Slog – Divination

 

Slog – Divination
Morbid and Miserable Records – 2023
Metal, Death, Black, Doom
Rated: ***

That slow ohm beginning will turn into a forceful gale and by the time those malevolent vocalized grunts hit, the sound will crush like a gigantic invisible hand waiting for the moment to put that final squeeze on you. Heavier than ever, it’s the new eight track album Divination by two piece blackened death doom metal outfit Slog. Straight out of Toledo, Ohio these two know how to cast that boiling black cloud that smothers and suffocates. Soon, the atmosphere will turn as darker than the blackest treacle and you feel it all hanging directly above you like some baleful portent. And that dreadful feeling of impending disaster will not let you go. Angry and grimy like a skeletal hand protruding from the earth, dragging you down. The due consisting of Jared Moran (drums and vocals) and Nicholas Turner (guitars and bass) who you might know from outfits like Yzordderrex, Filtheater, and 54R while Turner is known for his work in Nothing Is Real, Moldering Vibration, and Schizochristo. Or their earlier team projects, Psionic Madness, Acausal Intrusion, Feral Lord, and others. Blacker, bleaker, and bleaching, it will wipe everything off the board…

(Written by JK)

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