Brazilian doom metal band Beholder’s Cult presents their debut full-lenght album »Our Darkest Home«
Brazilian doom metal band Beholder’s Cult presents their debut full-lenght album, »Our Darkest Home«, which just dropped today.
Tracklist:
01. Samsara
02. Shadows
03. Starry Queen
04. Crestfallen
05. Conceiving Silence
06. Whispers Of Dusk
07. Weight Of The Sun
08. Ivory Tower
09. Empty Inside
Produced by Rafael Giraldi.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Victor Hormidas and Rafael Giraldi (Texas Estúdio).
Artwork by Zakuro Aoyama.
Photos by Rafael Giraldi.
Courtesy of Reverbera Music Media:
Brazilian doom metal band Beholder’s Cult presents their first full-lenght album composed of 9 dense and charged tracks, releasing independently, which will soon get a physical version.
»Our Darkest Home« shares a semi-conceptual theme, which despite not having a clear narrative, the songs and concepts communicate and complement each other throughout the execution. With a dense and melancholy sound, the band follows clear influences of depressive rock, darkwave and post-punk, deftly leading the slow rhythm of Doom and the incursions by fast passages.
On the theme of the album, the band says: “The almost dreamlike idea of a path between the beginning of life and death or between significant moments in a life, represented by a journey under the sun, which becomes progressively unbearable as you progress, having the night as a point of departure and arrival. We tried to capture in the compositions the concepts of light and shadows, in addition to the weight and motivations of this transition under a burning light.”
»Our Darkest Home« promises to be one of the best releases of the style and is now available on all digital platforms.
Formed in mid-2016, in Brazil by Felipe Stock (guitar and vocals), Pedro Paes (keyboards) and Tama Oliveira (drums), Beholder’s Cult defined their sound within the limits of doom metal, having as their main initial references Lake Of Tears and Tiamat. Still in a trio, the band released the first EP »Cult Of Solitude« in 2018, which was well received by specialized critics and had all physical copies sold out, available only on digital platforms. This release was a turning point for Beholder’s Cult as a band, motivating them to improve their performance, more live shows and create high quality material and that made Rafael Giraldi get closer to the band, assuming the bass. This formation made several live presentations in several Brazilian states, already being a well-known and respected name.
Throughout 2019, the process of composing the first full lenght began, which included Rafael Giraldi on drums and Luciano Dias on bass. These changes, added to the 2020 pandemic, caused the launch to be postponed. With care and effort, the band finally launches the waiting »Our Darkest Home« and plans a outreach tour as soon as the pandemic is over.
“Beholder’s Cult matures their music in nineties tones – a hybrid of doom and gothic metal that remembers the sound monuments created by names like Tiamat and Lake Of Tears. The use of keyboards happens discreetly and creates different screens filled with mysticism and melancholy, in addition to adding influences of depressive rock, darkwave and post-punk.” – Metal Hammer Portugal
Beholder’s Cult is:
Felipe Stock – Vocals/Guitar
Luciano Dias – Bass
Pedro Paes – Keyboards
Rafael Giraldi – Drums
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