Place of Skulls-The Black is Never Far

Heart of Metal Age : 40 Joined : 26 Feb 2008 Posts : 2268

With the rise of the doom/sludge/stoner genre to prominence it seems that Place of Skulls would get more notice. Yet they seem to remain in the cult status the members former bands were in. Hardcore fans revere them but those finding bands like Wolfmother, Black Stone Cherry and others should be checking POS out to really hear the genre done right. Griffin loves the stop start effect of going heavy to light sonically and the vocals fit the overall mood perfectly. The Black Sabbath influence is extremely heavey with dashes of Trouble and even some Deep Purple moments added for variety. I wonder too, if the lyrical content is turning some off as Griffin is writing from a christian world view nowadays, albeit, mostly allegorical. I'd say any fan of aforementioned bands as well as all the ones the former members have been in will love this musically and the lyrics should not stop any fan from enjoying the high quality this band represents.

Administrator Age : 34 Joined : 02 Jan 2007 Posts : 5138

Great CD for sure.
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Subject: Re: Place of Skulls-The Black is Never Far Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:01 am

Great band, too bad alot of people don't know of them.