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The Diving Bell - Chrome Ghost (2019)
Today we get some heavy and booming music that also manages a fair amount of shine and beauty.
This central California outfit never spares the volume (or the bassy drum acoustics) but don’t just make a gloomy mess of it either.
They rise above the sludge with consistent melodic vocals, cinematic crescendo, and gorgeous interludes.
Halo is the shortest and hardest-punching track here, with vocal harmonies shining through the gloom.
The title track, by contrast, is a 14 minute epic that swings from calm to metal AF fury but stays at a steady midtempo clip.
