Beneath Oblivion

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Beneath Oblivion
General information
origin Cincinnati , United States
Genre (s) Funeral Doom , Sludge
founding 2003
Website www.beneathoblivion.info
Current occupation
Drums, vocals
 James Rose
Guitar, keyboard, sampling
 Allen Lee Scott
Vocals, guitar
 Scott T. Simpson
Electric bass
 Keith Messerle
former members
Drums
 Jon Martin
Electric bass
 Jay Waller
Drums
 Nate Bidwell

Beneath Oblivion is a funeral doom band formed in 2003 .

history

Beneath Oblivion was founded in 2003 as a duo by singer and guitarist Scott T. Simpson, together with his roommate at the time, drummer Jon Martin. Martin soon turned back to his studies, whereupon Simpson recorded the first demo The Melancholy Demo in 2004 alone. After the recordings, Nate Bidwell joined the band as drummer and Jay Waller as bassist. The 2006 self-published debut album Existence Without Purpose , a split CD with Sin of Angels via 43rd Parallel Press in 2007 and a self-titled EP on The Mylene Sheath in 2009 received little attention . The EP was the first publication of the group to achieve a reception that took place nationwide. In a review of the UK webzine Doom-Metal.com, the EP was praised as "an epic and nihilistic record of blackened sludge, swirling atmosphere and clumsy Doom ".

The group kept the cooperation with The Mylene Sheath for the time being. Another split EP was released in 2011, this time with Angel Eyes and the double album From Man to Dust on the independent label . On these releases, Allen Scott, a keyboardist, was presented as a permanent member of the group. The mastering of the captured in Cincinnati by Andy Perkins album took Billy Anderson . With the release of the album, the band gained increasing recognition in the Doom scene. In the Canadian and American music and metal press, From Man to Dust has received appreciation to praise. After the release of From Man to Dust , the band did several tours over a period of four years with groups such as Buzzov • en , Jucifer , Weedeater , Rwake , Pallbearer , Wolves in the Throne Room and Kylesa . For their performances, the band published and sold small editions of cassettes themselves. The group added drugs to some of these cassettes sold on tour .

After a tour of the American West Coast and a change of drummer to James Rose, Beneath Oblivion began recording the third studio album in November 2015. This time Anderson took over the production of the first album recordings. The group continued to work on the album in the following years and recorded additional soundtracks and effects with Perkins, which were mixed again by Anderson. The album, which was released on CD via Weird Truth Productions in 2018, was discussed internationally and received mostly positive reviews from German, British, American and Canadian media. The assessments range from the designation as "an only mediocre album, which can indeed draw a desolate atmosphere, but ultimately fails because this desolation is not necessarily [sic!] Enough to have to be listened to" to such as "Brutal, black pearl of Doom Metal" as well as the album that succeeds in conveying "what it means to be a person in the changing age of wonders and horrors in which we live."

style

The music of Beneath Oblivion is described as a mixture of funeral doom and sludge. According to the funeral doom, the music is presented dark and particularly sluggish. What is meant to create an atmosphere that is described as depressing, hellish or nihilistic.

The sludge band Corrupted and the funeral doom band Thergothon are used for comparison. The mostly sluggish pieces are loosened up by incorporated samples and acoustic passages. The music is considered to be a mixture of “ guttural vocals , massive guitars and hammering drums”. The singing is varied between "deep growls and plaintive screams". Quiet "clear singing in a normal pitch" is seldom presented.

A higher proportion of hardcore punk is attested to early releases . The tracks of the self-titled EP are still described as grooving and compared to EyeHateGod . The vocals are also based on the roaring vocals typical of hardcore. Later releases, however, are located more in Funeral Doom. Occasionally, reference is made to the dynamics of post-metal .

Discography

  • 2004: The Melancholy Demo (demo, self-published)
  • 2006: Existence Without Purpose (album, self-published)
  • 2007: Sin of Angels / Beneath Oblivion (split EP with Sin of Angels, 43rd Parallel Press)
  • 2009: Beneath Oblivion (EP, The Mylene Sheath)
  • 2011: Beneath Oblivion / Angel Eyes (split EP with Angel Eyes, The Mylene Sheath)
  • 2011: From Man to Dust (Album, The Mylene Sheath)
  • 2018: The Wayward and the Lost (Album, Weird Truth Productions)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Scott T. Simpson: Beneath Oblivion. Facebook, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b Brian Baker: Beneath Oblivion (Profiles). City Beat, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Kyle Havens: Beneath Oblivion: Beneath Oblivion. Doom-Metal.com, accessed June 18, 2018 : "The band brings plenty to the genre and their latest eponymous 10-inch vinyl EP is an epic, nihilistic slab of blackened sludge, swirling atmospherics, and ponderously paced doom."
  4. ↑ Beneath Oblivion: Beneath Oblivion. The Mylene Sheath, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b Sammy O'Hagar: Beneath Oblivion: From Man to Dust. Metal Sucks, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Craig Hayes: Beneath Oblivion: From Man to Dust. Pop Matters, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Chris Ayers: Beneath Oblivion: From Man to Dust. Exclaim.ca, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Scotty Harms: Beneath Oblivion: From Man to Dust. Exclaim.ca, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  9. ^ A b Gruesome Greg: Beneath Oblivion: From Man to Dust. Hellbound.ca, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  10. ↑ a b c Blackout PR: BENEATH OBLIVION: Announce Eastern US Tour Dates. Metal Temple, accessed June 18, 2018 : “Beneath Oblivion has been described as a lurching, soul searching type of doom that mixes elements of funeral and sludge metal. A behemoth of gutteral vocals, massive guitars, and pounding drums, Beneath Oblivion are a rust belt doom band in the truest sense. "
  11. ↑ Mark Ambrose: Beneath Oblivion: The Wayward and the Lost. The Sludgelord, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Nick Grever: Cincinnati Doom group Beneath Oblivion goes deeper into the darkness on its bleak masterwork, 'The Wayward and the Lost'. City Beat, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  13. ↑ a b c Christian Wögerbauer: Beneath Oblivion: The Wayward and the Lost. Vampster, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  14. ^ A b c Henry E.-S .: Beneath Oblivion: The Wayward and the Lost. Kalle rocks, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  15. ↑ a b Beneath Oblivion: The Wayward and the Lost. The Obelisk, accessed on June 18, 2018 : “Well, I'm perfectly willing to grant that The Wayward and the Lost is about as audience-friendly as a carpenter's nail through the skull when taken front to back, but to separate the group from what it is to be human and especially what it is to be human in the varied age of wonders and horrors in which we live cheats the band of perhaps one of the most crucial elements of their expression. "
  16. ↑ a b Beneath Oblivion. Doom-Metal.com, accessed June 18, 2018 .