Sorrow and Extinction

Take note: the shortest song on this five-track LP from the Arkansas doom-rock upstarts is more than eight minutes long. But who cares that brevity isn’t Pallbearer\'s strong suit? The punishing lethargy and smear of sludgy, distorted guitars give tunes like “The Legend” and “Foreigner” a furious, protracted intensity. An impressively mature debut, *Sorrow and Extinction* sounds a bit like playing a Sabbath record at 15 RPM. Or in a word: awesome.

The debut album by this young doom metal outfit from Arkansas is startlingly well realized, with deep, sludgy guitar textures and proggy songs that are complemented by a sparkling melodic sensibility.

The band is PALLBEARER and the album title is "Sorrow and Extinction". If that doesn't tell you that this is a long player that smothers the listener (in melancholic doom metal, then you probably never cared to begin with. "Sorrow and Extinction" is five long (eight to twelve minutes) tracks of weig...

Beyond Black Sabbath, traditional doom puts me to sleep. My interest in the bleak arts is only piqued by the extraordinary; Pallbearer are precisely that. Sorrow and Extinction is a phenomenal, unique and irresistible articulation of dysphoria. Enshrouding these mesmerizing riffs and exceptional voc

A review of Pallbearer's debut Sorrow and Extinction, available via Profound Lore Records on the 21st in the states and the 27th in Europe.