OBELYSKKH Hymn To Pan [CD]

German doom kingpins OBELYSKKH’s debut LP, Mount Nysa, set the hooks into the stoner/doom underworld’s jaws, and their 2012 Billy Anderson-produced follow-up, White Lightnin’, hoisted them a notch above countless contemporaries with a whole new level of visibility and even more potent delivery of their plodding, exploratory, psychedelic sludge/doom tactics. Their 2013-released double LP release, Humn To Pan, was captured in sessions directly subsequent to the recording of White Lightnin’, the beautifully-crafted and incredibly potent album showcasing this quartet on an entirely new musical plateau. Audibly texturizing organic expanses of doom/sludge metal in an more psychedelic fashion than before, this southern German outfit here outlays their most advanced material to date, with six enormous tracks which test the boundaries of modern media at a massive one hour and eight minutes of otherworldly, beautifully, destructive contemporary doom metal rapture. Hymn To Pan was recorded by the band and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, Nails, High On Fire, etc.). The CD is packed in a rad mini-gatefold printed on 300 gsm white/white reverse board. [Exile On Mainstream]