MOSS — Sub Templum

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Album · 2008

Filed under Drone Metal
By MOSS

Tracklist

1. Ritus (5:25)
2. Subterraen (23:25)
3. Dragged to the Roots (9:33)
4. Gate III: Devils From the Outer Dark (35:31)

Total Time: 73:54

Line-up/Musicians

Olly Pearson - Vocals
Dominic Finbow - Guitar
Chris Chantler - Drums (Map of Hell)

About this release

Released as a digipak CD and also as a 'Die Hard' vinyl edition (with poster and
patch, black/purple splatter [disc 1] and black [disc 2], x200) and standard
vinyl edition (clear x200, black x600). This was followed by a second pressing
(green/black splatter x300).

Track 4 has three parts: I) Walpurgis, II) The Coming of 13, III) Exitus Templum

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aglasshouse
Now for something completely not different. Moss is a band hailing from the weirder side of doom metal- the occultist side. This area of doom has created some pretty weird and admittedly disturbing material, and UK's Moss is no exception.

If you've heard slow doom metal, you've never heard it like this. Most of the band's second album Sub Tempulum's monolithic 73 minute LP is devoted to the low rippling guitar screeches of Dominic Finbow with the slow cymbal crash on occasion. What I presume to be "vocals" of Olly Pearson's are distant, hoarse screams with indiscernible lyrics (not a big surprise). Honestly even with your basic "doom metal tools" laid perfectly out there for them Moss just seems to make a below-average album. Something I noticed is that Sub Templum is rather similar to Sleep's Dopesmoker, except just more repetitive, lower quality, and less fun. I myself as a fan of doom metal should know better than to expect much more from an obscure occult metal band, especially one from the doom genre, but I was nonetheless disappointing. This was even after I saw the decent album art. I'll pass on this one.

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