Are Torche Doom?
I know I dig them well enough, and they’re way, way heavier on stage than they are on plastic, but are Floridian Hydra Head rockers Torche a doom band? They certainly fit into the realm of underground, semi-stoner metal, but I keep reading about them being doom pop or whatever and I’m not sure if I consider them doom at all, but something else entirely. Just something to think about while you enjoy the new video for “Across the Shields” from last year’s Meanderthal above. Any thoughts, please weigh in with a comment.
Tags: Bootleg Theater, Florida, Hydra Head, Torche
love this band, love doom.
doom this band is not. (damn yoda)
I find this music uplifting and joyous.
Heathen choir music.
No!
I think they are doom by association rather than sound.
I’ve listened to Meanderthal a few times and it’s a really cool record but it’s not doom. It reminds me of early QOTSA in some ways.
no, not doom at all, but post-something yes. I think they have something n common with baroness, for example, related to the massive use of clean vocals. Meanderthal is even ’emo-punk’ on some songs.
If they are Doom then I am burning all of my Trouble records.