Tracklist: 1. See Me... Never 2. City in the Sea 3. Song for the Dead 4. Waves of Siloam 5. The Hourglass 6. Not As Others Were 7. Born 8. The First Day
It's rather nice to see vinyl making a comeback these days, with sufficient pressing quality to erase the horror memories of the flimsy mass-produced rubbish that was deservedly supplanted by CDs in the late 80s. Leaving aside the audio merits of the different media, there's simply no contest in the superior packaging possibilities for larger formats. Making full use of that is this limited edition 7" - yes, a Doom single - marking the equally welcome return of Canada's Hypnotic Dirge Records, after something of an extended break, to the world of underground releases. Nicely presented, with
Atten Ash hail from North Carolina, and both they and this debut album have been around longer than you might think. Originally founded by James Greene - clean vocals, guitar, bass, drums - the line-up was completed in 2011 by Barre Gambling (founder of Daylight Dies, amongst others) on guitars and keyboards, along with growl vocalist Archie Hunt (from Black Metallers Legion Of The Fallen). The trio then went on to complete Greene's initial compositions, then record and digitally self-release 'The Hourglass' in 2012. It would be fair to say that it didn't meet with astronomic success at the