Hibernaut – Obsidian Eye

 

 

Hibernaut – Obsidian Eye
Self-released / Kozmik Artifactz / Olde Magick Records – 2025
Metal, Doom
Rated: ****

They’ve released the first single and title track for this album on May 9th. And they’ve done it in the perfect way in my opinion. For it is not the opening track of the album and more importantly, they released it with a great b-side. Not that many bands do that anymore, but we love b-sides and we therefor love Hibernaut! But you might have already known that. For even though we never got around to mentioning their debut album Ingress on Stoner HiVe, it was and is still one of our favorite albums from 2023. Obsidian Eye is the single and the title of the new album to be released on July 11th. That’s only a few days away! A few more days till you get treated to a most wonderful doom metal album. Dense and compressed in all the right ways, the six tracks seems to sludge fight and mow everything to the side as they pummel and pounce. It truly is a slaughter, with guitars that cascade upon each other. Gravelly vocals that are as heavy as they are chased. Bass work with a continuously ominous touch and drums that turns every track into a monolithic statement of intent. You’ve heard those ten ton heavy records, but this is dropping a hundred tons upon you! And while you are buried beneath all that massiveness, that’s when you hear it, when that subliminal groove takes over and the strange melody turns that menacing feeling into exhilaration and jubilation. One look into the Obsidian Eye is enough to turn you into a Hibernaut… Petrified, but inside rocking like a madman and feeling free… 

(Written by JK)

The album drops on July 11th! But you can hear three singles and b-sides today!

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