The title of this disc says a lot about the music - this is slow, ponderous doom metal which borrows a page from musicians like Xasthur and many of the artists on the Southern Lord roster.

Similar to Xasthur, Moss builds slow, hypnotic songs where tortured vocals are layered beneath a wave of down-tuned guitars, pounding bass riffs, and occasional funeral keys. Three of the four songs on this "EP" are over 10 minutes in length so that gives plenty of time for Moss' mind-numbing music to take hold. The final cut is a doom metal cover of Discharge's "Maimed and Slaughtered" which Moss manages to extend to 3x its original length.

This disc seemed to scare off a few reviewers but, as a fan of the doom/drone genre, I thought Tombs of the Blind Drugged was a great introduction to a band that I wasn't previously familiar with. Fans of most Southern Lord and Hydra Head releases will love this disc. For anyone not familiar with this genre of music, Sunn O)))'s Monoliths and Dimensions is a bit more accessible and probably a better place to start.



Links:
Moss' MySpace Profile