WELTFREMD (Germany)
"Nachwelt"
(Independent)
Release date: September 6th 2019
Genre: Doom metal, sludge metal, black metal, atmospheric/ambient
Links:
BandCamp
From from Eisenach in central Germany comes WELTFREMD, a one man band that operates within the doom metal genre. Marco Bruder is the man behind it all, and since the inception in 2014 he has released three EP's, simply named "Eins, "Zwei" and "Drei", released in 2014, 2016 and 2017 respectively. The time has come for a full length album, and "Nachwelt" is due for release on BandCamp and every platform where you stream your favorite music.
"Acheron" is the opening track, which is very sludgy and doomy, and the guitars sound wonderfully dirty. The vocals are at the brink of sounding almost frantically choked at the beginning of the track, and towards the end they are more clean, yet not without a slight dramatic touch. "Styx" follows in the same vein, and parallells towards Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost are easily drawn.
"Lethe" is the shortest track on "Nachwelt", and is a slower and darker piece. Lo-fi drums and electronics make up the rhythm section during the first half, and the song becomes a comfortable break away from the more aggressive and brutal parts of the album.
After the shortest track on the album comes a series of epics, all of them between ten and eleven minutes long. Within the doom genre that's probably not particularly long at all. In fact, it's exactly how it should be. After a lengthy clean intro "Phlegeton" develops into a blacker side of the realm that is doom metal, before turning into a more stoner like metal track. What makes it even more interesting is that Herr Bruder chooses to deviate from the slow drum patterns and replaces them with more uptempo beats, just to add a little more finesse.
"Phlegeton" is a track that is rich on variety, and proves that this German "One Man Doom Machine" (as he fancies calling himself) can make a good composition in a slightly larger scale as well.
"Kokytos" is another epic, clocking in at ten minutes, and is more riff based rather than the previous track, which had a lot more different variety in texture and musical scenarios. "Elysion" features the use of cello, and serves as an instrumental conclusion to an album that should make WELTFREMD noticed in the underground doom metal scene.
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
WELTFREMD:
- Marco Bruder, songwriting, instrumentation, production
- Albrecht Probst - cello (session musician)
Tracklist:
1. Acheron
2. Styx
3. Lethe
4. Phlegeton
5. Kokytos
6. Elysion
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