Subterraen -- the French misery has arrived

Friend of woe,

The grime, droning sludge, the putrid slime is now here. What a day for the neverending longers of the slow poke heaviness of sludge, as this trio brings home a brand new bag (their debut, actually, according to Metal Archives) of miserably despairing excursions. Oh, it's enough to go toe to toe with the best shoegazing doom that 2020 has had to offer. For a debut?! Yikes, this is no joke, friend! The vocals is a shrieking gremlin witch screaming trapped in a cave far away behind the mountain over the horizon, and the distortion is that dangerous volume that seeks to shake the walls when you pump up the volume. The total love-it-all collector of sludge doom should at least listen to one song from this album that is now available on Bandcamp. What would the sludge lovers say? Would they take it like fish to water? Is it possible that the sludge lovers are getting a little tired of the constant sludge coming from all over the world? Well, if so, those fans better reach for some coffee because they're going to need to stay awake for a new contender named Subterraen. They're French and miserable. You're going to love them! Check the official propaganda from Transcending Obscurity Records below. --Metal Bulletin Zine

Subterraen

Rotten Human Kingdom

Transcending Obscurity Records

20 November 2020

1.Blood For The Blood Gods 13:28

2.For A Fistful Of Silver 14:30

3.Oceans Are Rising 2:34

4.Wrath Of A Downtrodden Planet 18:21

French sludge/doom metal band Subterraen carry the torch of the style on the label, following the ponderous steps of the giants Eremit and Jupiterian. In comparison however, they add their own blackened grit and weighed down heaviness to the proceedings, crafting 10+ minute songs narrating epic, anguish-ridden tales of the slow destruction of the planet and sowing seeds of the inexorable vengeance of mother nature. The emotions are palpable not only in the harrowing cries of the vocalist but also from the palpitating, heaving music that functions as the body of this ancient beast. There is an honest rawness to it all and a dank, earthly vibe that resonates with the sandalwood fragrance emanating from the physical products, with a wooden, coffin-shaped box to go with it. From ashes to ashes, from dust to dust. For fans of - Eremit, Jupiterian, Lurk, Eyehategod, Neurosis, 71TonMan, Conan, Primitive Man

Rotten Human Kingdom (Blackened Sludge​/​Doom Metal) by SUBTERRAEN (France)