I find splits to be a good way to
introduce myself to new bands. Thus this 7” split from Dry Cough
Records serves as my intro to the UK's Moloch and Vancouver's
Haggatha. Clocking in at just over ten and a half minutes it
won't take up much of your time but it may sap you of all your
energy.
Moloch offer up four minutes of
doom-laden sludge with “Head of Coil”. Vocals like a sadistic and
vengeful badger spit venom from a mouth full of hate. Feedback and
thick as tar tone issue forth from straining amps in powerful
downstrokes and menacing riffs. Their rolling crush of ill-content
snarls and oppresses sending waves of negativity cascading through
your mind. Find the pleasure in extreme pain.
Haggatha counter with “Time and
Suffering”. The six and a half minute track is depressive and slow,
dragging the listener toward oblivion with a plodding cadence. An
incessant doom riff drives you deep underground as its hypnotic
aspect coils around you. Buried under immeasurable pain, the deep
roars of utter anguish anchor the track in a world of despair. It's
funereal and heart-wrecking. Throw these guys on a bill with Loss and
Pallbearer and they'll fit right in. You listening, Profound Lore?
Weak souls may find solace in the
relative brevity of this split but hardened doom warriors will ache
for this kind of punishment til the end of days. Sign me up for a
double dose of Moloch and Haggatha please.
