Ov Hollowness - The World Ends
This is my first exposure to Canada’s Ov Hollowness, but I can immediately tell that Mark R., the sole member of the band, is a huge fan of Burzum. The entirety of The World Ends is the abject worship of Varg’s minimalistic, yet dark, style. While this isn’t an out-and-out clone, you can’t help but see the Burzum influences coming to the fore. The sound on this LP, though, is nothing like what Varg has done before or after his incarceration. While the other worshippers at the altar of Det Som Engang Var prefer the “cold and empty” sound, Ov Hollowness has a slick, bass-heavy production that adds considerable heft to the band’s songs. This is some heavy shit. I mean borderline Doom heavy. As someone who has dabbled in playing the bass guitar, I like that The World Ends both mesmerizes with its near-hypnotic ambience and shakes my fucking walls. Fans of other Burzum-esque bands (Weakling, Wolves in the Throneroom and Chasma, to name a few) will surely enjoy this. The World Ends has definitely made me interested in tracking down the rest of the Ov Hollowness back catalog. I play this LP and Dead As Dreams by Weakling back to back a lot these days. On repeat.
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