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Band: Domovoyd
Album: Domovoyd
Release date: May 2015


01. Domovoyage
02. Ambrosian Perfume
03. Caustic Afterglow
04. Mystagogue
05. Amor Fati
06. Vivid Insanity

If you've been paying attention to metal coming out of Finland, especially in the past five years, you'd know that the country has seen a considerable increase in the presence of psychedelic bands within the context of the genre. In 2013, Domovoyd proved themselves as willing to get in on this action with their debut, and in 2015, they're looking to solidify their status as formidable within it, an effort at which they certainly succeed.

Compared to Oh Sensibility, Domovoyd's self titled sophomore album feels a lot more formless and atmospheric at points, tapping even more into many of the laid back, turn on-tune in-drop out elements found on their debut. The band have really refined their trippy effects down to a science here: whether lurking teasingly in the background ("Amor Fati"), or busting out in force on the forefront ("Caustic Afterglow"), those synthesizers, keyboards, and whatever else these guys decided to use for their hallucinatory odyssey, are a total mind numb. These techniques were quite good on the band's debut to begin with, but here it feels as though Domovoyd have taken them to even greater heights.

Bearing that in mind, however, this does not mean that Domovoyd have lost their predominantly stoner metal personality either. Domovoyd is still, for the most part, highly catchy and riff heavy, and "Ambrosian Perfume," perhaps the highlight of the album, is just groovy as all hell. If there's one area in which Domovoyd have really matured and come into their own with this release, it's the intricate art of combining their groovy side with their more relaxed and faaaaar ooouuuuuut side. Opener "Domovoyage" is as perfect an example as any. Just listen to right around the 7 minute mark: you're floating in a sea of lysergic acid diethylamide, with a soft, lazy guitar to lull you into repose, and then BOOM! Shortly after 8 minutes in, those stoner riffs arrive like thunder, and you're in for some serious head bobbing. It's an excellent compositional technique, and many more moments like this follow throughout the album.

With their eponymous second album, Domovoyd are moving closer to the development of a sound that can truly be called their own, and getting better at learning how to form a synthesis of their groovy and atmospheric personalities. Still relatively young, the band are eager to leave their mark on the growing trend of Finnish psychedelic metal, and, with another excellent release or two, could easily see themselves standing with the likes of the more prominent Oranssi Pazuzu, or Dark Buddha Rising. If you're a trippy head, or just a fan of atmospherically-inclined metal in general, keep your eye on these guys, because they're definitely going places.

*And, of course, we also see the trend of Domovoyd getting some straight up bitching album artwork continuing. I mean, really, are you going to debate how awesome this cover right here is? Say it isn't and I'll decapitate you.


Rating breakdown
Performance: 9
Songwriting: 9
Originality: 7
Production: 9





Written on 25.03.2015 by Metal Storm’s own Babalao. Comforting the disturbed and disturbing the comfortable since 2013.


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26.03.2015 - 13:54
Spirit Molecule
spirit molecule
Ohhh definitely going to check this out!
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26.03.2015 - 15:11
RedOctober
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Good review. WIll listen listen to this when it comes out.
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26.03.2015 - 19:29
Hallukallo

Thank you Apothecary for your kind words and great review!

People are often mistaken with this, but those trippy effects are actually guitars, not synths
We have never used synthesizers or keyboards. Not a Queen-thing though, it's just that we're doing fine without them!
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26.03.2015 - 19:32
Auntie Sahar
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Written by Hallukallo on 26.03.2015 at 19:29

Thank you Apothecary for your kind words and great review!

People are often mistaken with this, but those trippy effects are actually guitars, not synths
We have never used synthesizers or keyboards. Not a Queen-thing though, it's just that we're doing fine without them!

Thanks for sharing!
Yes, I often get mistaken with that... I remember I reviewed a Chaos Moon (atmospheric black metal) album a while ago and I heard a ton of keyboard in it, and the guy also corrected me, as you are now, on the fact that it was just his guitar. There really are a lot of cool effects people are playing around with on them these days!
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26.03.2015 - 19:33
Auntie Sahar
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Written by Spirit Molecule on 26.03.2015 at 13:54

Ohhh definitely going to check this out!

You need to. Along with your Shepherd debut, probably the best stoner metal I've yet heard this year.
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29.03.2015 - 20:00
Spirit Molecule
spirit molecule
Written by Auntie Sahar on 26.03.2015 at 19:33

Written by Spirit Molecule on 26.03.2015 at 13:54

Ohhh definitely going to check this out!

You need to. Along with your Shepherd debut, probably the best stoner metal I've yet heard this year.


Thank you for the kind words I'll check it out when it drops
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29.03.2015 - 20:41
Rating: 8
Maratha

Along with your evoke thy lords review, this one sums it all up..! Keep it up medicine man!!
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29.03.2015 - 21:11
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by Maratha on 29.03.2015 at 20:41

Along with your evoke thy lords review, this one sums it all up..! Keep it up medicine man!!

Hmm, that actually wasn't me who did that Evoke Thy Lords one, it was Craig (Bittercold). But that's also an excellent album!
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

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30.03.2015 - 07:52
Rating: 8
Maratha

Ohh well, one of the disadvantages of reading MS reviews on a mobile phone.
Apologies to bittercold who really did a wonderful review of Evoke Thy Lords, and yes thanks for correcting my error.. By the way, when is Domovoyd coming out?
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30.03.2015 - 14:06
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by Maratha on 30.03.2015 at 07:52

By the way, when is Domovoyd coming out?

May 8, I reviewed this one waaaay early
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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30.03.2015 - 23:29
Rating: 8
Maratha

Written by Auntie Sahar on 30.03.2015 at 14:06

Written by Maratha on 30.03.2015 at 07:52

By the way, when is Domovoyd coming out?

May 8, I reviewed this one waaaay early

Domovoyd are addictive, but I really hope no matter how long they take to release this self titled album the production value should be crisp than Oh Sensibility.
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31.03.2015 - 00:24
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by Maratha on 30.03.2015 at 23:29

I really hope no matter how long they take to release this self titled album the production value should be crisp than Oh Sensibility.

I'd say for the most part it is, still kinda retains some of that psychedelic fuzziness though, but I like it
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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