[ATTENDED: April 5, 2018] Thou
I was unfamiliar with Thou before this show. Reviews were pretty interesting so I was really intrigued to hear them.
Gregory Heaney from All Music wrote “the band’s sound blends the shuddering heaviness of doom with the oppressive atmospherics of black metal, giving the band a monolithic sound that feels, at times, inescapable.”
And nothing could be more accurate. Thou are loud. Really loud. I have seen Sunn O))) who are possibly the loudest band on the planet and Thou was more inescapable. And I did not find it enjoyable, possibly because I was unprepared.
Musically the band is rather interesting. They play heavy doom metal, but they have complex (and heavy) chords and riffs–sometimes with the bassist playing counterpoint. Their riffs were slow, but the notes they played were not always the obvious choice. (more…)
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