{"id":109974,"date":"2021-09-30T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=109974"},"modified":"2021-09-30T07:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T12:13:38","slug":"review-skepticism-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/review-skepticism-companion\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Skepticism<\/b> – Companion<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A closer look at the latest offering from funeral doom legends and pioneers Skepticism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It’s the 30th anniversary of funeral doom pioneers Skepticism. 30 years since first they took the fun out of funeral and the pace remains as slow as ever. In music, as in life. Companion<\/em> is the group’s 6th full length release, and arrives 6 years after its predecessor Ordeal<\/em>. (Although the hastiest little orcs got to enjoy a special re-release of their 2008 masterpiece Alloy<\/em>, coupled with 1999’s equally masterful mammoth Aes<\/em>, both on vinyl for the first time for the wax-huffing troupe.) And let us not forget 2018 saw the long overdue re-release and remaster of their legendary debut Stormcrowfleet<\/em>, restored to its rightful might, as “The Gallant Crow’s” originally cut intro found its way back in. In a way there’s been an abundance of Skepticism material released as of late, a relative abundance in the very least, culminating now with Companion<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Some things never change. The line-up of Skepticism is one such thing. Though technically their debut demo featured the talents of Tobias Kellgren as second vocalist, every member in the band now is original. Without enduring friend- and companionship, the years of toil, and the shared strength of vision which the years have honed, Skepticism would be a radically different group.<\/p>\n

Another such thing would be the 6-song tradition on each album. Although, since the group wasn’t satisfied with merely pioneering funeral doom, they also decided to pioneer record release parties. Which is to say that they were likely the first ever band to play a release party for an album before a single note of it had been recorded. Ordeal<\/em> was, in fact, recorded at said release party, in front of the audiences eyes, resulting in the evening’s encore – ’95’s “Pouring” and ’98’s”The March and The Stream” appearing on the record as well.<\/p>\n