Japanese nihilist doom rock duo 沈む鉛 (Shizumunamari) released sophomore full-length album »長すぎた現実« (Nagasugita Genjitsu); out now via Shit-Eye Cassettes!

Tokyo, Japan based stoner/doom metal outfit 沈む鉛 (Shizumunamari) stream their sophomore full-length album, »長すぎた現実« (Nagasugita Genjitsu), available now through Shit-Eye Cassettes.

Tracklist:
01. 永山 – Nagayama
02. 長い曲 – Nagai Kyoku

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Tokyo-based nihilist doom rock duo 沈む鉛 (Shizumunamari) are back, and their second album »長すぎた現実« (Nagasugita Genjitsu) is out now via Shit-Eye Cassettes.

Purchase the album here: https://shizumunamari.bandcamp.com/album/nagasugita-genjitsu

It’s a two-track release, but both songs are extended, and the total running time sits close to full-length territory. It includes »Nagayama«, which draws on the case known as the National Police Agency Wide-Area Designated Case No. 108 (the “serial pistol murder” case), linked to Norio Nagayama. The cover artwork is by painter Ken Hamaguchi.

»Nagayama« is built on a classic doom riff, kept tight and minimal, with vocals that lean into fragile nuance and strain. There are traces of Japanese pop sensibility and visual kei phrasing in how the melodies land. Drums come from Ebianime, also known for his work in doom/death band Heteropsy (Caligari Records), adding weight and shadow without crowding the riff.

Photo by @saylasugardrop

The second track, the 22-minute »Nagai Kyoku« (Long Song), opens with delicate arpeggios and inward vocals, then shifts into a long, spare jam that lets the tension build slowly. Namari Toyama’s lyrics unfold in a narrative voice, moving forward with the music.

The release sits inside the band’s own NWOJDM (New Wave Of Japanese Doom Metal) idea, and will click with listeners who like doom that stays minimal, heavy, and mood-first.

“If the people of this world, I thought, are going to taste evil through their lives and their deeds, then I shall plunge as deep as I can into an inner world of evil.”
Yukio Mishima, Kinkaku-ji (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion).

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well