The Ramones may believe in
miracles, but I believe in the supernatural.Vampires, werewolves, ghosts, Bigfoot, UFO's, all that stuff.Why wouldn't you?It makes life a lot more fun.Except for when a band names their album “A
Dracula”.Which to me means that there
is not just Dracula, but multiple Draculas, if one is just “A” Dracula.This is not cool.
The band, though, Demon Lung,
now they are cool.That may not be what
they are going for, but they are.This
album is definitely a grower, but it is so rewarding when you give it multiple
spins.This is heavy music, and it
doesn't fit neatly and politely into a single genre.There are all kinds of nuances that you do
not notice if you only listen once or twice.It is by turns doomy, sludgy, thrashy, stoner-y, and sometimes several of these things all at once.If
you are at all into any of those styles of music you gotta get this in your
collection.
I also like that they are into
obscure horror, which to me is the really good stuff.There is a movie called “Alucarda” (A Dracula
backwards), which is really not a vampire flick at all, but its kind of creepy
and atmospheric and is the inspiration for this album.For some reason, many who listen to heavy
music are also into horror films, and vice versa, and it makes things even more
fun.
If you are fan of those mighty
Sabbathian riffs that hit you right between the eyes and make you suddenly
wonder what day it is, there are some tunes on this album that will be right up
your alley.I don't at all mean to say
they sound like Sabbath, just that they develop those crushing riffs that hit
you in the same way.“I Am Haunted” is
definitely one of the tracks that will do that to you.“Gypsy Curse” also lumbers along in the same
vein, delightfully heavy and crushing.Riffs that sound as though they want to extinguish all life by
flattening it under the weight of a well struck guitar.And then jumping into a nice galloping swing
before slowing down again to pummel us all to death.
“Raped By The Serpent” is
another favorite.It's one of those
heavy yet swinging numbers that make you close your eyes and nod your head
along to the beat.I like this entire
album because you can just get lost in the music, you can lie there with the
headphones on and let the sounds take you away.There's a feeling of being washed clean, as though whatever you have
been through, whatever your day has been like, is just gone.The music has scrubbed you clean and left you
ready to face whatever is next.It
recharges your soul and energizes your body.I have always loved heavy music like this because it has always made me
feel this way.Let Demon Lung
baptize you with the power of the heavy.
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