By: Mark Tremblay
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 13/09/2017
Label: Possessed Records
“Not Everyone Deserves a Happy Ending” is full of riffs; riffs that pummel, slow-to-a-crawl,
and riffs that grind everything to dust. Occvlt
Hand have really created an exercise in the variety of heavy
riffs one can employ on a record without ever repeating themselves, or creating
a similar experience.
“Not Everyone Deserves A Happy Ending”
CD//DD//LP track listing:
1). Intro
2). Smash My Bones, Inhale The Dust
3). Michael
4). Total fucking Absence of Light
5). He Who Walks Behind The Rows
6). Interlude
7). Long Live The New Flesh
8). Not Everyone Deserves A Happy Ending
The Review:
Occvlt Hand
have
unleashed their slab of Crowbar/Entombed
worship sludge metal. This album has one goal, to be a crushingly heavy
experience for the listener. Although it
is the bands first full length record, the pacing and sonic flow of the album
is spot on. This is not merely a collection of heavy tracks, but a logical flow
of ideas. Playing this record in a different order would almost cheapen the
experience. Very few young bands appreciate the experience of an album, so it
is impressive the way Occvlt Hand
is able to write with this in mind.
“Not Everyone Deserves a Happy
Ending” is full of riffs; riffs that pummel, slow-to-a-crawl,
and riffs that grind everything to dust. Occvlt
Hand have really created an exercise in the variety of heavy
riffs one can employ on a record without ever repeating themselves, or creating
a similar experience. What is perhaps
the most exciting thing about the record is to see where Occvlt Hand goes from here. It seems that the
possibilities for this band going forward are endless.
“Not
Everyone Deserves A Happy Ending” is available here
