Unique death/doom metal with old-fashioned quality and songwriting! Long awaited debut album of Murw out now on CD and LP. One of The Netherlands' best kept secrets returns with a truly stunning and groundbreaking album of progressive death/doom metal. Extraordinary, unconventional and creative songwriting, this album is nearly impossible to compare with any existing band or fit in any existing genre. Murw is not a newcomer one-day-fly performing a cheap, new gimmick trying to stand out, or performs crowdpleasing sing-a-long popmelodies. Throughout their history, dating back to the early 90s where the band already did shows supporting Emperor for example, they've shown a unique own style of music, now culminating into their debutalbum "Kanker". For fans of old The Gathering, old Paradise Lost, Esoteric, Mournful Congregation, Ved Buens Ende/Virus!
Produced with the utmost care and priority, carefully following the wishes and visions of the band. This record sounds and looks as good as possible and as intended by band and label. The dedicated mastering for vinyl resulted in optimal analog sound, resulting in more dynamic sound that perfectly fits to the diverse songwriting and fluctuating structures.
(5/5) - Misantropia Extrema (Por)
(9,6/10) - Metal archives (USA)
(9,5/10) - Don't count on it reviews (USA)
(9,5/10) - Lady metal (Ger)
(93/100) - Zware Metalen (Nld)
(9/10) - Hateful Metal (Ger)
(9/10) - Stormbringer (Aut)
(9/10) - Stereo Invaders (Ita)
(4.5/5) - Full Metal Attorney (USA)
(9/10) - Pest Webzine
(9/10) - Medazzarock (Swi)
(8,9/10) - Vaskarc (Hun)
(88/100) - Infernal Masquerade (Spain)
(8,5/10) - Heavy Metal Tribune
(8,1/10) - Metalfan (Nld)
(4/5) - Sea Of Tranquility (USA)
(8/10) - Folk metal (Aus)
(8/10) - Rotting Hill (Aut)
(80/100) - Aardschok magazine (Nld)
(4/5) - Sea of tranquility
(8/10) - Metal Rulez (Pol)
(4/5) - Musicmeter (Nld)
credits
released January 25, 2016
F. Kerkhoff: guitars, bass, vocals, keyboards
R. Duijndam: vocals, bass
P. Civikov: drums
Additional vocals on 'Artificiality' by miss A. Lenders
Recorded and mixed at Vato Loco, Austria, by M. Schirenc (Pungent Stench, Hollenthon), August 2010. Vinyl pre-mastering at Tuanti, The Netherlands, by A. Peeks (Heimdalls Wacht, Ancestors Blood), March 2012.
Absolutely strong, black and bitter, like a cup of good old coffee or a properly packed pipe of strong tobacco. The album won't let you go unless you listen through it since the very first minute to the very last one, sunken in the frozen obsydian abyss. 10/10. lanserger22
The Belgian band explore heavy psych, tribal rhythms, free-jazz freakouts, meditative drone and the vast, shadowy spaces in between. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jun 22, 2020