Void |
| 3. Turn Into Dust |
| 4. Thunders Collide |
: 44.10
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