Brotherhood of Sleep - Brotherhood of Sleep (SuiSound Productions)
By Chris Barnes
June 18, 2009
10:49 PM EST, sitting alone in a hotel room in Cambridge, MA. Got the Ipods stuck in my ears, Brotherhood of Sleep’s debut is playing for the third time tonight. Perfect writing music to zone out to in front of laptops in dark, quiet hotel rooms all across this great land of ours.
This is the first record by Greek instrumental trio Brotherhood of Sleep. Very cool four tracker plus video housed in a custom textured digipack with gold etching. Immaculate, roomy production bolsters a Sabbathian ethos mixed with Los Natas and
Colour Haze-like extended spacey jams with more sonic peaks and valleys than the Southern Sierra. More grooves than a 78, more bottom heavy low end than Oprah. The riffs are drippin' Doomage, it’s the stoney sort of Doom, less menacing perhaps because of a high groove factor and the fact that it’s infused with ample amounts of three-piece 70’s based aural exploration and a warm, Sleep-esque tone. Of special mention is drummer Serafim G (Uranium Cardinals), who is more Buddy Rich than John Bonham, laying down subtle Jazz fills and creative beats instead of pounding the drums into submission as might be expected.
Fans of
Sardonsis , Karma To Burn, the aforementioned Los Natas, Colour Haze or any of the early Stoner/Doom offerings might want to give this a listen. Nicely done. It’ll make great headphone music for the long plane ride back to LA tomorrow.
Purchase Brotherhood Of Sleep at the Hellride Music Superstore
Listen to an MP3 of ...Of Fear Unspoken
Visit the Brotherhood of Sleep website at http://www.myspace.com/brotherhoodofsleep
BannerXchange
Linear Mode
