Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Blackstaff - doom, gloom, misery in Washington State

I have never heard of this monolithic sloth sludge doom entity from Washington State, U.S., but Metal Archives shows two EPs in 2022 as the only recordings so far. Imagine gremlin vocals, minimalistic echoing simplistic heaviness going round and round, and then circling back again on the same riff before making another turn, to get back on the circle of the same note, and just riding it out until you have stopped wondering if there is a new riff coming. Believe it, there is not. It's only heaviness circling like tired, exhausted dying vulture around while an angry gremlin chants about the warlocks running free, they're running free, yeah, between Tacoma and Bellingham on 1-5. Actually, I am not sure about the last part about the freeway, but the rest is pretty accurate. Oh, you know what, don't listen to me, I don't know anything. Warning: If you do not know sludge or doom in general, this is not a gateway band. I am pretty sure that even fans in this part of the country have not heard this name before. In fact, I checked with my neighbors in La Push and La Conner and none of them have heard of this band, and they know that I know that they know about doom and if they do not know, then you best not bring your horse to drink from these waters because that horse is going to die from the bitterness of these rivers of misery that we have out here.
The Dark Stick EP by Blackstaff
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