Album
The Wretch
2011 · Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Wretch is a Metal album by The Gates Of Slumber, originally released in 2011. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.
About
With The Gates of Slumber’s fifth studio album, the Indiana doom-metal trio returns to its sludgy roots. “Scourge of Drunkenness” rocks like a 45 rpm vinyl single of Black Sabbath’s “Hole in the Sky” played at 33 rpm: frothy guitar distortion spills over brutal guitar riffage and slow-motion wah-wah leads. The similarly awesome “To the Rack with Them” paints pictures of medieval torture (à la Anvil’s “Thumb Hang”) before “Castle of the Devil” mixes Pentagram-inspired occult themes with slumbering, sloth-like tempos and tasteful hints of early-'70s psychedelia. The similarly foreboding “Coven of Cain” picks up the pace with a nod to the driving rhythms behind much of <i>Sabbath Bloody Sabbath</i>, while the title track oozes a swampy sludge on par with Saint Vitus’ <i>Hallow’s Victim</i>.
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Tracklist
- 1Bastards Born6:48
- 2The Scourge of Drunkenness5:58
- 3To the Rack with Them3:15
- 4Day of Farewell7:14
- 5Castle of the Devil7:55
- 6Coven of Cain3:44
- 7The Wretch8:17
- 8Iron and Fire12:44
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Doom Metal
- heavy
- mournful
- smoky
For the 2x vinyl LP, the following colors were pressed:
X 100 Clear
X 300 Solid Grey
X 300 Transparent Blue
X 300 Transparent Green
X 300 Black (diehard version)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Clyde PacadisDRUMS
- Cool Clyde
- Jason McCashBASS
- Karl SimonGUITAR VOCALS VOCALS , GUITAR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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