So since receiving this album last week I haven't stopped listening to it, normally the sign of a very good album and in the case of 'God Is Good,' this is an absolutely sublime album.
Om are a curious outfit made up of just two members, Al Cisneros (formerly of stoner rock legends Sleep) on vocals and bass and Emil Amos (Grails)replacing Chris Haikus on drums.
The four songs on this album take the listener into a dark and eerie world of atmospheric rituals and personal convictions transcribed into verse. Om seek to move you and with songs such as the nineteen minute opener 'Thebes' you can see how. Thebes is a mesmerising, sometimes haunting tale building up to eight or nine minutes of some of the best riffs you will hear this year, complete with Cisneros's chanting.
Oh and did I mention it was produced by living legend Steve Albini? who does wonders for Om's sound, a sound in which if in the wrong hands could be a disaster but Albini does what he does best and has helped produced an album that takes the genre of stoner rock to whole new levels, much like Sleep ten years ago bringing the genre into the limelight, Cisneros and co have completely revolutionised what you may expect from a stoner rock album.
The album artwork is awesome as well, with special printing techniques used to make the gold bits really stand out.
This is the full package.
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