Old Mayor-Old Mayor-CDEP-FLAC-2009-GRAVEWISH

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  Artist...: Old Mayor                                             
 Album....: Old Mayor                                             
 Year.....: 2009                                                  
 Rel.Date: 2020-12-28                                            
 Genre....: Metal                                                 
 Label....: Paradigms Recordings                                  
 Source...: MCD                                                   
 Encoder..: FLAC 1.3.1                                            
 Quality..: 44.1kHz, 2 channels                                   
       1.  Bridges                                                5:14
       2.  Bring in the Sleeper                                   4:08
       3.  Bag of Cats                                            4:24
       4.  47 Stone Pig                                           5:53
       5.  Mancini's Barrow                                       6:28
       6.  The Ocean's Shame                                      6:47
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        Cat nr: PARADIGMS027                                               
        In a limited edition of only 500 copies, OLD MAYOR's crushing EP   
        offers a refreshing sojourn along the well-worn sludge/doom metal  
        route. Demonstrating a wholly organic sound and approach, the      
        focused two-piece shovel forth six tracks of zeal-laden,           
        shattering extreme music.                                          
        Down-tempo dirges are peppered with energetic and surprising drum  
        fills; at times, the drummer seems like a tightly wound coil that  
        lashes out sporadically before returning to a consistent,          
        heavy-handed beat. The guitars ache with that "wall-of-sound"      
        wail typical of the genre while managing to remain varied enough   
        to hold the attention of the listener. Over this is laid an        
        excellent vocal performance that ranges from guttural howls to     
        high-pitched, gnarling shrieks reminiscent of BURNING WITCH.       
        There is a tangible, yet oddly inexplicable, effervescence to      
        this release, an energy that brings a freshness to the BURNING     
        WITCH, and subsequently, KHANATE-like (in parts!) proceedings.     
        Adorned with ambiguous visuals - something now commonplace in      
        contemporary extreme sounds, especially of this genre - they act   
        well to mirror the stripped-back approach found on the record      
        while also working to unsettle when placed next to the             
        fantastically bleak and challenging lyrical content: "I gave her   
        two black eyes, for her troubles..."                               
        While this is a record that could, unfortunately, slip under many  
        a radar, OLD MAYOR do not look set to remain quiet for any length  
        of time. Having already supported the likes of BORIS and RUSSIAN   
        CIRCLES, the London/Brighton-based noise merchants look prone to   
        push their wares and to reverberate in countless ears in the near  
        future.                                                            
        [torchia/metal-archives.com]                                       

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