The Order of Israfel

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The Order of Israfel
General information
origin Gothenburg , Sweden
Genre (s) Doom metal
founding 2012
Website www.theorderofisrafel.com
Current occupation
Patrik Andersson Winberg
Hans Lilja
Staffan Björck
Vocals , electric guitar
 Tom Sutton

The Order of Israfel is a Swedish doom metal band from Gothenburg that was formed in 2012.

history

The history of the band began in 2012 with guitarist and singer Tom Sutton, who initially lived in Japan and was active with Church of Misery . However, he felt the need to play in a traditional doom metal band. While Sutton worked as a guitar technician for Pentagram , he met the Swede Patrik Andersson Winberg, who played in the band Doomdogs, which was on tour with Pentagram. They both became friends and decided to create The Order of Israfel. For this, Sutton moved to Gothenburg, as he saw Japan as an unsuitable environment for a Doom Metal band. With Andersson Winberg on bass, the line-up was supplemented by drummer Hans Lilja and guitarist Staffan Björck. Sutton got the band name from a friend who called Israfel the god of music. In 2014, the debut album Wisdom was released , followed by the second under the name Red Robes in 2016 . During this time the band could also be seen live, such as in mid-2015 with Pentagram and Lucifer in Berlin or towards the end of the year in Würzburg on the tenth Hammer of Doom .

style

In an interview with Aoife from moshville.co.uk , Tom Sutton stated that he tried to play Doom Metal with Wisdom , which is more variable than, say, Cathedral's . In the texts he tries to convey things that he has learned in his life. In an interview with Tobias Klüter from legacy.de , Sutton named Black Sabbath , Cathedral, Reverend Bizarre , Place of Skulls , Krux and Metallica , Entombed Thin Lizzy , Pentangle , Enya and Soundtracks as influences. The texts can be divided into two categories: On the one hand, "fictional stories, mostly scary horror stuff" and on the other hand texts with "spiritual and worldly experiences". In an interview with Rock Hard's Mandy Malon , Sutton stated that the song Fallen Children from the Red Robes album is about Black Sabbath. The album title refers to the history of Burma , in which Buddhist monks in red robes supported the resistance struggle against the military dictatorship . According to Matthias Mineur, the band plays rough and authentic Doom Metal on the debut album. In an interview with Mineur, Sutton stated that he tries to write riffs that are as memorable, heavy, melodic and elegant as possible . The vocals should be a bit melodic and believable, while the songs should sound dark and mysterious. In his review of Red Robes in the same issue, Holger Stratmann assigned the band to Doom Metal, describing the vocals as odd. The songs are unusually dynamic. The album has a natural sound. The song Staff in the Sand leg hold a wah-wah - solo , while the title track was extremely slow and in the Thrall to the Sorceress an up-tempo had been installed part. The song Fallen Children is purely acoustic. The folk influences and a NWoBHM touch of the predecessor have now disappeared.

Discography

  • 2014: Wisdom (Album, Napalm Records )
  • 2016: Red Robes (Album, Napalm Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Aoife: Interview: Tom Sutton of The Order of Israfel. moshville.co.uk, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  2. ↑ psychorizon: THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL - All Of A Sutton. psychorizon.wordpress.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Tobias Klueter: THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL. (No longer available online.) Legacy.de, archived from the original on June 21, 2016 ; accessed on June 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.legacy.de
  4. ↑ a b Mandy Malon: The Order of Israfel . Robes are red, violets are blue. In: Rock Hard . No. 349 , June 2016, p. 52 .
  5. ↑ Frank Thiessies: Pentagram . + The Order of Israfel + Lucifer. In: Metal Hammer . July 2015, p. 122 .
  6. ↑ Manuel Liebler: Hammer of Doom X Würzburg: Posthalle . Profound melancholy. In: Metal Hammer . February 2016, p. 119 f .
  7. ^ Matthias Mineur: The Order of Israfel . Pure Doom. In: Metal Hammer . October 2014, p. 96 .
  8. ^ Holger Stratmann: The Order of Israfel . Red robes. In: Rock Hard . No. 349 , June 2016, p. 88 .