Prior to its release in the last quarter of 2014, Portland’s Witch Mountain proclaimed ‘Mobile of Angels’ to be their “most complete album yet”. At that time, the band had already survived seventeen years of changing musical fashions alongside shifting personnel; the core of their sound now resembling an uncompromising, crushing slowness inflected with a bluesy tone. ‘Mobile’ certainly shows a hugely broad confidence and its material, for the most part, represents top class doom metal. Granted, the bulk of the songs do not necessarily represent anything that anyone bar the more committed doom fan would reach for on a regular basis, but then, it’s unlikely that Witch Mountain were ever looking for mass acceptance with this album – but in terms of becoming one of the strongest acts within their field, it’s a resounding success. It also acts as an epitaph for another phase of the band’s journey, being the last in a trilogy of discs to feature lead vocalist Uta Plotkin.
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New live video from Black Moth
On the eve of the release of their second album ‘Condemned to Hope’, UK metallers Black Moth have a little something for you.
Below, you can watch a full live performance of the upcoming album’s opening track ‘Tumbleweave’, recorded at London’s Barfly earlier in 2014.
BLACK MOTH – Condemned To Hope
In 2011 Leeds-based stoner metal merchants Black Moth unveiled their debut album ‘The Killing Jar’, an excellent riff-based affair that impressed on first listen and thrilled on each subsequent play. The result was one of the year’s best metal releases. With their US equivalent Ruby The Hatchet releasing a strong and similarly themed debut the following year and Earthless releasing a giant, sprawling double set ‘From The Ages’ in 2013, the standard for doom and stoner grooves remained at an impressive high, thus giving Black Moth much to live up to upon their return.
Black Moth tour dates
UK doom/stoner rock band Black Moth release their second album ‘Condemned to Hope’ on September 15th via New Heavy Sounds.
To help promote the album, the band have a confirmed run of shows starting shortly after, including an appearance at the Camden Underworld in London.
Earthless: Upcoming live dates
As part of the promotion for their 2013 studio release, the double LP ‘From The Ages’, power rockers Earthless are taking to the road for a good chunk of the rest of 2014. Among the confirmed dates is an appearance at London’s legendary Dingwalls in Camden.