photo credits: Jaakko Rinne
If you're not familiar with this band then do yourself a
favour and check them out. Dö are a blackened stoner doom band that are coming
from Helsinki, Finland. They combine the hammering
doom with an excellent stoner rock vibe. Sometimes it’s so effective it’ll blow
your brains out.
The group is Big Dog on guitar, Deaf Hank on bass and lead
vocals, and Joe E. Deliverance playing drums and contributing background vocals.
They call their music style “döömer”, a genuine combination of stoner, doom,
sludge with death/black metal twists here and there.
Since they rose to form the band in 2013, they have released
a couple of EPs and a full-length . In terms of the EPs there was a self titled
one in 2014 and then the Den EP 2015. 2016’s full-length Tuho was my first
discovery of the band and less than a year later Dö are back with their latest
release, a concept EP called Astral: Death / Birth. The band are inspired about
the future and about the negative future for mankind. After I had listened
several times to the bands latest effort however I think the opposite
The first track, “Astral Death” starts off with an alarming
guitar before heading into a thick, massive and slow riffing-session. A wall of
very, very tight and compact sound just the way you want your stoner rock to
sound. Track two, “Astral Birth,” starts like a post-rock/progressive song . It
has the specific prog-ish extended jamming number vibe and they spice it up
with some space-doom. The chanting voice of Hank during the build up reminds me
of a forgotten astronaut in space. Then the guitar really kicks in and all hell
breaks loose. It's absolutely mindblowing! Very nice and one of the albums many
epic moments.
This majestic EP brings the listener into an unearthly
journey and it’s epic. The bands repetitive patterns and the mindfucking creepy
atmosphere the band create are delightful. The only negative aspect is that
it’s way to short.
If the band continues like this I see only good things
coming up in the future. Dö means that someone's dying in Swedish but this
monster EP makes me feel more alive than ever. Well done boys!
-Doomsdaysjesus
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