WINTERS · Berlin Occult Bureau | DIGI
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Product information "WINTERS · Berlin Occult Bureau | DIGI"
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2012 Van Records
Background information about 'Berlin Occult Bureau'
Sometimes an album walks in and immediately claims the room. Winters do exactly that with "Berlin Occult Bureau", a record that smells like cold concrete, spilled beer and cheap incense burning in a backroom. The German outfit drags doom metal through the gutter and back out into the neon, and the result is far more fun than a genre tag like "Doom Metal" would ever suggest. Riffs lumber, sure, but they also swagger. There is a punk sneer buried under all that low-end weight, and it keeps the whole thing restless instead of sluggish.
Listen to how the band refuses to sit still. "Ausländer" and "Schwarze Kraft" hit like a bar fight that suddenly turns into a singalong, while the title track "Berlin Occult Bureau" stretches out and lets the atmosphere curdle beautifully. "Ace Frehley" is a gloriously weird curveball, and "Run Run Run Run" sprints where you expected it to crawl. Then "Geistkämpfer" closes the door with a slow, heavy hand. It is gritty, theatrical, and completely unbothered by what anyone else in the scene is doing — a love letter to a city that never quite sleeps and never quite forgives.
For fans of: Cathedral, The Obsessed, Saint Vitus, Pentagram, Trouble
Track listing
- Goodbye
- Plans Within Plans
- Ausländer
- Schwarze Kraft
- Berlin Occult Bureau
- On Your Street Again
- No Tomorrow
- Ace Frehley
- Run Run Run Run
- Geistkämpfer
Manufacturer: Acherontic Arts GmbH, Mühlenstr. 100, 52134 Herzogenrath, Germany, Contact: van-records.com
| Artist: | Winters |
|---|---|
| Label/Manufacturer: | Ván Records |
| Product type: | CD |
| Genre: | Doom Metal |
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