GRIEVING AGE dedicate their souls to Doom Metal. Thereby the two featured tracks are that monumental as the unloading title of this album.

The extremely epic pieces meander out of the speakers in monolithic way. Enwrapped in a perfectly fitting sound vesture (Dan Swanö did the mix), the speed oscillates between lumbering slow-motion riffing and kind of Power-Doom metal in moderately hefty style. The desperate vocals from the tomb by Ahmed Shawli attach a partly aggressive touch to the compositions, whereby the second song turns out to be more variable. In this case, I like the enormous augmentation in speed. The music sounds ably arranged like a lava stream. Partly, the songs are not that hot continuously and the band seems to use the monotony as stylistic device, which could arouse an impelling effect as well.

For me, GRIEVING AGE play really convenient, but cumbersome slow motion music, this sounds suspenseful but not impelling enough. In the end, the impression of a dark monster work evolves, which would have needed more nice melodies and surprising elements to leave noticeable traces in my long-term-memory.