THERGOTHON - STREAM FROM THE HEAVENS

If there is one band on earth that can top (or should I say dive?) the Finnish band Skepticism in slowness, it must be their compatriots of Thergothon. Hardly ever can one hear music as slow, brutal, heavy and utterly depressing as in this album. It deserves entirely the label "genre classic". Every single second with this album playing, tears the listener up between the most negative feelings one can have.

Sadness, despair, pure misery and suffering, this is what this album is about and it is one of the best attempts ever to convert those emotions into music. You have no idea how long two seconds can last if that is the period of time you have to wait before you hear the drummer hit his drums another time. With an average of 7 minutes per song, you can easily call these tracks 'Everlasting', which is also the name of the first track. We can also find the song 'Yet the Watchers Guard' and 'Elemental' on this album again (both songs that are also featured on their demo 'Fhtagn-nagh Yog-Sothoth'). Another great song on this album is called 'Who Rides the Astral Wings', that has great double vocals.

Stream From The Heavens (1994)