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The Sombre, a work of Maurice de Jong, insanely prolific main man of Gnaw Their Tongues, De Magia Veterum, Cloak Of Altering, Hagetisse, Golden Ashes, and countless others, will release the third full-length entitled Monuments Of Grief on the 19th of August via Chaos Records. With The Sombre, de Jong returns to his roots. Having spent his formative musical years in doom and doom-death metal bands (1989-1996: Atrocious, Cauteror, and Soulwound), de Jong here reimagines the sound of his youth: doom-death metal inspired by the "Peaceville Three" and other early '90s doom/death pioneers.
Almost too perfectly titled, Monuments Of Grief is perhaps the most poignant distillation yet of The Sombre's heartwrenching style of doom-death. De Jong doesn't step too far away from the miserable majesty of those preceding two records, but there's an ever-so-slight expansion of atmosphere across Monuments Of Grief, as the man expertly swathes his towering creations with subtle synth and plaintive piano, all while always allowing the crush of sadness to wash over the listener. Listen to the brand-new track "From The Depths Of Misery" below. Link
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