The Inside Room

It seems that in the past few years I have been literally under a rock. Just recently I stumbled upon this album having no idea what it was, the second it began, it all hit me... 2006, Watching From A Distance and days upon days of listening to that emotionally heartbreaking but uplifting of a journey of pure sorrowful doom. It all came back to me, and so did Walker and Leitch. That long craving I've had for years has now been fulfilled.

We begin by becoming Restless, of course. This to me only feels like a continuation of Warning, the immense crushing blows on the drums and the drony melancholic guitar that puts you in a state of trance. Ten and a half minutes already and it's been hitting me harder than when "Watching From A Distance" came out, back then I wasn't prepared for it, and even now I'm not yet prepared but I keep on going.

After the state of restlessness I begin to Open My Eyes, with 40 Watt Sun Walkers vocals have genuinely gotten progressively better, which was something I didn't even know he could do. Especially the progression from Strength to Dream to Watching From A Distance was amazing, I didn't know it could get any better, and it did. The production on this album is also a bit more apparent and clear, and yet still shows the gritty darkness within as it did for previous releases. The guitar tone for me remains unchanged and so do the lyrical themes. The longing of what you once had, the regretful acceptance to move on. For Patrick Walker the road to remembrance, like most others is sometimes a hard path to walk upon. Though, we all have to face upon it and reminisce it at times.

Between Times, a partially uplifting song for me right off the bat. Walker can display a soft soothing but yet a fragile voice eager to take flight once again. The transitions and the new riffs are incredible on this album. Carry Me Home and This Alone are the last songs to finish this epic chapter. A true finale to one of the greatest doom albums I have ever heard. I have no negative comments, only positive and more. Patrick Walker has created a new era for sorrowful plunging doom. With bands such as The River, Revelation and 40 Watt Sun we have seen some of the many great faces of doom where down the line we can look back once more and take us back on that journey once again...The Inside Room.


-BlackNazareth