Pipe Dreamer – No Solace For The Soulless

 

 

Pipe Dreamer – No Solace For The Soulless
Self released – 2021
Rock, Metal, Post, Doom
Rated: ***

The four from Florida that encompass the Pipe Dreamer outfit have just released their debut full-size called No Solace For The Soulless. Filled with doomy post metal the seven tracks are rife with different kind of tension arcs and slow building patterns. The slow rising start that allows you to get into the Struggle And Strain opening track, with expert use of movie quotes and fine guitar color, gets distorted brutally by the blackened guttural vocals. It will challenge the listener and will pull you apart with all the different emotions. Which continues on during the second track Now Or Never, which seems to come across as a brother to the opening track. It’s therefor a strange feeling to enter third and fourth track respectively titled Brothers I and Brothers II. With lush elements of core and noise; the brutality offset by clean vocals and rising guitars they once again come across as two devious bookends. To which a live set could be altered and build around. Perhaps best song of the album is Free From Fear Of Failure. With a spacious composition the track begs for a deeper dive into the music with every listening session. And slowly a cathartic experience might arise…

(Written by JK)

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