Jason Ker & Peter Willmott (Oceanlord)

Behold! Hark! From the dark depths of the southern oceans, Australian doom trio OCEANLORD haveconjured an eldritch monster of an album with their tentacled debut "Kingdom Cold".Frying guitars with an extra helping of thick fuzz and a crusty top deliver a tasty doom sound. Songs thatrange from very slow via slow to mid-tempo with occasional outbursts of energy also stand firmly on therock-solid ground of this classic metal genre. OCEANLORD display traces of the American, British andSwedish schools of thought with the clean vocals slightly tilting towards the latter.Yet below the surface of all the time-honoured elements traditionally associated with doom, there is anextra layer of darkness lurking in these tracks. A foreboding sense of dread, madness, and unspeakablehorrors is creeping in to replace the well-worn theme of melancholia usually accompanying the style. Thissets OCEANLORD clearly apart from most of their peers. This is no accident, as the Australians are veryopenly inspired by the horror genre and the writings of New England author Howard Phillips Lovecraft inparticular.