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MOUNTAIN OF JUDGEMENT started as the brainchild of Chad Davis, known as an anchor man in various North Carolina heavy underground bands/projects of the 90’s and 00’s – most notably SEVEN FOOT SPLEEN (1994-1998), SUBKLINIK (1995-present), U.S. CHRISTMAS (2004-2009), HOUR OF 13 (2006-present), ROMANNIS MOTTE (2006-present), AGRABATTI (2009-present), and TASHA-YAR (2009-present) among others.
«It was February 2003. Three guys – Dave, Scott C. and Chad – arrived with guitars, weed, amps, weed, a bass, more amps, weed, drums, a P.A. and... weed. Then, another man – Scott I. – arrived with a few synthesizers and weed. Then, it was into a rehearsal room with liquid light projectors, incense and pipes. The sound was slow, loud and spaced out... Mountain Of Judgement was created. A mix of modern day heavy music and latter day psychedelia, MOJ crafted a sound unlike most things of their time. Psychedelic Doom was a pinned description. Quite a few recordings were made. And quite a bit of weed was smoked... But, as time would have it, the band did call it quits due to other commitments. But, with no regrets,» Chad says. Be sure to visit MOUNTAIN OF JUDGEMENT MyspaceMusic page.
Mountain Of Judgement / Mountain Of Judgement (2009) / CD $11.00
The original MOJ line-up of Scott Cline (bass), Dave Easter (drums), Scott Isenhour (synthesizers) and Chad Davis (vox, guitar, synthesizer) started recording this album in 2005. However, the work was left unfinished that time due to Davis’ commitment to U.S. CHRISTMAS. In 2009, soon after this partnership came to an end, Chad resumed recording the MOUNTAIN OF JUDGEMENT album. Many arrangements were rewritten, and many parts including the drums were completely rerecorded by Chad himself. Synth on one track was contributed by Matt Johnson of USX. This eponymous release which also includes two bonus-tracks from the original 2005-sessions (three songs, in fact, with brutally raw vintage sounding) is not your average doom-metal album. Apart from solemn, crushingly subsonic guitar riffs and heavy stomping rhythms, it is filled with dizzying synthesizer washes and swirls while the vocal parts sound very close to mystical transmissions from outer worlds or dimensions. MOJ’s "true psychedelic doom" still stands the test of time and offers an exhilarating experience to lovers of the deviant doom-metal and heaviest psyche-space-rock. Truly heavy and unique! (8 tracks - 65 min.)
PRESS CLIPS
"It's a shame that this is the one and only release we're going to get from Mountain Of Judgement. One can only hope that if this album garners enough attention then perhaps Davis will see to it that the phoenix will rise out of the ashes for another go round. I don't know, call me crazy but I think when a band like this clearly demonstrates that they're capable of delivering music that is this powerful and captivating, then that music not only needs to be heard, but it's also essential that it continues as well. (Score: 4/5)" – by Ryan Sparks of Sea Of Tranquility (USA) (February 2010).
The album was also reviewed at: Metal Library (Russia), Metal Library's interview with Chad Davis (Russia), DisAgreement (Luxembourg).
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