“ In conclusion, The Besieger is a very, very impressive debut for this one-man project” , exactly! I couldn’t believe this is a one man band without 20 years of experience in their back.

It’s not the best album of the year, but this band is going places!

Big High On Fire vibes to this, but with that Conan doom edge as you say. I like the album a decent amount - I just get slightly blue-balled by the vocals. When they first came in, I thought this would be like an effect used to make the first lines eerie before they fully unleashed, but after realizing that was the vocal style throughout, it just sounded too much like a muffled constipated Matt Pike and dampened the impact just a tad. That said, vocals are usually the area that suffers in a one-man band, and they're not that distracting. Some solid sludge doom riffs that manage to keep the 9/10-min songs enjoyable mostly throughout - definite potential for this act!

I don't mind the vocals so much, although they are definitely the not-so-strong link here. Still, the riffs are super cool, the High On Fire influence is there, but the songwriting overcomes any sense of plagiarism. It's inspiring what just one person can do. Upon first listen, the title track and the closer were my favourite ones, along with “Warpgate Sentinel”, of course.

Bergfried and Voidhammer were both featured on that Clandestine Cuts issue, and here they are now with their impressive full-length debuts coming out within weeks from each other!

It's certainly an impressive full-length debut for a one-man project this, but I think there's always room for improvement during the early stages of a band's career like this though. I can see why the vocals might be a bit of a hindrance for some as they're perhaps the weakest element, but I can definitely see this project going far on the doom/sludge scene, especially with tasty riffs like this.