LORD VICAR - The Black Powder
The Church Within Records
As far as Christian Linderson's career goes he's been fondly respected as the vocalist for COUNT RAVEN and also being the guest vocalist on what I'd call SAINT VITUS' least favorite album, COD. But for the past decade he's fronted LORD VICAR with ex- REVEREND BIZARRE guitarist Kimi Karki. Now let's get this out front, LORD VICAR will always be Karki's vehicle even though Linderson and drummer Gareth Millsted have been along for the ride since day one. On this latest one Rich Jones takes over on bass duties from long time member Jussi Myllykoski.
I remember when LORD VICAR's debut full length came out in 2008 (after a decent three song EP, The Demon of Freedom). It wasn't the second coming of REVEREND BIZARRE meets SAINT VITUS. It was something lighter and loose. The same can be said about this their fourth full length. The heaviness will always be there but the songs leave room for nuance which is needed since this thing spans over an hour in length. I must admit it took plenty of listens for me to fully get into this one. Most of that was getting through the seventeen plus minute opener.
Aside from that everything afterwards is good sounding doom minus the boredom which tends to set in with Karki's heavy handed over indulgences. I still think Linderson sounds best when he's doing his Ozzy impersonation. He delves into that a few times on here but his mournful voice is fairly prominent as well. Personally I like the shorter powerful cuts versus the long drawn out repetitive riff ones. Still overall it's a great album. It would be tough not to say it's their best to date. Although their debut is still damm good.
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