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  • Genre: Down-tempo / Minimalist / Trance

    Location CINCINNATI, Ohio, Un

    Profile Views: 61184

    Last Login: 8/21/2012

    Member Since 9/23/2005

    Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJlbmVhdGhvYmxpdmlvbi5jb20=

    Record Label the Mylene Sheath

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .."It seems whenever a doom band pops up on the scene that plays in the hate-filled, ultra slow style of bands like Grief and Corrupted, lazy reviewers almost always write them off as clones or accuse them of bringing nothing new to the genre; this is definitely not the case with Cincinnati, Ohio doomsters Beneath Oblivion. The band brings plenty to the genre and their latest eponymous 10-inch vinyl EP is an epic, nihilistic slab of blackened sludge, swirling atmospherics, and ponderously paced doom... .. 'Beneath Oblivion' is emotive and raw, dishing out equal doses of blissful pain and naked honesty over the course of two songs in just under 20 minutes. The songs are monolithically imposing, as melody and violence ebb and flow relentlessly while vocalist/guitarist Scott Simpson exercises his personal demons through his vulnerable and revealing lyrics. Simpson's vocals are delivered with a powerful shriek more akin to black metal than doom, but his style suits the songs well allowing him to express himself not only through his lyrics but with a savage presentation as well. Beneath Oblivion's songs may be born of rancor, sorrow, anger, and grief but their melodic structure gives them a sense of melancholy which sets them apart from many of the their peers within the genre... .. Lead track 'One Year of Deprivation' begins with a swell of feedback and crystalline cymbal crashes before falling into a bruising riff from Simpson which is anchored by bassist Jay Waller and the almost military-like cadence of Nate Bidwell's massive, thunderous drumming. Simpson and Waller trade vocal punches during the song's first movement, screaming and bellowing back and forth like two ravenous beasts clamoring for that final morsel of raw meat. Waller's vocals are a mix of vintage hardcore and brutal death metal and are the perfect foil for Simpson's trademark screech. The song's second movement downshifts into an eerie, atmospheric instrumental passage in which its already de-tuned chord progression seems constantly on the verge of falling out of tune. This gives the passage a sense of mesmerizing, claustrophobic beauty. The third movement of 'Deprivation' is a jarring, "on the dime" shift in tempo and mood with it's bludgeoning riff, Eyehategod style groove, and Simpson's vocals front and center. 'One Year of Deprivation's final minutes revisit the brutality of the song's first movement before fading out with feedback and a single ringing chord... .. 'No Man or Deity', the album's second and final track, is steeped in tribal repetition and trance inducing sludge. The primal throb and hypnotic pulse of Bidwell's drums and the distorted, desolate drone of Waller's bass give the song its primordial grounding over which Simpson delivers his stream of consciousness, end-times sermon. "A name and number, fodder to be. I'll bow for no man, I'll pray to no deity" Simpson screams as the crushing, cyclical rhythm pulses below. 'No Man or Deity' is a dark, shimmering soundtrack to the apocalypse... .. 'Beneath Oblivion' poses a striking balance between devastating doom and atmospheric post-metal and its monolithic, misanthropic vision should appeal to fans of the newer crop of doom visionaries such as Samothrace, Ocean, Indian, and Thou. Fans of Sunn O))),Neurosis and Buried at Sea should also take heed." -Kyle Havens / Doom-Metal.com .. .... <a href="/beneathoblivion/photos/74352398#mssrc=SitesPhotos_PP_ViewPhoto"><img src="http://a4.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/131/08303ee6b94d4fcabb72765b2d569d62/m.jpg" alt="" /></a>

  • Members

    ..Nate Bidwell - Drums.. .. Allen L. Scott II - Guitar/ Samples.. .. Keith Messerle - Bass.. .. Scotty T. Simpson - Guitar/ Vocals.. .... .... ..

  • Influences

    ..Struggle, depression, life, death, isolation, inner and outer turmoil. .. ....

  • Sounds Like

    ..Disgusting, sludgy, unforgiving, down-tuned fucking suicidal doom songs to cope with giving up on everything that ever was anything out of the realization that enlightenment just doesn't and never did exist except maybe through the abandonment of life itself. A requiem for all things meaningful. An out-pour of everything honest and internal. A disapointing look at what you had hoped to find in this struggle, now knowing that you'll never be where you had hoped to be in your journey. Just sinking further and further below all of those false ideals and accomplishments that have no meaning until you have been dragged to the point where you can't get any lower, knowing we all become nothing more than another name that has come and gone in the memory of those that will soon be nothing at all. There is no purpose in anything, since we live without reason. It's accepting that it just doesn't fucking matter anymore and never did... ....

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Bio:

"It seems whenever a doom band pops up on the scene that plays in the hate-filled, ultra slow style of bands like Grief and Corrupted, lazy reviewers almost always write them off as clones or accuse them of bringing nothing new to the genre; this is definitely not the case with Cincinnati, Ohio doomsters Beneath Oblivion. The band brings plenty to the genre and their latest eponymous 10-inch vinyl EP is an epic, nihilistic slab of blackened sludge, swirling atmospherics, and ponderously paced doom.

'Beneath Oblivion' is emotive and raw, dishing out equal doses of blissful pain and naked honesty over the course of two songs in just under 20 minutes. The songs are monolithically imposing, as melody and violence ebb and flow relentlessly while vocalist/guitarist Scott Simpson exercises his personal demons through his vulnerable and revealing lyrics. Simpson's vocals are delivered with a powerful shriek more akin to black metal than doom, but his style suits the songs well allowing him to express himself not only through his lyrics but with a savage presentation as well. Beneath Oblivion's songs may be born of rancor, sorrow, anger, and grief but their melodic structure gives them a sense of melancholy which sets them apart from many of the their peers within the genre.

Lead track 'One Year of Deprivation' begins with a swell of feedback and crystalline cymbal crashes before falling into a bruising riff from Simpson which is anchored by bassist Jay Waller and the almost military-like cadence of Nate Bidwell's massive, thunderous drumming. Simpson and Waller trade vocal punches during the song's first movement, screaming and bellowing back and forth like two ravenous beasts clamoring for that final morsel of raw meat. Waller's vocals are a mix of vintage hardcore and brutal death metal and are the perfect foil for Simpson's trademark screech. The song's second movement downshifts into an eerie, atmospheric instrumental passage in which its already de-tuned chord progression seems constantly on the verge of falling out of tune. This gives the passage a sense of mesmerizing, claustrophobic beauty. The third movement of 'Deprivation' is a jarring, "on the dime" shift in tempo and mood with it's bludgeoning riff, Eyehategod style groove, and Simpson's vocals front and center. 'One Year of Deprivation's final minutes revisit the brutality of the song's first movement before fading out with feedback and a single ringing chord.

'No Man or Deity', the album's second and final track, is steeped in tribal repetition and trance inducing sludge. The primal throb and hypnotic pulse of Bidwell's drums and the distorted, desolate drone of Waller's bass give the song its primordial grounding over which Simpson delivers his stream of consciousness, end-times sermon. "A name and number, fodder to be. I'll bow for no man, I'll pray to no deity" Simpson screams as the crushing, cyclical rhythm pulses below. 'No Man or Deity' is a dark, shimmering soundtrack to the apocalypse.

'Beneath Oblivion' poses a striking balance between devastating doom and atmospheric post-metal and its monolithic, misanthropic vision should appeal to fans of the newer crop of doom visionaries such as Samothrace, Ocean, Indian, and Thou. Fans of Sunn O))),Neurosis and Buried at Sea should also take heed." -Kyle Havens / Doom-Metal.com

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Member Since:

September 23, 2005

Members:

Nate Bidwell - Drums

Allen L. Scott II - Guitar/ Samples

Keith Messerle - Bass

Scotty T. Simpson - Guitar/ Vocals

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Influences:

Struggle, depression, life, death, isolation, inner and outer turmoil.

Sounds Like:

Disgusting, sludgy, unforgiving, down-tuned fucking suicidal doom songs to cope with giving up on everything that ever was anything out of the realization that enlightenment just doesn't and never did exist except maybe through the abandonment of life itself. A requiem for all things meaningful. An out-pour of everything honest and internal. A disapointing look at what you had hoped to find in this struggle, now knowing that you'll never be where you had hoped to be in your journey. Just sinking further and further below all of those false ideals and accomplishments that have no meaning until you have been dragged to the point where you can't get any lower, knowing we all become nothing more than another name that has come and gone in the memory of those that will soon be nothing at all. There is no purpose in anything, since we live without reason. It's accepting that it just doesn't fucking matter anymore and never did.

Record Label:

the Mylene Sheath

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