Search - Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine :: Rampton

Doom 'Supergroup' Rock out

Ben Aucott | United Kingdom | 06/14/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Featuring Lee Dorrian (Cathedral,Napalm Death), Justin Greaves (Iron Monkey), Greg Anderson (SUNN 0))), Goatsnake), and Stephen O'Malley (Khanate, SUNN 0))), Burning Witch). High calibre Doom Rock of the finest pedigree. Opening track 'He Who accepts all that is offered (Feel bad hit of the winter)', is 29:25mins of prime Doom. The first 6:30mins is a fantastic series of drum patterns set over quite subtle droning feedback. When it finally kicks I guarantee you can clear any party. Repetitive, monotonous, (in a good way - you know what I mean Doom fans), with Lee Dorrians tortured vocal delivery (an aquired taste for some, but I love Cathedral). Fantastically heavy, incredibly slow and damn fine. Track 2 is a cover of a Killdozer song (New pants and shirt) and only weighs in at a paltry 7:01mins. Slow as hell, odd effect on the vocals (as with all tracks). Not my favourite tune but pretty good. Then onto 'The smiler' album closer at 17:53mins (that's more like it). Great crawling, nasty riff. Sinister stuff. Dorrians vocals sound like a man on the edge of a nasty breakdown and the drumming is nice and minimal. Overall it's a mix between SUNN 0))), Khanate, Electric Wizard and your worst nightmares. Doom on brothers and sisters."

A gift for the damned

harsh70sreality | 06/21/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ben's review said it all, and probably better than I could. I just want to add that I really disliked this CD the first time I listened to it, but gave it a few more tries and it eventually grew on me. A lot of people are quick to dismiss music like this without giving it a fair shot, so be patient if this doesn't grab your head and smash it into the sidewalk quickly enough. There's a lot going on here that can't be digested in one listen.



The end effect is less a sum of the members' parts than you might expect (and certainly not the Earth-meets-Whitehouse sound that I secretly dreamt it would be from the band and album titles). I hear a bit of Melvins influence in here, maybe with half the weirdness and twice the evil. Anyway, expectations run high when names like these get together, but don't write it off too quickly if it's not what you thought it'd be. As doom metal goes, this record is definitely off on its own scary little planet."