Saint Vitus

[SonOfNun]

They say my songs are much too slowwww

 

[SonOfNun]

OK, I'm currently on the Born Too Late is the best Vitus album bandwagon. I dig Reagers, but I don't think this album would've worked as well with him on vocals. I listened to him do the title track (which I guess he co-wrote?) on Let the End Begin (Live album - 1995 show) and it doesn't sound right. I'm not sure why. Perhaps because there was a significant lyrical shift (and a bit of a musical one as well) to a grittier, more personal sound. I think, perhaps, that Reagers's voice is a little more theatric while Wino really does sound like the gruff druggie narrating songs like "Dying Inside."

 

[Demilich]

With Vitus I end up playing certain songs individually on repeat a lot rather than full albums. Not sure why.

Top 3:
1. Burial at Sea
2. Born Too Late
3. Zombie Hunger (even though The Psychopath is a better song)

 

[SonOfNun]

Reagers Vitus: Hallow's Victim > Saint Vitus 1984 > Die Healing > Saint Vitus 2019

Wino Vitus: Born Too Late > V > Lillie: F-65 > Mournful Cries

 

[J.]

Reagers was so much better. My fave was always Die Healing

 

[SonOfNun]

Reagers was so much better. My fave was always Die Healing

I've come to think that there is enough difference that they're hard to compare. I listen to Wino more but Reagers does impart a kind of magic on his stuff. I couldn't really get into Die Healing for a long time. I think it's because it's one of their two slowest albums (similar issue with Mournful Cries). I gave it some more concentrated listens recently and it started to sink in. The only song I don't care for now is "In the Asylum." Everything else on there is ace. It may move up another spot in time.

 

[Bloopy]

Patra (Petra) is one of my top 10 fav songs of all time. That along with Jack Frost easily make V my fav Vitus album. I dig when doom is that extra bit slower (Open Tomb is a great example of a more recent band who achieved that).

This cover of the song is incredible: