With its official reissue now just days away, today
Vice Magazine levies the heavy with a
Stream of "I Am Dying" from legendary Massachusetts doom weavers, WARHORSE.
The gargantuan psalm comes by way of the band's final EP of the same name, initially
Unleashed in 2002 and now available as a companion to the band's As
Heaven Turns To Ash... full-length, both given the reissue treatment by Southern
Lord Recordings.Long out-of-print, fervently sought after, and unconditionally vital in foreshadowing the glut of current bands that indulge in slow, self-possessed,
Infernal low-end sound excursions, WARHORSE's As
Heaven Turns To
Ash and their subsequent I Am
Dying EP still reeks of brimstone, bong smoke, and burning tube amp nearly fifteen years since their respective releases! Both slabs of doom domination will be combined and reanimated on double LP and digital formats courtesy of the Lord.
In commemoration of its release,
Vice kicks off your weekend with the sonic enormity of "I Am Dying" noting, "Doom is a careful and meticulous art, and
Warhorse did it right. They blended Sabbath-era blues riffs with obliterating vocals and enough dark walls of sound to transcend all of the usual run-of-the-mill
Stoner metal. It's a heavy dose of sludge... While bands like
Sleep and
Electric Wizard encouraged us to 'drop out of life with bong in hand' or mount the
Dopethrone,
Warhorse conjures a genuine sense of exuberant doom and despair."
Raise your doom claw to the sounds of "I Am
Dying," now playing at
THIS LOCATION.
You can also shake the pavement with "Doom's
Bride," still weighing
Down the airwaves of Noisey at
THIS LOCATION.
Forged in 1996 and lasting the best part of a decade, the output of
Warhorse wallows deep
Down, grooving at the kind of
Frequency usually associated with imminent natural disaster. But in addition to their intricate delivery,
Warhorse exuded an experimental, subtle psychedelic swagger which gave rise to gritty and memorable riffs, and
Saw them sharing stages with the likes of such amplification legends as
Electric Wizard,
Khanate,
Acid King, High On Fire and
Unearthly Trance.
As
Heaven Turns To Ash... + I Am
Dying will be released on double LP via Southern
Lord Recordings on February 24th, 2015. A limited run of 500 copies on gold vinyl are available exclusively to mailorder customers.
For preorder bundles go to
THIS LOCATION. For digital orders go
HERE.
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