The Osedax release "Beacon/Ox Eye"
Virginia sludge metal band The Osedax, have released their song "Beacon/Ox Eye" via The Sludgelord. The song is taken from their upcoming album Meridians. Click here to listen to the song.
Virginia is a hotspot for bands moving within sludgy circles, but one band who excel within the newer class are The Osedax. Named after a bone-burrowing deep sea worm, their music is similarly infectious as it worms its way into your system. Now on their third major release, Meridians, the group push their blend of atmospheric sludge/doom/post-metal to new heights, and the results are devastatingly effective.
Each track takes its sweet time to warm up, but once the drums kick it’s worth the wait. The Osedax perfectly capture the deep-water experience in all its forms, whether floating in a wash of guitar static, trudging through muddy riffs and melancholic synths, or - the pièce de résistance - when the band kick “Beacon / Ox Eye” and “White Horse / Tempest” in the guts with frantic blast beats akin to black metal like Downfall of Gaia. In addition, slimming down to a trio has had no ill effect on the band’s potency - the shared vocals flow between harrowing yells à la Neurosis and creature-like shrieks. The overall effect is cavernous, a sound that envelops and simultaneously destroys eardrums.
If you weren’t already familiar via Delayed Response or Titans Lament, then Meridians should be mandatory listening for fans of the above-mentioned genres, and who like floating at the bottom of the ocean.
The Osedax are:
Mike Horn (Bass/Vocals/Synth) - ex Psyopus / Mod Flanders Conspiracy
Scott Coldwell (Guitar/Vocals) - ex Mod Flanders Conspiracy
Kevin Grevey (Drums/Percussion) - Gloom
Tracklisting:
Offen
Beacon/Ox Eye
White Horse / Tempest
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