Swedish doom metal formation The Deadists released their second 5-tracker EP entitled Time Without Light through Russian-based Slow Burn Records. This EP actually contains 6 tracks, five regular songs and a bonus track. There’s a great deal heaviness on this EP; making it a quite unique effort for this kind of a genre. It has this edgy and aggressive approach, being not as mournful and misanthropic as majority of modern doom acts. Having said that I don’t see The Deadists as pure doom act; as their music contains both elements of sludge, alternative, stoner and even a bit of hardcore.
Esp. the vocals are quite heavy, and when supplemented by some equally heavy and punishing riffs, evil bass lines and hellish drumming, it sounds simply amazing. The best song on the Time Without Light is a third track called “Infinite Self” having this lengthy and aggressive mood; a true and honest doom track if you will.
The Deadists might hail from Gothenburg, but they sure don't sound like the rest of the bands from that region of Sweden. I hope that The Deadists will continue to grow and to further develop their own style, as the potential is there. For fans of Black Sabbath, High On Fire and Entombed.
Rating 70/100
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