Eibon

France's Eibon are back with their secondary effort ; another e.p. simply self titled this time around . In keeping with their brief tradition of releasing two songs at a time this one clocks in at over twenty minutes . These guys are not fancy , as the packaging , title and presentation of anything they have done shows . Exactly what a great doom band should do and trust me they do it well .

This e.p. is a brutal , crushing , heavy weight of a sophomore effort . Immediately the listener is drawn into a feeling of despair as Jerome Lachaud's larger than life sounding drum kit introduces you to some of the heaviest riff work you will ever hear . The first track "Asleep and Threatening" is aptly named here as this is just what this monster does . This music threatens your senses and beats you to a helpless bloody pulp as the utter heaviness , brutality and beauty of a doom laden classic should .

Max Hedin's riffs and Stephane Riviere's bass have a habit of slowly leading you into an unexpected wall of sound that is thick and dripping with the early days of singular riff worship , yet this is layered with so much more than a single riff or idea . There always seems to be a heavy Black Sabbath "Master of Reality" influence when this great band produces something of this magnitude and you can absolutely hear it here . Then the excellent execution of singer Georges Balafas screaming as if his legs are being put through a meat grinder compliments the whole experience . Make no mistake , this is a brutal , masterful , downer of an experience .

Next up the second and unfortunately last track on the album "Staring at the Abyss" starts of with an almost angelic sounding little acoustic intro that slowly builds up to one of the most triumphantly evil riffs one can believe . This is the soundtrack to every nightmare and vision of a barren desolate wasteland any visionary has ever or will ever have . Many images and feelings come to mind when listening to this song as you are slowly dragged down in the deepest depths of your conscious and subconscious . This song lives up to it's title and more . Heavy , then slowly , softly tormented , this is a ride on the wings of the archangel himself as the listener is brought into, and out of a pure state of a most evil roller coaster ride of emotions . Both unbelievably suffocating and beautifully triumphant once again this never lets up . Riff after riff , the song weaves in and out perfectly until a well earned end . One of the most hauntingly perfect , beautifully somber experience's this doom fan (and yes I'm a huge fan) will ever have .

With every release and there have only been two , these masters seem to get better and better . This being much more layered with post apocalyptic themes and tones . A masterful work created by obvious fans of the underground and all that's heavy . I worship this band because they represent all that the underground was and is . An absolute triumph of sludgy ,deep grimy perfection . If your a fan of unbelievable pure soul crushing doom then this is 100% for you . If not here's an idea , go invade your older brothers heavy metal collection . Start cranking "Ratt" and "Guns and Roses" , stand in front of the mirror with that tennis racket dad left in the garage and be the best goddamn air guitarist you can be ! Better yet just break out the Tylenol and razor blades and end it all you fucking poser you ! If you think you know what heavy is and don't worship this well then your probably not a fan of the underground at all !!! Track this down .