Astral Sleep - Astral DoomMusick Review by Steve Thomas-Green Album number 3 for Finnish Doomsters, Astral Sleep. And a�er 2 albums on Solitude Produc�ons, they’ve glided, slowly, onto Saarni Records. Which, incidentally, is run by the bands vocalist/guitarist, Markus Heinonen. So with 4 tracks spread out over 44 minutes, this could really only be a Doom album. Although for Astral Sleep, the songs are a bit shorter than their normal epic excursions. And epic is most definitely the right word to describe this album. Astral Sleep include most forms of Doom here, bar, a bit of Stoner Doom. For the most part it’s just epic. Soaring vocals, slow, plodding riffs and a rhythm sec�on that is so slow, it would come in second place in a race with a 3 legged blind tortoise. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Some albums are a chore to review, but with this album, it’s been my main soundtrack whilst I’ve put this edi�on of the magazine together. It’s instantly familiar and the occasional bursts of energy/anger don’t disturb my train of thought. And I think if you play a promo for pleasure, rather than because you have to, it’s always an indica�on of how good an album actually is. And I’d go as far as saying that this album is excep�onal. There are two vinyl op�ons for this album, one includes a board game. So you can play along whilst listening to the music. Unfortunately my promo was digital, so I have no idea what the game is like… but it’s a cool idea, nonetheless Basically, if you like/love Doom, then this a no-brainer h�ps://www.facebook.com/astralsleepdoom/ h�ps://astralsleep.bandcamp.com/album/astral-doom-musick
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