THE SOUND OF A BEAR CLIMBING UP A MOUNTAIN (IN METAL FORM)
I do believe that if there were a soundtrack to a bear climbing up a mountain, it would sound precisely like Ascend, a sludge/doom collaboration featuring Gentry Densley (Iceburn, Eagle Twin) and Greg Anderson (sunn 0))), Goatsnake, Engine Kid).
Thanks to Iann Robinson for tipping me off to this excellent band. It’s not the kind of thing you’d really, ya know, rock out to, but FUCK is it heavy. And bear-like. Climbing a mountain.
Ample Fire Within drops May 27th on Southern Lord.
-VN