Scottish death/doom metal solo project Gom Jabbar dropped debut EP »Obsidian Black Carrion«; out now via Dawn Of Murk / Darkwoods!
Scottish death/doom metal solo project Gom Jabbar stream debut EP »Obsidian Black Carrion« on June 5th, 2024 via Dawn Of Murk / Darkwoods.
Tracklist:
01. Was Murdered
02. Ego Death
03. Obsidian Black Carrion
Gom Jabbar is the solo project of Scottish musician Joseph Edward Kelly, whom you may know from his talented main band, the fierce death metal outfit Penny Coffin, a project literally anchored in its most primitive, gritty and visceral essence that could easily have emerged in the late eighties from the same breeding ground as true legends like Winter, Disembowelment, Necro Schizma or the gods Lord of Putrefaction, but is now doing so, in the midst of the 21st century, to remind us that doom metal can (and should) sound damn rough, unhealthy and abrasive…
As you’ll see, we’re dealing with a truly awe-inspiring project, where the primal and primitive death doom metal we were talking about earlier is taken to the extreme with an absolutely abrasive and distorted production, layered with noise, industrial sounds, featuring hypnotic atmospheric passages loaded with spectral samples and vocal lines that push the boundaries of extremity, depraved and utterly corrupted…
This collection of demos, presented under the title »Obsidian Black Carrion«, gathers the first three rituals of Gom Jabbar, three true alchemical transmutations of highly personal death doom metal deeply rooted in the old and rugged sound of masters like Disembowelment, Old Funeral or (early) Morgion, with striking experimental touches reminiscent of Portal, Encoffination or Spectral Voice…
Released as a unique edition limited to only 33 hand-numbered copies, »Obsidian Black Carrion« is presented an oversized 4-panel digifile crafted from heavyweight paper with an exclusive soft-touch matte laminate, complete with a printed cardboard sleeve and shining black polycarbonate CD…
Written and recorded by Joseph Edward Kelly on corrupted files.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Joseph Edward Kelly in Tormented Confinement – The 37th Chamber of Death.
Only programmed drums are real.
Layout by el dios perezoso for PuertaOskura, Spring 2024.
All illustrations by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), used with immense respect and admiration.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well