Releasedate: 25-08-2009; Label: 20 Buck Spin
\nBy: Sabine van Gameren<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n
Laudanum are a formation coming from California, USA. Genrewise they hit the sludge\/Doom side of metal and they had their debut released in 2004. \u201cThe Coronation\u201d is their second full-length.
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\nFirst thing to notice when hearing this album is that there is a slight touch of industrial over this band. It is layered well and some instruments as horn give a surprising element to their sound. I found the vocals very surprising as well. They bring a bit black metal attitude to the atmospheric area that Laudanum creates. There are both male and female vocals hearable on the album, but the male vocals bring more brutalism. Though, they might have come from deeper places than where they are coming from now, to gain an even more drastic effect. The vocals are provided by all of the band members, but none of them seems to make it his specialty, not even lead vocalist Nathan. Nevrtheless, it\u2019s not too much of an interrupting factor.<\/p>\n
In general, there is plenty of variance to hear in the music which keeps my attention very well, which could not really be said by the release of Nadja\/Black Bone Angel of the same label. Laudanum made an interesting album, surely on the grow. I won\u2019t forget their name, for the sake of a future pearl.<\/p>\n