Arkansas coffin carriers breath new life into doom metal!
âPallbearer arguably became this yearâs Deafheavenâ is what Metalhammer wrote of the doom quartet from Little Rock, Arkansas. Just like Deafheaven, they transcend the boundaries of their genre on second monster LP âFoundations Of Burdenâ - with detours through psychedelica, '70s prog rock and ambient. Just like debut âSorrow & Extinctionâ, from 2012, Pallbearerâs second effort adorned the top of every metal year-end ranking and they were awarded âBest New Musicâ again by Pitchforkâs metal-guru Brandon Stosuy.
The cohesion between the heavy, harmonious guitar riffs and the cast-iron rhythm section is the work of producer Billy Anderson (Sleep, Melvins, Jawbreaker) and that whole, bathed in an obligatory apocalyptic doom vibe, serves as leaden cornerstone for the masterful vocals of Brett Campbell - who sounds like the bastard son of Ozzy Osbourne and Geddy Lee from Rush.