Nederland is een topband rijker, wie dat niet inziet heeft een gevalletje vogelgriep.

Zware metalen

De vorige plaat van het uit Hellevoetsluis afkomstige Heavy Lord was voor mij een zeer aangename kennismaking met deze band. Sludgy doom the way it's meant to be. Ik was dan ook weer erg blij dat er een nieuwe Heavy Lord promo door de immer chagrijnige TPG-medewerker in mijn brievenbus werd gedeponeerd.

En From Cosmos to Chaos stelt me niet teleur, ook dit album ronkt weer als een Orange County Chopper, en als grote verrassing heeft dit album een veel uniekere en eigenzinniger geluid dan de voorganger. Er wordt meer met tempo-wisselingen gespeeld, er wordt meer uitgehaald zowel op gitaargebied als op zang, en zodoende is er meer een echte sound. Vorig album was een topwerkje, maar het schortte wat aan herkenbaarheid. De band is wat experimenteler geworden, ietwat à la het helaas overleden Yob , maar dan met een grotere poot richting Grief .

Heavy Lord laat met dit album zien wat ze echt kunnen, de band is compositorisch met enorme springen vooruit gegaan en verdient gewoon een hele vette platendeal. Geef deze band een goed budget en er komt een album uit wat geheid een topper gaat worden. Nederland is een topband rijker, wie dat niet inziet heeft een gevalletje vogelgriep.

Score: 95/100

http://aardschok.com

In 2005 verscheen Heavy Lord's debuut album. Deze Nederlandse doom band kan er wat van zeg!
De muziek van Heavy Lord zit prima in elkaar; lekker duister sfeertje en de muzikanten kunnen goed overweg met de instrumenten.

De plaat bevat 5 nummers: Elephaunt, Scorpion Sting, The Ego Has Landed, One Is A Billion en While Empires Burn. Het album klinkt als een klok. Vooral het eerste nummer is zo lekker dat je gewoon zin krijgt om mee te brullen. De zang is lekker donker en klinkt smerig, wat precies past bij de muziek. Het enige minpuntje is, dat de nummers af en toe wat te lang duren, zodat je aandacht wel wat verslapt op het einde. Een prima plaat, en ik raad dan ook alle fans van het genre aan deze aan te schaffen. Rating: 79/100

 http://www.heavylord.nl/

 

The music, like I said, is still raw, sluggish and, above all, heavy. Sabbathy goodness, but with those 25 years of doom evolution thrown in for good measure.

doom metal .com

Review: As you can read in my review of 'The Holy Grail', I was pretty impressed with Dutch doomsters Heavy Lord. Well, that feeling seems to be right on the spot, as I'm impressed once again with this new release, which is scheduled for release in March 2006 by fledgling doom label Solitude Productions from Russia. In a way, this album is more of the same, when compared to the first album. But 'From Cosmos to Chaos'is a significant step up as well. The four guys from Heavy Lord are firmly in the driver's seat, so to speak, as this album sounds more confident and professional than the last one. A pretty big development in a short time. The production has improved greatly, without losing any amount of the grim heavyness that was present on the first disc. The music, like I said, is still raw, sluggish and, above all, heavy. Sabbathy goodness, but with those 25 years of doom evolution thrown in for good measure. Heavy Lord sounds scarily up to date, while still having the spunk to appeal to the more traditionally minded.Each of the five songs is a mix of low, dirty riffs, some calm and brooding parts (the beginning of "While Empires Burn" comes to mind) and some severe acceleration thrown in for good measure. Any doomster worth his title will catch himself banging at least several times during these 41 minutes. So, go out and get yourself some of this, is what I'd say. This is very decent underground heaviness for those who can't get enough of that creamy center of doom: the riffin'. Recommended for lovers of traditional and modern heaviness.

 

Your brethren in the Netherlands await your support.

stonerrock.com

Review by Tim Emswiler

It being the Halloween season and all, I was looking through the contents of The Magic Box (in reality a humble cardboard box which contains all the CDs waiting to be reviewed) for something appropriate. Well, when I came upon a band called Heavy Lord and their album entitled From Cosmos to Chaos, I was fairly certain I had hit the jackpot, and verily, I was right. Y’know, you probably don’t even need me to describe the music for you if you have a smidgen of imagination, but just in case – it’s slow, heavy, dark and doomy, and I like it very, very much.

There are five tracks on offer here, and opener “Elephaunt” is my pick of the litter, with its Cathedral-esque riffs and a killer vocal duo that coughs up the growls and tempers them with a slightly cleaner voice that still sounds stonedly evil. That’s not to say that the other tracks disappoint – they don’t. Nice dynamics, as shown by the semi-psych Children of the Grave-y vibe of the second track, “Scorpion Sting,” and a (dare I say?) something akin to a non-melodramatic Type O Negative feel on “While Empires Burn.” As cliche as it may be to say it, play this really fucking loud, and pad your furniture to prevent head injury. Your brethren in the Netherlands await your support.

Metalspheres Fanzine

http://www.metalspheres.de/cdreviews.php?ID=2299

 

Nachdem uns Heavy Lord auf dem Doom Shall Rise IV und damit wohl ein lohnenswerter Auftritt leider durch die Lappen gegangen sind, folgt hiermit nun zumindest ein genauerer Blick auf deren erste Label-Veröffentlichung „From Cosmos to Chaos“, der sich Solitude Productions aus Russland angenommen haben.
Die Niederländer gehen jedenfalls als wahre Klang-Schwergewichte durch, was bereits der irgendwie kultig betitelte Opener „Elephaunt“ deutlich macht. Massive traditionelle Doom-Riffs walzen aus den Boxen, eher simpel gehalten und auf das Wesentliche reduziert. Dazu erzeugen druckvolle Grooves und sehr rau gehaltene rockige Vocals ein dominierendes Sludge-Flair. Musik die ebenso an Electric Wizard denken lässt, wie auch Einflüsse aus der einschlägigen New Orleans-Szene deutlich macht. Während beim Opener die Zeitlupe durchgehend und im Songverlauf noch zunehmend prägend ist, liefert bereits „Scorpion Sting“ einen harschen Kontrast. Heavy Lord setzen eben auch auf heftigen Stoner Rock und können beachtlich aggressiv klingen. Allerdings verdeutlicht dieses Stück auch noch vorhandene Unschlüssigkeiten im Songwriting, die in schnelleren Passagen stärker zu Tage treten. Es fehlen abgesehen von „One is a Billion“ (Heavy Lord klingen hier im Chorus wie die Doom-Version einer Jazzcore-Band, sehr abgefahren) noch die wirklich überzeugenden Songideen, die Niederländer haben ihre Stärken eher darin, dass man angesichts der enormen Heaviness von „From Cosmos to Chaos“ unwillkürlich mitnicken muss. Respekt haben die Bandmitglieder aber allemal dafür verdient, dass sie sich trotz dem Rückgriff auf viele traditionelle Elemente längst nicht auf das Schippern in sicheren Fahrwassern verlassen, sondern munter an der eigenen Identität feilen. Ich bin also gespannt, wie es weitergeht - und das nächste Mal klappts auch live, versprochen.

Volker

Heavy Lord has become one of the top bands in Holland in this style of music.

www.quintessence.sh

Heavy Lord returns after an already great debut, “The Holy Grail” from 2004, with their sophomore release. This 5 track CD with over 40 minutes of music opens with a riff and drum pattern that reminds me of Confessor, but that's about the only thing comparable to that band. If I have to name some references I would say Heavy Lord sounds like a mixture of Cathedral, Electric Wizard and Crowbar. A damn heavy sound that is and it has been captured on tape very well courtesy of studio ‘t Pand in Vlaardingen, Holland. This studio used to be the main metal studio in the Rotterdam area, so it's good to hear the guys at that studio still know the tricks of the trade. Compared to their previous recording I feel that Heavy Lord has progressed quite a lot in their song writing. They really have put time and effort in these 5 compositions that are basically top heavy but also have their quieter moments which is great for the overall atmosphere this CD displays. Another noticeable progression is the way both guitars are mixed together, both the tone of the guitars fit each other very well, as well as the riffs that complement each other very nicely. I also have to mention vocalist Steven who has a fabulous and very varied voice that fits this type of sludgy doom metal the way it should. I dare to say that in their short period of existence Heavy Lord has become one of the top bands in Holland in this style of music. Well done lads!

 

De toon van de gitaren is perfect op elkaar afgestemd waardoor het geheel erg lekker klinkt.

live xs

Heavy Lord uit Hellevoetsluis debuteerde vorig jaar al overtuigend met de CD "The Holy Grail" en de heren komen nu met deze opvolger op de proppen. De band heeft duidelijk een flinke stap vooruit gezet, met name het samenspel van de twee gitaristen is subliem, de toon van de gitaren is perfect op elkaar afgestemd waardoor het geheel erg lekker klinkt. Muzikaal kun je Heavy Lord als sludgy doom omschrijven en invloeden van bands als Cathedral, Electric Wizard of Crowbar zijn duidelijk aanwezig; toch komen de 4 heren met een redelijk eigen geluid op de proppen, de zang is daar ook debet aan. Zanger Steven is gezegend met een gevarieerde strot. Er wordt vakkundig met dynamiek gespeeld binnen de songs met een degelijk en uiterst interessant werkstuk als resultaat.

- Sommige ietwat langdradige passages
+ Geweldig samenspel tussen de gitaristen

(PB)

Ik vrees de dag dat ze een budget hebben om eens duchtig een muur van geluid neer te zetten.

lords of metal

by Eric

Hellevoetssluis. Een plaatsnaam die ik nu niet meer los kan koppelen van het zware doomgezelschap Heavy Lord. Dit is al weer hun tweede release. Ten opzichte van hun debuut 'The Holy Grail' hoor je de groei in zowel songopbouw als in vocalen als in geluid. Het geluid is beter, rauwer, wanhopiger. Ik vrees de dag dat ze een budget hebben om eens duchtig een muur van geluid neer te zetten.

De CD begint met 'Elephaunt', een nummer dat wel erg Electric Wizard aanbidt maar dan op eigengereide wijze. 'Scorpion Sting' opent op een Grief manier waar Grief U tegen zou zeggen maar de song ontplooit zich als een log midtempo monster waar je je hoofd maar niet stil bij kunt houden.
'The Ego Has Landed' is over het algemeen weer wat langzamer. Maar de sterkte van Heavy Lord zit in de midtempo nummers als 'One is A Billion'. Erg verrassend is 'While Empires Burn', een tien minuten durend sferisch en mystiek voortkabbelend nummer wat steeds meer en meer aanzwelt tot een geordende chaos die voortdurend voortstuwt en maar niet stil wil gaan staan. Het lijkt wel een Neurosis, Mono, Isis achtig nummer. Zeker als na het geweld weer een stille processie wordt ingebouwd om weer te laten aanzwellen tot een vorm van natuurgeweld. De vocalen komen in dit nummer erg sterk uit de verf, maar over de gehele CD gezien geven de vocalen de muziek een extra dimensie. Daar waar de muziek wanhoop ten gehore geeft, geeft de stem de klank van ellende en hoop weer. Super gedaan. Alleen jammer dat ik het artwork niet kan beoordelen en ik problemen had om de CDR af te spelen. Dat moet professioneler kunnen. Met de juiste aanpak kunnen ze zelfs doorbreken, wereldwijd! Er moet toch een label zijn die iets kan betekenen voor deze jongens. Hoe het ook zij, een enorme aanwinst voor de doomscene!

Score: 85/100 ( toelichting )

If you enjoy taking in a good dose of pissed off vocals and extremely heavy riffage then look no further because this track commands volume in large quantities

Downtune Despondency

by Kitty

Once again I have had the pleasure of reviewing the extreme brutality know as HEAVY LORD. From Cosmos to Chaos, Heavy Lord's second release, has proven to be a worthy follow on from their debut The Holy Grail. From Cosmos to Chaos features 5 skull crushing tracks that yet again feature ferocious vocals, distorted guitars and brain pounding drum beats that would meet the disapproval of any straight laced neighbours when cranked at loud decibels!

The CD starts and finishes with 2 marathon tracks. To begin with, Elephant, running at 11.15 mins a nice introduction to the carnage that's about to unveil, and to conclude we have While Empires Burn playing time at 10:47 mins. Both tracks representing and demonstrating the power this band has to offer. Wedged in between these two monstrous tracks we have Scorpion Sting. A winding spiral of guitars which leads us into some frantic poundage on the drums, WOUT you are the man! For me the entering into The Ego Has Landed is the eye of the storm... by far my top pick of the CD.  If you enjoy taking in a good dose of pissed off vocals and extremely heavy riffage then look no further because this track commands volume in large quantities. One Is A Billion eases the listener down from the chaotic ride and leads us into this magnificant track While Empires burn, the finale. I must say this one is a different approach for Heavy Lord, in my opinion, this song takes on a more melancholic feel in comparison to their previous work. Once again the vocals in this track are nothing short of brilliant, taking on many forms throughout the song. DREADFUL and I say that with the highest regards. Keep bringing it Heavy Lord.

In the closing of this review I wanted to address the fact that some have placed Heavy Lord in the "Stoner Rock" category. Whilst I respect everyone's opinions and also have to point out that I myself am a fan of stoner rock, I honesty don't know what you guys have been sticking in your pipe because these boys are far from stoner rock they are DOOM DOOM DOOM inhale the misery!!!

Minder dan een jaar na de eerste cd levert Heavy Lord al een opvolger af.

Fret

Daan de Mooy

Minder dan een jaar na de eerste cd levert Heavy Lord al een opvolger af. De Hellevoetsluise doomband vervolgt het trage pad dat men met het debuut is ingeslagen, maar legt in enkele nummers ook wat meer tempo aan de dag. Daarvan klinkt vooral One In A Billion erg goed, maar ook in het voornamelijk langzame The Ego Has Landed heeft het viertal enkele vette riffs weten samen te smeden. Zoals in alle nummers speelt de gevarieerde zang van Steven een belangrijke rol. In de lome afsluiter When Empires Burn vind ik de experimentele zangpartijen minder geslaagd.

Many long instrumental parts that you can really get lost in.

nightritual.com

Here's a great release for fans of the Black Sabbath worshiping stoner doom style of metal.  This band is from The Netherlands, and they offer up five tracks of slow, heavy as fuck metal.  The guitars and guitar harmonies at times made me think of CATHEDRAL.  The vocals remind me a little of Eric Wagner (TROUBLE) in that they are a little painful to listen to, yet they somehow fit the music well.  The vocals sound a little bit like if Lemmy decided to sing some doom, if you can imagine that.  Many long instrumental parts that you can really get lost in.  Overall HEAVY LORD should appeal to fans of bands such as ELECTRIC WIZARD, SOLACE and ST. VITUS, just to name a few. 

score 85/100

one which almost rivals Crowbar's ‘Like Broken Glass' in its repeating-chug-groove awesomeness

Load of Noise Zine

Any fan of Crowbar, Electric Wizard and Down, in fact any New Orleans style sludge, should check out Heavy Lord. It is a ballsy name for a band but they have many a riff with which to back it up! 5 songs in 40 minutes gives you an indicator of the kind of tracks HL bring to the fold; weighty, long and heavy as hell. ‘Scorpion Sting' kicks off with my favourite riff of the cd, one which almost rivals Crowbar's ‘Like Broken Glass' in its repeating-chug-groove awesomeness. Like many doom/sludge bands HL aren't afraid to draw a song out for as long as they feel like, keeping the riffs flowing and then gradually slowing them down to a complete standstill. This is an excellent release with one minor criticism which is that it sounds a lot like its influences, but when they are Down and Crowbar this is easily forgivable!

www.barikada.com

Nova velika nada holandskog dooma trebao bi biti akt naziva Heavy Lord. Deluju u postavi kvarteta, a do sada su objavili dva izdanja u sopstvenoj reziji: "The Holy Grail" (2004) i "From Cosmos To Chaos" (2005). Oba njihova albuma naisla su u doom orijentisanim glasilima na veoma povoljne reakcije, a Holandjani su, takodje, i koncertno aktivni. Do sada su na domacem tlu nastupali zajedno sa grupama kao sto su: Crowbar, High On Fire, Reverend Bizzare.

"From Cosmos To Chaos" je izdanje na kojem se naslo pet duzih numera. Holandjani su pod uticajem dooma pridoslog iz 90-tih godina, i to onog kojeg su na scenu doneli sastavi poput: Cathedral, Electric Wizard i pomenutog Crowbar. Ima u njihovom soundu uticaja i nezaobilaznih Black Sabbath, a to je narocito vidljivo preko, po meni, najkvalitetnije numere na albumu koja se zove "Scorpion Sting". Spori i teski rifovi i ocekivana disciplinovana monotonija, katakterisu songove sa albuma koji pokazuju da Holandjani dobro barataju materijom. Svakako, to je dobar zalog za buducnost.

Vanaf opener Elephaunt sleurt Heavy Lord je in een traag tempo door de 5 nummers heen

www.blastbeat.nl

From Cosmos To Chaos is voor mij de eerste kennismaking met het uit Hellevoetsluis afkomstige Heavy Lord. De mannen leveren ruim een jaar na hun debuut The Holy Grailweer alweer een tweede schijf af, die een flinke portie Sludgy Doom bevat.

Vanaf opener Elephaunt sleurt Heavy Lord je in een traag tempo door de 5 nummers heen, af en toe wordt er op nummers als Scorpion Sting en One In A Billion en plaats gemaakt voor wat meer tempo, waar heavy lord op zijn best is. Het nummer The Ego Has Landed begint traag maar schroeft midden in het nummer het tempo op met een gitaarsolo, en zo zitten en er nog veel meer verassingen op From Cosmos To Chaos. Naast het prima instrumentale werk op de cd, bevallen de afwisselende vocalen van Steven mij ook erg goed en passen uitstekend bij de muziek.

Zo, dat was een hoop positiefs over deze plaat, als je ook nog een glimlach krijgt bij het horen van Grief, moet je From Cosmos To Chaos zeker aanschaffen!

Tracklist:

Score: 90/100

they manage to get a grip on me when I'm stoned. Which of course is the most important thing about this music in the first place. Duh!

metalrage.com

http://www.metalrage.com/reviews/860

Although the Dutch doom metal scene isn't that big, our nation does have some bands that are definitely worth listening to. Like Officium Triste and Mary Bell for instance. Prepare for the first decent stoner doom band to get a foot on the shore of sheer heaviness.

This promo from 2005 is the second one they've released, but the first one I actually hear. And to tell you the truth it doesn't sound that bad at all. I've encountered them several times across the nation, playing with a variety of bands that I like, and usually they managed to please with their music. Vocally it varied a lot between good and bad, so I was very interested in his capabilities on this recording. So we start out with a eleven minute long trip called “Elephaunt” , which consists of the most comfortable listening stoner doom this country has to offer. To be honest, in my register they don't stand a chance against giants like Electric Wizard and High on Fire , but they manage to get a grip on me when I'm stoned. Which of course is the most important thing about this music in the first place. Duh! We are treated on a variety of heavy grooving stoner riffs, depressing melodic passages, and of course the slow bludgeoning doom drones. Accompanied by some nice beats that are never too present or absent this stands for some nice music. That drummer delivers a monstrous live performance by the way, that dude sure packs some devastating power. Vocally it still varies. The vocal duties are executed by the bassist, who has the heavy stoner voice and the somewhat singing voice that is occasionally off, and one of the guitar players that produces a dirty scream that I like. Well to me this says we have a nice addition to our nation's scene, as small as it may be. A scene in which I'm bound to encounter them a whole lot more, and that is not a bad thing!
Line Up:
For some reason, these mysterious doomers wish to remain anonymous. They must be afraid for all the fanmail they will receive after people read this magnificent review.

Track Listing:
1. Elephaunt
2. Scorpion Sting
3. The Ego Has Landed
4. One Is A Billion
5. While Empires Burn

74% of 100%

by Demon Dust

take the swampy NOLA-bred sound, complement it with some Electric Wizard hard drug jams and Gaz Jennings-like megariffs

Hellride music

http://www.hellridemusic.com/forum/showthread.php
?t=10305&highlight=heavy+lord

While listening to “Scorpion Sting” for the first time, I had a flashback to '95, playing Down's classic first album NOLA in my white Chevy Lumina company car. I had just scored an 8-ball and I was doing key hits all the way back home on the 5 freeway. Great album, but what a fucking wreck I was back then. Holy shit.

Flashback to the bad ol' days aside, the Dutch sludgedoom outfit of Heavy Lord take the swampy NOLA-bred sound, complement it with some Electric Wizard hard drug jams and Gaz Jennings-like megariffs. The vocals, admittedly, are an acquired taste… a phlegmy Kirk Windsteinwith a Dutch accent kicking Lemmy in the nuts seems is the only thing I can come up with. But the music is really pretty damn impressive…and oppressive if you get my meaning. Some highlights are the sudden crescendos and tempo changes in “The Ego Has Landed” and especially in the last track, “While Empires Burn”. The latter recalls the Rollin's Band slow-burning mindfuck “Gun In Mouth Blues” of off Life Time . Really good stuff.

I was impressed enough to import this baby from Russia, so that's a seal of approval by itself. That's a pain in ass, pretty much. If you can get past the vocals, this really is a pretty killer collection of 90's influenced doom. It's the anti-drone cure for the bandwagon blues.

Chris Barnes

HEAVY LORD has got potential and deserves a lot more attention

Thoughts of metal

http://users.pandora.be/mettal/ThoughtsOfMetal/reviews/reviews_cd2006.htm

While this album was self-released in the fall of 2005, the Russian label Solitude Prod. reached an agreement with HEAVY LORD and released it last March, on the 22nd.

HEAVY LORD was founded by guitarists Jeff and Wes Lee, both from Hellevoetsluis. Being fans of '90s Doom and BLACK SABBATH, they decided to have their own band and soon bass player Steve and drummer Wout joined the fold.

December 2004 saw the release of the first offering "The Holy Grail" , which received positive comments from the scene. Doing more gigs and continuing the writing process for the follow-up, "From Cosmos To Chaos" saw the light of day little than a year later.

"From Cosmos To Chaos" features five songs, totalling a running time of at least 40 minutes. "Elephaunt" kick off and clocks in after 11 minutes, so brace yourself. One point of criticism: the repetition of the same riffs during quite some time, but I guess it's part of the thought behind the song.

The band also knows to increase the tempo a little and the very nice "Scorpion Thing" offers more activity, more liveliness. Towards the end of the song the demonic vocals take the upperhand.

"The Ego Has Landed" , a copy of SAXON's "The Eagle Has Landed" ? Not in terms of music, no, hehehe. This is another long song, over eight minutes, and does the genre justice as it advances really slowly. Around 3:20 there's a short calm moment with just the guitar. Around the fifth minute it's solo time and the drums are more active here. One minute later, the bass steps to the forefront with the drums and guitars keeping up the heaviness. But why do I hear similarities (riffs) with METALLICA's "Frantic" ? The screaming vocals certainly should have been left silent, they don't fit here.

"One Is A Billion" takes a slow start, but advances a bit faster shortly after. Here too, but in the chorus, the screaming vocals have been implemented. And again, they don't do the song any good. The song itself is not really bad, but it seems to drag itself towards the end.

The last track, "While Empires Burn" , sounds very peaceful for the first couple of minutes. No screams or yelling here, only normal singing. Then a load of heaviness is thrown at you in a somewhat chaotic way, but I guess that's the idea, when you look at the title. ;-) Shortly before the end, the guys kick down the pedal making everyone play faster for that short time, after which things turn to normal again.

The music is important here, mainly the instruments doing the 'talking'. The vocals are used to stress certain events/parts, not to tell whole stories. The production is quite good. Nothing professional or polished, but still very fitting for the band's playing. HEAVY LORD has got potential and deserves a lot more attention. If you like Doom Metal (in general or the slow kind), then I think you better have a look at and listen to this Dutch band.

Slow, heavy tunes, with melancholic but also angry feeling and a sound that supports all these

metal-invader

http://www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-3135.html

This is the second promo work from HEAVY LORD and it is dated from 2005. They play Doom Metal with everything that this fact means: Slow, heavy tunes, with melancholic but also angry feeling and a sound that supports all these. The music of the band is very nice and I have to say that I had long time to listen to something so nice musically from this genre. What I didn't enjoyed that much were the vocal lines and I don't mean the voice but the lines themselves. The voice is very nice but there is something in the vocal rhythm that made me feel not very comfortable with them. And it is really pity because this is a band with great abilities and also a very mice voice. If they work in a different way during the songwriting in the vocal parts of the tracks I believe that in the future HEAVY LORD will offer us remarkable works.
Official site: www.heavylord.nl

Andreas Kourtidis

Thick and heavy guitar orientated songs that drive the melody through the songs

brutalism

http://www.brutalism.com/heavylord_r.html

Heavy Lord is a Dutch band that is playing sludge doom metal. The band released their first effort under the name of "The Holy Grail" in 2004 and at the end of 2005 this new release came out. Touched by Black Sabbath and 90s doom you get 5 tracks that are heavy down tuned slow songs. Thick and heavy guitar orientated songs that drive the melody through the songs. Vocals are rasp singing in long duration songs with plenty of musical melodies passages. In short it is just heavy and solid doom metal

My cdr copy of “From Cosmos To Chaos” also has some multimedia stuff on it including a 6- minute   promo video for this Hellevoetsluis band which is well done and adds a nice touch. Named after the Cathedral track “Heavy load”,  this four piece is a mere 4 years old, yet has already mastered the bludgeoning territory of sludge and doom metal matched with small doses of deadly drone bit(e)s

 “ Elephaunt” is the microcosm of everything that Heavy Lord is about: slow, punishing riffage, pounding rhythm section and hellish unintelligible vocals. The rest of the 30 minutes of the disc follows much the same formula, but not a single minute is dull or wasted. ”Scorpion sting” seethes with a slow, intense hatred, then drops ten-megaton Black Sabbath/Autopsy filthy style riffs on you and hits the best grooves on the disc, that must be heard at high volumes to understand. It all comes to a peak on “The ego has landed” which could claim its place on any classic genre album you care to name. This is an exhilarating mix of monstrous, sludge-filled metal that lumbers between stretches of slow NOLA -grooves and faster, heavier moments held together by some of the most unearthly screaming growls thanks to one Kamaraad Steven. As for guitars in this song, it's not so much the quality of their solos that succeeds, as their timing or should I say ‘break free’, bursting intensity, and delivery that sends chills up your spine. “One of a billion” is a giant, destructive wall of sound moving at a claustrophobic, paranoid, twisted deadly pace, this is some crushing shit. “While empires burn” plods along, and then just when you are about to settle, Heavy Lord cut loose with Kamaraad 808 pounding like Paul Whaley (Blue Cheer) on valium with timing.

An effortlessly brutal listen in every sense , .

91/100

Chaosmasseur.

This is Doom. And I don’t mean the sappy kind where you can make any reference to Gothic or epic whatsoever, but pure sludgy and groovy doom,

metal-observer

http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=10979

This is Doom. And I don’t mean the sappy kind where you can make any reference to Gothic or epic whatsoever, but pure sludgy and groovy doom, build on a foundation of heavy riffs. The culprits are HEAVY LORD, from The Netherlands whom with this “From Cosmos To Chaos” have released their second album.

 

Next to the guitar work which can be seen as an extreme sludgy and heavy version of SABBATH-styled riffs HEAVY LORD uses a bit of experimentation to add variety. The vocals for example are usually pretty distorted and half sung/half growled but the second half of “Elephaunt” sees some really psychedelic singing over calmer music which works really well. “The Ego Has Landed” (song-title of the year!) has a brilliant sharp solo coming out of nowhere and continues with great groovy and almost galloping riffs. And “Scorpion Sting” in the beginning has an unmistakable “Children Of The Grave” vibe that works really well with their heavy kind of Doom.

 

Back to vocals – “One In Billion” has everything from shrieking screams to deep growls to desperate shouts and it always seems to fit their sound. Because there are only five songs on this 40+ minute album every one of them is lengthy with many different sections, all varying in quality, so it’s hard to point a favourite song. Nonetheless the variety is subtle yet real good but I can’t help but feel that this album reveals only a part of their talent; if they improve the songwriting they should be capable of even more interesting stuff!

 “From Cosmos To Chaos” is an impressive debut and highly recommended work, especially if you are into the most dense, crawling and muddy side of extreme music.

Burning Black

http://www.burningblack.net/index_1.htm

This is the second release and first full length of this Dutch Sludge/Doom Metal band formed back in 2002. Following the well-received “Holy Grail” demo 2004, this testament of brutality and heaviness comes. The music of Heavy Lord is very influenced by the whole nineties Stoner/Doom Metal phenomenon, that is to say, bands like Electric Wizard, Sleep, St. Vitus and Cathedral seems to be a huge influence on them, but we can’t talk about Doom Metal without the deserved reference to the mighty Black Sabbath… this case, isn’t the exception. The album starts with “Elephaunt”, the longest track of this album, with 11 minutes 15 seconds of Stoner groove, mid to crawling-slow sabbatical riffs, Sleep-like dope smelling atmospheres and an amazing vocal work, ranging from raspy Hard Rocking tones, low deep clean tones to deathly low grunts. Then “Scorpion Sting” comes with the most rocking piece of this album, the low tuned riffing drives the whole song with mid paced structures and catchy bass guitar lines, the vocal delivers the mentioned raspy, powerful vocals, this time mixed with insane screams, adding an interesting twisted aura (ala Burning Witch). The slow apocalypse continues with “The Ego Has Landed” a great eight minutes piece of sludgy Doom Metal, the Rock structures and guitar lines are mixed here, with the rawness of Doom Metal resulting in an accurate musical hybrid. “One In A Billion” continues with a thick piece of Heavy Doom Metal, with a predominantly inhuman vocal work that ranges from blackish shrieks, dead growls to semi grunted voices. The suffocating atmospheres of this song are only comparable with the most extreme Funeral Doom. The burial paced riffing only expands the claustrophobic sound. Closing this album is “While Empires Burns”, at this track the vocals are, once again an indisputable highlight, with a clean deep Mike Patton like vocals mixed with desperate screams. This is the obscurest track of this album, the sorrowful auras are complemented by the funeral paced guitars and the cadent drumming, while the bass add a huge profundity to the whole song…  “From Cosmos To Chaos” is an impressive debut and highly recommended work, especially if you are into the most dense, crawling and muddy side of extreme music. (AP)

Heavy Lord have considerably more groove than the increasingly dense balls of molten lead that Yob produced

Nine hertz

http://www.ninehertz.co.uk/reviews.php?id=345

This is the second CD from Dutch four piece Heavy Lord, the other being a demo titled 'The Holy Grail' from 2004. From what I can gather, this is their first real official release and came out on Solitude Productions back in the latter months of 2006. I've been listening to it for a while now and it has really paid dividends to have been able to assimilate it properly. for sure and I guess you'd expect as much from a five track CD that lasts a little over 40 minutes. There are a couple af shorter tracks (around 5 minutes) but, it is the longer ones that really impress on repeat listens.

Opening track 'Elephant' begins pretty riff heavy and moderatly sludgy. Here as elsewhere on the album there is a good mix of low bellowed vocals and some more throaty screams. It's good stuff and enjoyable for sure. Many bands would probably be happy, having established a groove and a good riff like this, to just repeat it and work the song to a rupturing climax. Heavy Lord eschew the expected path choosing instead to work-in subtle tempo changes and variation to gradually guide the track to a stop after 11 minutes.

Of the other two longer tracks on the CD, the last track 'While Empires Burn' is the most striking. It's a slow build up, lots of atmosphere and a surprising amount of melody though it is by no means light hearted. It only gets past mid pace after seven or so minutes but is strangely compelling in it's intensity and intent. It reminds me in places of Ultraspank (look them up if you can be bothered) and is an impressive ending to a thoroughly impressive album.

I initially approached this release with a little scepticism as I'm not usually a fan of songs that go on too long. That is not to say I dislike long songs. Rather that I believe it takes a certain level of song craft to compose ten minutes plus tunes that hold interest and are not simply the same riff repeated 20 times. Especially if you chose to stick with one particular style of music, in this case heavy doom. Yob were a prime example of perfectly crafted, heavy doom epics. Heavy Lord have considerably more groove than the increasingly dense balls of molten lead that Yob produced, but I find that the two share an ability to craft longer tunes of real interest that is currently pretty rare. If you have the patience this is