Black Sleep of Kali/Union of Sleep Split LP/digital

Description

UNION OF SLEEP from Hagen/Berlin should be known for their previous full-length releases. If you dig really groovy, down-tuned sludgy doom-metal, then look no further. If the likes of Buzzoven, 16 or Fudge Tunnel make you excited, then UNION OF SLEEP won’t disappoint. Their 4 tracks have the right amount of rocking catchiness, heavy southern boogie, blues riffs and gruff booze drenched vocals. They’re mainly mid tempo-ish but contain plenty of left hand turns to keep your interest – a hard-hitting riff festival over all. Denver, Colorado’s quartett BLACK SLEEP OF KALI are by no means a retro band.

They deliver 4 pulverising, uncompromising songs, with aggressive groovy riffs, post-metal aesthetics and influence minus the monotony within this genre. Their hybrid of post- and progressive-metal constantly balances a tightrope between mid ’90s apocalyptic NEUROSIS‘ “times of grace” era and modern progressive-metal on a par with MASTODON, BARONESS, or HIGH ON FIRE. Each of the song are a carefully woven collection of massive riffs that flow – BLACK SLEEP OF KALI know what they’re doing. Both bands have done an impressive job of adopting several aforementioned genres. There’s really no filler to be found here. All of the tracks are knockouts. LP comes with eye-catching artwork, thick inside-out cover, black innersleeve, lyricsheet and includes a digital download card.