SMOULDER "Times Of Obscene Evil And Wild Daring" [CASSETTE, Slipcase]
2022 - Epic Doom from Canada
Detailed Description
Remember that scene in The Return of the King when Eowyn whips her helmet off, snarls "I am no man!" and blows up the Witch-king of Angmar's fucking head? Smoulder's debut album sounds the way that scene feels. Its six tracks of chugging, solo-ripping vocal-soaring capital-m Metal both pay loving tribute to the history of epic doom and inject new life (and tons of catchiness) into the genre's most niche-and-nerdy caverns. Somewhere in the Halls of Mandos, Ronnie James Dio smiles on these Canadian upstarts. - Decibel Magazine, Top 40 of 2019
