Famyne’s sophomore full-length album »II: The Ground Below« out now via Svart Records

Canterbury, UK based doom metal band Famyne presents their sophomore full-length album, »II: The Ground Below«, which was just released on May 13th, 2022 via Svart Records.

Says the band: “With utmost pride, we can now say that our second album »The Ground Below« is out now!! Available to stream and download worldwide on all the major platforms: Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, etc., and available to purchase instore at HMV, amongst other retailers! Order the album online as black vinyl, limited blue vinyl, or CD via Svart Records‘ site. Official Famyne merchandise including brand new album 2 apparel via Heavy Threads here: heavy-threads.com.”

Tracklist:
01. Defeated
02. Solid Earth
03. Gone
04. A Submarine
05. Babylon
06. Once More
07. The Ai
08. For My Sins

<a href="https://famyne.bandcamp.com/album/ii-the-ground-below">II: The Ground Below by Famyne</a>

From Svart Records:

Garden-fresh trail-blazers from the UK, Famyne drag doom kicking and screaming into the 21st century on epic new album »The Ground Below«. Svart Records unleashes heart-rending game-changer »The Ground Below« from melancholic crushers Famyne on Friday the 13th, May 2022.

Svart Records is proud to present »The Ground Below«, the stellar new album from UK progressive doom rock band Famyne. Hailing from the heart of the garden of England, Canterbury gloom-fathers Famyne slug and soar their way up and out from the underground, shaking off any shackles of genre constraints on their new album »The Ground Below«. Since their inception in 2014, Famyne have been rapidly building an incendiary reputation for themselves, and an epic universe all of their own, magnetising more souls into the orbit of their unique expansion of masterful doom metal. From their »Famyne« EP in 2015, earning a place at Bloodstock Open Air 2016, to their break-out self-titled debut in 2018, Famyne have been constantly turning heads as a promising new light in the darkness.

»The Ground Below« is a brave and inimitable statement that re-draws a line in the sands of metal tradition. Famyne boldly marches over the limits, re-riffing the rules, washing listeners in pristine waves of hypnotic melody on 8 tablets of stone-carved ageless songs that »The Ground Below« lays on the altar. Tracks like »For My Sins« and »Babylon« conjure paragon English doom with a long line of lineage like country-mates Warning, Paradise Lost, Pagan Altar, and Cathedral to songs like »A Submarine« where warm oceans of sweeping guitars and wide-screen desperate euphony bring to mind genre-changing pioneers like Anathema and Porcupine Tree.

Mind-blowing lead vocalist Tom Vane’s omnipotent vocals deliver the shivers in dynamite doses, unearthing perfect hair-raising emotions that are at once timeless and freshly captivating. It is an understatement to acknowledge how exceptionally unforgettable Famyne’s distinct voice is. The guitars of Martin Emmons and Tom Ross range from an Iommi masterclass to Åkerfeldt progression in a heartbeat, delivering breath-taking riff-mountains that are sumptuously original and catchy in both style and opulent panache.

It is Famyne’s canny confidence to re-mold traditional doom metal artistry with their own wave of emotive progression that makes »The Ground Below« a brilliant restoration of the craft, reminding us how crushing and poignant innovative doom metal can be if done with passion. Fans of everything from Opeth, Katatonia to Soundgarden and all the trad legends of Sabbath, Saint Vitus, and Solitude Aeturnus will be suitably wowed in Famyne’s wake. »The Ground Below« is a modern classic, reverential but so supremely powerful that Famyne have securely carved their own place on the monoliths of the future.