Sometimes I wonder about the persistent darkness that looms over Italy. There seems to be something that haunts the entire country allowing them to make consistently chilling doom metal - the kind of stuff that makes your hair stand on end and your heart stand still. Eterno - the second release from doom harbingers Organ - is no exception and manages to bludgeon us with thick and terrifying instrumentals that groan with a ton of synth and an eerie atmosphere that doesn't hold back anything heavy! The first track "Aidel" starts with a symphony of whistles and whines before pounding out a megaton of force at a slow, satisfying pace. It's as though you've been strapped to a chair in a haunted mansion and you feel yourself slowly eroding while they keywork heightens the tension like a knife running along your spine as goblins dance before your eyes. Next is "Faithless" which feels like a dreary funeral procession traveling across miles of gray, desolate wasteland in which wandering spirits stop to mock the living. Finally the last song "Decadence" really is pure doom decadence that revels in melancholy. The synth here gives me the occasional flashback to Type O Negative with the way it paints a high yet depressive melody over the somber dirge of the guitar. If you're feeling afraid, that's natural, but don't let it stop you from turning the volume all the way up until the sound throws you against a wall! -Brandon
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