This band is fantastic. They evolved into more of a Graveyard or Witchcraft doomy blues-rock sound, but on this, their debut, they had one foot firmly planted in metal. I think I didn’t buy this one a long time ago because I was so caught up in their other albums, but having revisited it I think I like it the best. The harder edge lends new weight to the desert/stoner genre at large. Lute FP
...wandering into a wooded night, the sky flashes unearthly bright, silhouette of an enormous, antlered figure. Your ears may not translate Outlands' building, tribal sounds that coalesce from chants, guitar building from meditative to Earth-shattering riffs, eternal grooves, and a general sense of mysticism, into my own ocular imaginings. You may not see the sky crack open when Szymon Ewertowski and Adrian Gadomski sing that last, guttural "Higher!" Music is subjective. Outlands is incredible. Nicholasw
Former members of the great band SubRosa return as The Otolith, and their debut LP finds them at the peak of their mighty powers. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 24, 2022