 | Tracklist:
1.Mind Collapse
2.A Year in Suffering
3.Crippled Wizard
4.Crooked Spine
5.Ritual Abuse
Release Date: 2010 | |
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| Summary: Fuzzy Doom to a slow rescue! |
3 of 3 thought this review was well written
Just when you thought Relapse couldn’t produce another quality record they hit you with the new record by Cough, aptly titled Ritual Abuse. I guess all these guys have in Richmond is weed and Sabbath, but if that means records like these, that’s fine by me.
Cough are a doom band that mixes the best of bands like Electric Wizard, Black Sabbath and The Atlas Moth to create the sludge-fest that is their second album, and their first on Relapse called Ritual Abuse. 53 minutes of slow, nihilistic, feedback filled doom crammed into 5 songs.
This means that Ritual Abuse is filled with slow tempo’s, feedback, ‘simple’ Sabbath-style riffing, drones and a suffocating atmosphere which would create a great soundtrack for a satanic mass. Does this mean that there is no melody in these songs? Hell no, but there is just enough melody to say there is a psychedelic hint on this doom record. This mostly shines through in the feedback and wah-wah filled solo’s that creep in every now and then.
For a doom record this has a very ‘clear’ production. Sanford Parker (Minsk, The High Confessions, Circle of Animals) is responsible for that. Even though this record has distorted bass, fuzzy down-tuned guitars, lots of feedback and even a synthesizer part on one of the songs, all the instruments are present and audible in the mix. It doesn’t sound like a blurry wall of sound. One of the strong points, next to the production, on Ritual Abuse are the vocals. They sound like a younger less powerful version of Ozzy half of the time, but the other half of the record they change to a black metal type scream that really fits the sober and nihilistic mood set by most of the songs.
I haven’t heard Cough’s first record, but if it sounds anything like Ritual Abuse it’s a must have for any doom fan. So if you like Black Sabbath, Electric Wizard, Conan or The Atlas Moth go out and listen to this.
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Short, yet it is informative and very well written.
have a pos.
Is this anywhere near Yob?
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It's similar to Yob. So if you like Yob you can check this out.
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Definitely pos'd, i just got Cough's first record, and liked the first listen through.
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Some of the best artwork i;ve seen this year. Good review, I listened to this once. i don't remember anything from it so i'll hear it again.
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good shit
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Got this coming in the mail and the review made me stoked! Good review.
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Listening to this now thanks to this awesome review. Sounds great so far. Definitely digging the vocals and the production is very nice. Also, the album art is great.
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Seeing these guys in about a month. Super pumped.
Nice review
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is this better than Sigillum Luciferi? heard Crippled Wizard (hilarious), screams were pretty badass
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acquiring this now i expect to be impressed
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And... impressed?
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yea this rules
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I dig, it but the vocals are a big turn-off. Sounds kinda whiney.
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yup I thought this was better than Sigillum Luciferi
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I bought this today but I don't really know how I feel about the vocals yet. They're off-putting at this point.
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i agree, gonna need to let em sink in a bit
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really
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they only bother me a lil bit on the first track
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albums rules
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it a 4
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