LP Review: Gévaudan - Iter (2019)
Gévaudan is a region in today's France which was once known for its Occitan and Avernal culture, and also there is the legend of the Beast of Gévaudan (la Bête du Gévaudan) - a predator who allegedly brutally murdered over a hundred humans in the mid-18th century. Gévaudan is also the name of a Doom Metal band from Hertfordshire that will release their first full length album on October 4th 2019. Let's focus on the latter. Founded in 2013, Gévaudan have released two EPs and a Single. Now the quartet proudly presents its first longplayer "Iter" which again is a self-release. With its five tracks and a total length of around 44 minutes "Iter" is a great representation of the gloomy, dark, and intensively heavy Doom Metal Gévaudan stand for. Slow and massive Doom Metal rhythms merge with dirty Heavy Metal sounds, here and there add Celtic scales, and somehow contain a kick-ass Punk Rock attitude in the subtext. I am delighted. Impressively Gévaudan le...