The first three bands on this 19-tracker will prove that Deep Elm is THE emo label. None of their bands plays the dreaded genre of music without originality.
For all their laying their souls at the altar of rock, people turned a cold ear to the big, ugly guys in women’s clothing and garishly-applied make-up.
A carnal retro-black metal conflagration, driven by Marduk drummer Fredrik, Funeral Mist guitarist and vocalist Arioch, and produced by Peter Tägtgren.
Tiamat’s grown from a growl’n’roar death metal band into a mature, yet chillingly malevolent band that skates Goth metal, doom metal, and ambient artsiness.
It doesn’t suck ass cuz it doesn’t focus on only one time period of RJD, a man who’s sauntered through two great bands and had a great (early) solo career.