Band:	Pombagira
Album:	Flesh Throne Press
Style:	Psychedelic doom metal
Release date:	March 27, 2015
A review by:	Windrider

Disc I
01. The Way
02. Gather
03. Endless
04. Sorcerous Cry
05. Soul Seeker
06. Flesh Throne Press

Disc II
01. In The Silence
02. Blessed Are The Dead
03. Time Stone
04. Ash To Flesh
05. I Curse I Pray
06. Cold Descent
07. Yesterday's Tomorrow

Pombagira have been around now for some years and released several albums yet. While they always showed a preference for long albums with very few and very long songs, it seems they couldn't contain themselves this time. Flesh Throne Press does feature many songs, 13 to be precise, however they didn't go down in song length much and that's why they now ended up with an 87 minute album. And the best part is... it doesn't get boring! Well, at least if you are into that type of music.

To be fair, I didn't manage to listen to the whole album in one turn (also because my tram commute only takes half an hour), but it seems that this isn't intended either way, as the album is released on two CDs. The music is mostly slow and dragging with mid-boosted guitars, a heavy bass and drums. Basically what one would expect from a stoner and doom mixture. The vocals sound even more stoned and bring in some interesting harmonic variations, like heard in the chorus of the title track, "Flesh Throne Press", for example.

This very lengthy album is a nice representation of stoner guitar work and vocals. However, some people will find it boring as there is not much variation, yet after some listening one gets drowned in this psychedelic feeling and even after you put your player aside, some songs still stay in the head, spinning around and crying for you to pick up the music again. But, of course, this takes some time and not all people will be patient and Pombagira's music will stay inaccessible. That's why it's hard to classify the music as good or bad, but I think most fans of the genre will appreciate it.

As the band already released a bunch of albums, they should be a familiar name for many stoner metallers. For me personally it was a new experience, but this band is definitely worth keeping an eye on. If Flesh Throne Press is a level they can keep up, it will be hard for them to disappoint in the future.