Umbra Nihil, anyone?

[dill_the_devil]

They're Finnish... no, wait, come back! They describe themselves as 'slow obscure metal', and list Swans, Camel, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, early Paradise Lost, The Gathering, Voivod, Cathedral and Unholy as influences. The main dude plays guitars, flute, drums and keyboards, and sings. I'm listening to 'Gnoia', the debut album at the moment, and they're coming across like Reverend Bizzare, except I've heard guitar solos, weird, crashing industrial noises and stuff.

V. cool.

http://www.umbranihil.net/

 

[spikes77]

Ya, they're a great band as are most on that label. (fire doom) Very weird , trippy lovecraftish atmosphere.(will be on my top 10 this year) If you like that kind of stuff dill, check out Aarni, (they have a album out bathos) the guy played some guitar on gnoia. They also released a split together, it's also very good. Uncoventional doom is where it's at

 

[dill_the_devil]

Aarni - will check out ASAP.

 

[Demonspell]

With a list of influences that varied and a song named after one of Lovecraft's most bizarre stories, I can't help but me intrigued, and the tracks I've heard sound like a funeral doom band on a bad acid trip...

 

[dill_the_devil]

Yup, pretty much what they sound like to me as well... there are some wicked hypnotic melodies on a few of the tracks too... I've totally tranced out whilst walking from the bus stop to my girlfriend's house while listening to them before, and ended up walking right past the house...

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Whoa! More people need to hear Gnoia.

 

[dill_the_devil]

Damn right! This is a really cool, different, engrossing, atmospheric album! I know everyone around here writes me off as a Lamb Of God / Trivium apologist, but I do make an effort to contribute as well!

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Whoever said this is funeral doom with some 70s influences wasn't wrong. However, this is NOT GIMMICKY and has tonnnns of atmosphere not unlike Unholy, actually.
J. would probably like this. And Nate, MFJ and Doomcifer.
Erik should check it out as well.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

http://www.theburiedcry.com/intervi...ll&id=1125417883&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&

interview

 

[unhinged]

downloaded 3 tracks on the third now

some nice trippy bits, reminds me of confessor a bit ...mostly rythmically
the odd tool moment too, I think thats the spacial timing though

good shit for sure
cheers for the recomend dill you divil

 

[Erik]

going to listen tomorrow

 

[Ellestin]

I received the promo a couple months ago. Can't decide whether to buy it or not. I guess I will because they're quite a trip indeed.

 

[dill_the_devil]

Whoa... sleeper thread.

 

[Demilich]

These two albums (Umbra Nihil - Gnoia and Aarni - Bathos) have been interesting me for a while now but I've never heard a second of either!

 

[unhinged]

this shits really growing on me now
noticing more good things, really like the cleaner vocals

 

[dill_the_devil]

It's definitely a grower, I almost didn't pay much attention to it first time round because of the thin, flat production - but then some weird melody just sliced through my fog of apathy and grabbed me by the nuts.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

SECOND LISTEN:

Wow, this is just stellar. Anyone who reads Lovecraft MUST hear this band, totally captures the atmosphere. This is top 10 material for '05, maybe even top 5.

 

[spikes77]

Now that all of you have come to your senses , go get Aarni's Bathos, (just as good if not better)

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Also excellent (I've actually had that one since last May). The LMI of doom metal, I say.

 

[Climb Thar Hill]