Sleeping Giant - The Beauty of Obliteration
Sleeping Giant is a stoner/doom/sludge band from Reykjavík, Iceland who are dropping their full-length debut album, “ The Beauty of Obliteration .” This album fucking smokes. Riffs for days. No, wait. Riffs for years. And groove. And bass that could shake apart Mt. Doom. Sleeping Giant has a very accessible sound, and I don't mean that in a bad way. But it is instantly infectious and takes doom/sludge/stoner to heights that can be as blistering as they can be hazy. I love it when bands of this style have an old school approach with the instruments but an extreme approach with the vocals. The death growls/screams are fantastic and their contrast with the more classic passages of the band brand of doom/sludge/stoner sounds GREAT. The album has more than a few moments that lean towards an aggressive nature—the tempo can hit whiplash speeds when you least expect it. The production/mix is on fire—every instrument has a pocket universe in which they live, and thrive, while ...