Beats: Hour of 13 – 333 Review
Hour of 13 have been hiding in the dark corners of the Doom metal underground for about 6 years now. It’s just two guys; Chad Davis plays all of the instruments and does most of the song writing whilst Phil Swanson provides vocals. I hadn’t heard anything by these guys before which I am angry at myself for as I bloody love Doom Metal. I get excited whenever I read the word “Doom” so I had a feeling this was going to be good. As someone who didn’t really know what to expect (Other than doominess), I was impressed. As soon as Deny The Cross comes on you get that Sabbath-esque doominess which is never a bad thing. It’s groovy, heavy and lyrically awesome. This continues through The Burning with the hard-hitting groovy riffs, and intensely doomy vocals. Then we get to Rites Of Samhain which sees a slight change from straight up doom to doom tinged with a slight NWOBHM feel in the vein of Iron Maiden & Judas Priest with some haunting echoes and an amazing guita...