Our annual readers poll has now come to a close, and after hundreds of votes, we can now reveal that the winner of our ‘Best Album of 2024’ poll is:
WARPSTORMER – WARPSTORMER
Release Date: 29th November 2024
Label: London Doom Collective
Length/Runtime: 7 Tracks (40 minutes).
Genres: Stoner, Doom, Sludge.
Location: South London, UK.
FFO: Mastodon, High on Fire, Baroness.
Line-Up:
Richard J Morgan – voice
Simon Doggett – bass, voice
Adam Davies – guitar
James Loh – drums
For what initially started out as a plague-time project, the South London-based quartet have wasted no time at all in making a name for themselves amid the crowded confines of the UK underground metal scene.
WARPSTORMER, whose name is a subtle nod to the tabletop universe of Warhammer, are influenced as much by the ferocity of bands like High on Fire and Baroness, as they are by ambitious sci-fi centred classics like Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds.
“As you might expect given the name, we draw pretty heavily on sci-fi and fantasy themes in our lyrics,” explains vocalist, Richard J Morgan. “But in such a way that they serve as a sort of creative vessel for exploring the more psychologically harrowing aspects of 21st century life.”
Recorded in and around appearances at Desertfest London and Bloodstock Open Air over the summer with producer Wayne Adams (Green Lung, Gnome, Wasted Death) like the “warpstorms” that inspired its creation, the album is a hellish, messed-up realm of sonic chaos. Melding stoner-doom, thrash, and classic metal into something akin to ‘speed doom’, WARPSTORMER conflates existential bleakness and bludgeoning, yet catchy riffs, into one unmissable package.
Check out our full review of the album here!
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