“Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.” -Schopenhauer Prairie doom. Something about that designation seems incredibly fitting; on the plains, as often as not only the wind is to be heard, only a stunted tree here and there to be seen, and the surroundings are identified more by absence than presence. Doom’s inherent vastness, then, may be the perfect accompaniment to this environment. Its sprawling compositions, long and ponderous riffs, its willingness to let less be more stands in opposition to the packed-to-the-gills compositions and breakneck speed of tech death, the frenzy of … Continue reading Reviewed: Altars of Grief – Iris