Sumeru are a band from Australia that plays a mixture of stoner, sludge and doom metal along with some elements of groove, death and black metal and this is a review of their 2018 album "Summon Destroyer" which will be released on cassette in October by Medusa Crush Recordings.
A very dark and ritualistic sounding intro starts off the album along with some melodic chants in the background before going into a heavier doom metal direction while also capturing the heaviness as sludge as well as the solos and leads being done in a very melodic style.
Elements of groove and stoner metal can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing while most of the tracks are very long and epic in length along with the riffs also bringing in a decent amount of dark sounding melodies as well as all of the musical instruments having a very powerful sound to them.
Vocals bring in a very rough yet melodic style along with some aggressive screams and shouts while clean playing can also be heard at times as well as some death metal growls and black metal influenced riffing also being utilized at times as well as some psychedelic elements also being used briefly, a couple track also brings in a brief use of acoustic guitars and when the music speeds up for a few seconds there is also a small amount of blast beats and there is also an instrumental which also introduces stringed instruments onto the recording.
Sumeru plays a musical style that mixes sludge, s toner and doom metal together along with some touches of groove, black and death metal to create a sound of their own, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Indian Occultism themes.
In my opinion Sumeru are a very great sounding mixture of stoner, sludge and doom metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Temple" "Dura! Durga!" and "A New Ritual". 8 out of 10.
https://sumeru.bandcamp.com/ album/summon-destroyer
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