Caronte

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Caronte
Dorian Bones live 2015 on the Hammer of Doom
Dorian Bones live 2015 on the Hammer of Doom
General information
origin Parma , Italy
Genre (s) Doom Metal , Space Rock , Stoner Rock , Psychedelic Rock
founding 2010
Current occupation
Henry Bones
Mike De Chirico
Tony Bones
Dorian Bones
Electric guitar
 Gianmarco "Asher" Rossi
former members
Luca "Selvans" Del Re

Caronte is an Italian doom metal and rock band from Parma that was founded in 2010.

history

The band was formed in 2010. After a first EP the following year under the name Ghost Owl on Lo-Fi Creatures , the debut album Ascension followed in 2012 on the same label . After a split in 2013 with Doomraiser on Lo-fi Creatures and BloodRock Records , followed in 2014 after a change to Ván Records, the second album under the name Church of Shamanic Goetia . The EP Codex Babalon followed in 2016 and the album Yoni a year later . In the same year there was also a split release with The Ruins of Beverast , (Dolch) and King Dude , the album Wolves of Thelema was finally available in 2019. In their career the band has performed in different parts of Europe and has performed with Electric Wizard , Blood Farmers , Cough , Forgotten Tomb , The Devil's Blood , In Solitude , Pagan Altar , Doomraiser, Jarboe , Om , Angel Witch , Grand , among others Magus , Orange Goblin , the Secret , Ufomammut and Abysmal Grief played and was, among other festivals such as the Eindhoven Metal meeting , the Vienna Metal meeting , the Dark Easter Metal meeting , the hammer of Doom , the Acherontic Arts Festival and the Desert Festival represented .

style

Andreas Schiffmann from Rock Hard wrote in his review of Church of Shamanic Goetia that "ritual" Doom Metal can be heard on it, which is sparsely produced, but at no time sounds technically underexposed and often focuses on singer Dorian, whose quite distinctive voice is sometimes underpinned by evocative choirs ”. The album has a "floating character" that " exudes a little space flair" in the songs . The songs are not as impulsive as Hawkwind's , but similarly stoic . In addition, more catchy melodies are desirable. In a later issue, Mandy Malon reviewed Codex Babalon and wrote that the band captured the essence of Doom Metal and created something of their own from it. To do this, she uses “[classic] heavy, rolling elements” and refines them “with acid- trip-like stoner components”. Overall, the result is a “wonderfully dreamy sound cosmos that lets you forget any sense of time in full devotion”. In her review of Wolves of Thelema , Malon noted a clear tonal change from her previous works. The sound is enhanced by “confused as well as fateful synths”, making the songs “more atmospheric, full, darker and more dangerous than ever”. Psychedelic elements are still present, but the stoner-rock sound has given way to post-punk structures. Doom Metal elements are mainly found in the second half of the album. These would express themselves above all in guitar playing in the style of Tony Iommi , Hammond organ sounds and "wickedly passionate solos ". Overall, the second half is "trickier, more atmospheric and doomy, maybe even more dreamy". In an interview with Malon one issue later, Dorian Bones stated that the members practice Gnostic masses. They would reject Christianity , the greatest influence on the band was Aleister Crowley . On Wolves of Thelema , consider the theories of Kenneth Grant , Michael Paul Bertiaux, and Austin Osman Spare .

Eva Thalhammer from stormbringer.at stated in her review of Yoni that the band continued their love for “chaos, Crowley and LSD”. She described the group as "occult acid doomers", although their concerts would like to be celebrated as " shamanic happenings". Musically, the songs are strongly based on Electric Wizard , while the vocals are more reminiscent of Glenn Danzig 's, although here it is a bit more " punk ". However, the songs have no rocking character. Also defining the style are “tribal choirs” and “ritualistic chants” that accompany “the deep roar and the drawn out bass progressions”. The speed of the songs is slow , while the riffs are repetitive.

Discography

  • 2011: Ghost Owl (EP, Lo-Fi Creatures )
  • 2012: Ascension (album, Lo-Fi Creatures)
  • 2013: Doomraiser / Caronte (split with Doomraiser , Lo-Fi Creatures / BloodRock Records )
  • 2014: Church of Shamanic Goetia (album, Ván Records )
  • 2016: Codex Babalon (EP, Ván Records)
  • 2017: Yoni (album, Ván Records)
  • 2017: The Ruins of Beverast / Caronte / (Dolch) / King Dude (Split with The Ruins of Beverast , (Dolch) and King Dude , Ván Records)
  • 2019: Wolves of Thelema (Album, Ván Records)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Info. Facebook , accessed June 11, 2020 .
  2. ^ Caronte (2). Discogs , accessed June 11, 2020 .
  3. ^ Wolf-Andreas Schiffmann: Caronte . Church of Shamanic Goetia. In: Rock Hard . No. 205 , December 2014.
  4. ↑ Mandy Malon: Caronte . Codex Babalon. In: Rock Hard . No. 351 , June 2016.
  5. ↑ Mandy Malon: Caronte . Wolves of Thelema. In: Rock Hard . No. 392 , January 2020, p. 92 .
  6. ↑ Mandy Malon: Caronte . We are high level antichrists. In: Rock Hard . No. 393 , February 2020, p. 68 .
  7. ↑ Eva Thalhammer: CARONTE - Yoni. stormbringer.at , accessed on June 14, 2020 .