{"id":13436,"date":"2013-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=13436"},"modified":"2013-08-04T12:25:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T12:25:01","slug":"album-review-dogstone-broken-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-dogstone-broken-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGSTONE – Broken Peace (2013) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOGSTONE
Broken Peace<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2013)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dogstone are a Russian trio who hail from the Kemerovo region of Russia. I\u2019d not been aware of these guys until I slapped my eyes and ears onto this debut eight-track album Broken Peace<\/em>. The band has been busy since forming in 2009, with a demo emerging in 2010 and an EP, Time Of Waste<\/em>, in 2011.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t really know what to expect from these guys, but I was quite surprised by their rollicking brand of doomy metal. If I had to pigeonhole these guys then I\u2019d day that they fit somewhere between Corrosion of Conformity (at their weightiest), Down and sludgy doom metal. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s not an acquired taste, as their sound is upbeat, heavy and gritty, and the vocals of Kirill Skorobogatov are certainly aggressive and meaty working perfectly in tandem with the dirty guitars (also provided by Kirill) and the big drums of Anatoliy Sobolevsky.<\/p>\n

Album opener \u2018Crocodile Tears\u2019 is a monolithic seven-minute slab of a tune that takes a while to get going, but once it does it really flexes its muscles as an unhealthy dose of rock \u2019n\u2019 roll. Dogstone are not strictly doomy, the band preferring to commentate on local issues rather than rainy myths. The introductory news sample pretty much sums up the stark reality of this smouldering beast, which I think has the potential to make itself known worldwide amongst metal fans.<\/p>\n

\u2018Lynch\u2019 ups the pace and is a fiery track featuring a catchy riff and sneering vocal assault and clumping Stanislav Yakovenko bass. Church Of Misery and their brand of seediness springs to mind at times, just because of the whole filthy rock \u2019n\u2019 roll nature of it all, the band clearly comfortable with shifting between foetid doom sludge and more boisterous moments.<\/p>\n

\u2018Black Sheep\u2019 slows the pace again, the drum jabs hard and the vocals really do spit and drool black saliva all over the speakers, while the earthy rattle of \u2018The Wings Of Revolution\u2019 is a far punkier affair with its raucous vocals and hypnotic riff.<\/p>\n

The strangest inclusion on the opus however is the cover of Metallica\u2019s \u2018Nothing Else Matters\u2019 which despite its subtle intro becomes layered with soot and practically unrecognisable as it\u2019s injected with an infected syringe. If only Metallica\u2019s own version had been so seething!<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the band trudge on through fuzzed out murk of \u2018Doomed To Death\u2019, the toxic guffaw of \u2018Blind Messiah\u2019 and the grungy closing title track, with its sullen acoustics which melt into a billowing crescendo of black smoke and spilled oil.<\/p>\n

While relatively obscure at the moment, I\u2019m sure given the right promotion Dogstone will get the recognition they deserve, and I can\u2019t think of a better noise to disrupt the tranquillity.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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