Active since 2001, Ocean Chief is known in the doom underground for creating huge epics. Rarely do the songs stay under 10 minutes and often they’re twice as long. Sten (Swedish word for “stone”) is the band’s fourth full-length album and first done in collaboration with I HATE. It introduces a permanent keyboardist, and the songwriting has become more refined and varied, with a bigger emphasis placed on melodies. The four gargantuan tracks are hard and heavy as the bedrock but moments of respite are generously allowed along the way. Think of every song as a journey and take your time with Sten. If you do, you’ll end up with your forehead pressed against the ground at certain times and soaring high above the earth at others.
Je kunt niet tegen langzaam? Terwijl deze standaard doom nog niet het langzaamste is, funeral doom is nog slomer. Er zit ergens in het 3e nummer wel een versnellinkje maar dat is toch helemaal niet nodig? De composities van het geheel zijn echt geweldig! Zeker één van de beste albums van het jaar
dude, zelfs het middenstuk van 1e nummer is al retesnel ik snap je probleem niet hoor. Als je dit al niet kunt luisteren, hoeveel moois blijft er dan wel niet voor je oren verborgen...
“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.”