...the bands ability to step out beyond the defines of guitar-centric droning and evoke different voices and moods takes them to a different emotional plain: spiritual and contemplative but never lightweight or whimsical; the music still has balls.
(Zero Tolerance magazine)
Im not at all sure that doom describes the music correctly, sure it is the basis of Pantheists musical structures but (not unlike Esoteric) there are so many other elements in the mix it lifts them to a new level. Some of the tracks have a faster tempo and there are definite elements of Goth & prog rock in some of the tracks...also the quality of the song writing and musicianship is top notch (Golden Lake productions)
I like to use the term Church Doom for this band as their heavy use of religious themes...and imagery, monkish chants...and resonant organs results in an austere, overbearing sense of depressive grandeur thats more than just monotone down-tuned riffs and growls. Pantheists music would be befitting the mood in a cavernous Cathedral mourning the recent death of the pope; suitably lamenting but at the same time, littered with the pomp and circumstance of The Vatican...
(Digital Metal)
What you get here is lots of dynamic creativity within a true and genuine funeral doom frame. PANTHEÏST doesnt compromise their commitment and obvious love for the genre simultaneously as they expand the frames in a delicate murky and very atmospheric way (Beat The Blizzard)
An emotional journey through previously uncharted territory. Where funeral doom meets 70ties prog, ethnic folk and Frostian metal. Out on Firedoom records NOW and can be ordered here for 12 Euro.
"Basically...what we have here is brave, free-thinking, unfettered music- loosely based in doom metal...highly recommended for anyone whose music taste isn’t too confined by genre boundaries".
(PowerPlay Rock & Metal Magazine 8/10)
"...an epic musical journey with songcraft so immaculate you can't help but become immersed within its flow. (Metal Hammer UK, 8/10)
"...spiritual and contemplative but never lightweight or whimsical...(Zero Tolerance, 4.5/6)
"...a decidedly unorthodox and eccentric record, at times daringly so." (Terrorizer, 7.5/10)
"...a never ending tapestry of sounds as they gradually draw you in...such is the epic nature of this album." (Live4Metal)
Ahhh, a group of fellows to our liking! It seems you, too, worship the great Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli! We are certain you worship many, many other gods of the heavens and earth! You must, or your name is but a lie!
Hi. How was your gig in London? Did you knock'em out, both the East-enders and West-enders?
I listened to Pantheist all the way to a neighbour city yesterday, through sun and rain, green fields and snowy mountains. As the sky turned steel-grey and thunder was coming closer, the song "Wrath" was next. Co-incident? :-D Cool.
Hope you guys are well, enjoying summer and dafodils in the UK.
