It's a late night, I'm
tired from a prolonged period filled with indecent bands in the doom 'scene'
and as hardly something these days captures my attention enough so that I'd be
bothered to write a review, I'll stop myself on a band that really deserves your
and my time - Blood Farmers.
You thought correctly
(or you were from the bigger amount of people who didn't), they are very likely
named after one of the pinnacles of low budget crappy horror cinema – “The
Invasion of the Blood Farmers” (1972) and that suits them quite well I'd say; with
the only exception in the quality of material. Because low budget or not, “Headless
eyes” is a damn stellar example of doom.
Being quite a big doom
metal fan and whatnot, I'd say that Blood Farmers are the best thing out there
that this kind of music has to offer these days. No exceptions. No wizards, no
bongs, this is the real deal. While many of the titans, for example Electric
wizard, (since already mentioned) have lost their grip and other veterans chose
to drink tea on their English porches and take care of business matters, the
band present here still has this kicking guts atmosphere that all of us traditional
doom lovers cherish. If you like oldschool Hammer films and old comics to go
with your music, you might enjoy this even more.
The tunes present
possess all these bits and pieces that would make them perfect to be the
soundtrack of a suspension moment in films like "Susperia" and *put
the name of your favourite Argento movie here*. These men have really made it
hard for new Italian composers to top the tunes present on "Headless
eyes". If any director of a cheap horror wants to use the best soundtrack
possible, just spin something like "The Creeper" or "Night of
the Sorcerers" and they'd be bought and sold. While this album might not
be extremely heavy in the common way heavy is understood, it is truly exceptional
and may I add, a level up the class of the bands' previous albums. My personal
favourite is the self-titled track, with its atmosphere that screams 'an old
Victorian house with creaking staircase' and absolutely amazing solo guitar.
Generally, there is not that much psychedelia on this track as on the rest, but
it is still fucking perfect. The two ending ones are also 10/10, absolute
classics of psychedelic rock/doom.
It's quite exciting
for me that music like that is still made in 2014. Maybe the times are not as dark
as they seem when you watch the local store's music magazine covers. What are
you waiting for? Go check it out, scare yourself!
