Those Polish masters of the reverberating riffs and pounding rhythms Dopelord return with a collection of tunes intended to grace the ears of the fallen angel Lucifer, however we are sure he won't mind us giving them a listen, we may have to pay with our souls but hey what use is a soul these days? The album goes by the name "Songs for Satan" (Blues Funeral Recordings) and if anyone wants to argue that Dopelord are not one the heaviest, most musical and most vocally melodic bands currently ploughing a furrow through the stoner-doom scene then they might want to take it up with the man they wrote these tunes for.
Dopelord have never hidden their love of a meaty riff but they have also never been afraid to combine those riffs with a lilting melody or an ear catching musical hook and this is why they have become one of the most respected bands in their field. Dopelord have always been a heavy band but they have never been a brutally heavy band, their grooves possess a measured heaviness that sits easy on the ears and is accessible to those who may find some of metal's extremities a little hard to take yet will still appeal to those that DO like their metal on the extreme side. "Songs for Satan" is an album packed with songs that meet the criteria just mentioned, songs like "Night of the Witch", "The Chosen One", "Evil Spell" and "Worms" meet everything we look for in heavier natured music but are much more than just a collection of gnarled riffs and pounding drumbeats, yes they have the monolithic riffs and the pounding percussion but they also have melodies and they swing.
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