Woebegone Obscured from Denmark had released this gem called
Deathstination back in 2007 as a self-release. Meaning, there are already plenty of positive reviews that can be found here and there on the Internet.
As much as I can agree with most of them, describing a genial record that wouldn't fall short if compared to
Thergothon or
Disembowelment, further listens to
Deathstination or somehow "another” culture may also be able to shed some new light on this Danish chef-d’oeuvre.
Obviously, the likes of
Evoken or
Thergothon are naturals when it comes to comparing with other bands.
Woebegone Obscured play
Funeral Doom Metal and in the finest possible way. Here nothing sounds dull, here not one single riff goes on forever having you look at your watch in dismay trying to figure out whether time stopped a while ago. Other possible “comparison” contenders may be the regretted
Asunder, because
Woebegone Obscured develop this fantastic capacity to create sonic landscapes of desolation.
The Gault would be another one since
Woebegone Obscured take a lot of their sound from some post-
Dark Wave gems with the shadows of Joy
Division or early The Cure never that far away. The sound of the guitars and the Black Meta-like vocals are also very reminiscent of US based band
Negative Reaction.
Does that make
Woebegone Obscured only the patchwork of the aforementioned bands? No, it doesn’t. These guys may even sound as if they’d be the original influences of all these bands. The music is sublime, rich, probably even richer than
Mournful Congregation’s Monad of
Creation. If there ever was a perfect
Funeral Doom Metal record, chances are
Deathstination would be high on the list.
Add to this one more obvious touch but obvious only for people that have musical expertise outside the fields of
Metal, the post-rock one. This isn't about
Isis, this isn't about
Neurosis but it’s more about the legends that may have coined the term:
Godspeed You! Black
Emperor.
Woebegone Obscured do not only create sonic soundscapes but they wove their music in some kind of epic, stories of regret and loss, Americana for the melancholy mirroring their Canadian counterpart in expressing the vast landscapes of our modern mal être.
Five tracks only but five tracks that will take you on a very long and adventurous trip outside the boundaries of music and mind. A real treat for any
Extreme Doom Metal fan.
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