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End Times

by Ommadon

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited to 500 copies. Stickered PVC sleeve.

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Side 1 20:00
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Side 2 22:52

about

First new album in two years and it's been worth the wait. Ommadon have long been amongst the fore-runners of the new wave of british heavy, and this for me is probably their most fully-realised album yet.

A couple of years ago I went on tour with Ommadon and Legion Of Andromeda and it was one of the most fun fortnights I've ever had. Ommadon played a version of this lengthy song each night and it got better and better as the gigs went on. I think that's really what the kinda music they play is all about: it doesn't yield its secrets easily. It's not immediate, and it takes repeated listens to maybe even properly enjoy it, never mind become immersed in it. "Drone doom" or whatever you wanna call this stuff, it seems really easy to do: you just need a really big amp, right? Well I guess that's like saying any cunt with a keyboard could play Phaedra. Gie it a go!

End Times at once both slowly unravels and envelops; it's all about build-up, crashing dramatic release, tension and atmosphere. Or, I guess as most reviews will inevitably just say: IT'S HEAVY! DOOOOOOM! But it's not just about being heavier than everyone else. The composition is absolutely key here: the building layers of sound, the melodic undercurrents, almost black metal buried guitar lines, sparse gruff vocals, shifting tempos.....they're much more than just "find a decent heavy riff and play it for 45 minutes".

I'm chuffed that after seeing these guys play this material so many times they've asked me to be involved in putting it out, and I'm double chuffed because they're amazing fellas who totally get the DIY ethic and just generally know the score about stuff, being on my wavelength without being as much of a gobshite as I am. I fuckin love Ommadon, and so should you.

500 copies. Joint release with Dry Cough (UK), DGRecords (US) and Medusa Crush (Canada). All are stand-up labels and if they're closer/have other stuff in stock you like then put some business their way and get it off them! :-)

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released April 30, 2018

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