Gallileous - Necrocosmos
Ah, Space Doom. You don’t see too much of this out there. Musically, it has a lot in common with other disciples of Black Sabbath, but there is a strong “deep space” vibe going on with this band. The impression that I got was that they were going in a psychedelic direction already, but one day the guys decided to trip balls on LSD and somehow ended up watching a marathon of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos at the same time. It’s kind of like a reinterpretation of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon by Black Sabbath. The music flows very much in the same way as Dark Side of the Moon and the vocals even have a similarly “spaced out” feel. Naturally, the lyrics are all about esoteric scientific stuff like fractals and space/time. One thing that struck me was how “retro” this LP sounded. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear that this was from the ’70s. Maybe it’s the Hammond organ sound that they’re using that does it. I kind of wish I heard this band three or four months ago when I was on my ’70s Hard Rock kick. I was listening to bands like Pink Floyd, Rainbow, Elf and Ozzy-era Sabbath almost every day (when not reviewing stuff for Metal Curse, of course) so it would have fit in perfectly. A note to fans of this band’s earlier work: Necrocosmos is nothing like any of their previous releases. These guys used to play Funeral Doom, but they’ve changed directions and sound like a completely different band now. If you go in expecting something in the same vein as Ego Sum Censore Deuum, you’re in for a shock. I liked this LP for what it was, mostly because I’m a fan of good Doom and old Hard Rock, but I have to admit that I liked their older stuff better. It was heavier, for one thing. I also tend to like Funeral Doom more than Psychedelic Doom. The psychedelic stuff is a bit weird and it takes a lot longer to get into it without the necessary drugs. If you like Pink Floyd, and Dark Side of the Moon in particular, you will probably like this LP. If you wanted more of what Gallileous was doing before, this will likely disappoint you.
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