Pombagira - The Crooked Path

Pombagira are a Sludge/Doom outfit from the UK that deliver some monolithic music but are very original in their approach.Its been a while since i have heard a band so crushingly heavy yet avoid all the obvious cliches.If you have to compared them to anyone it would be Corrupted,Grief and even Sleep in parts of the music.There is plenty of downtuned riffing going on here,some real spooky atmospheric passages and some moody sections that can tug at the emotions if you let it do so.The musicianship is great,the drumming on the album is a highlight.There is even some soft piano interludes that strangely mix well with the drone filled massive sounding sludgefest that this album induces.A word of warning though,this is one heavy duty listening experience.A double CD that clocks in at almost 90 minutes.It is not a easy listening esperience but worth it to take the time to soak this masterpiece all in.Its mind-numbing at times but enjoyable all the same.9/10