Lie or Die

One could easily make the case for designating the Masters Apprentices as the best Australian rock band of the '60s. Featuring singer Jim Keays and songwriter/rhythm guitarist Mick Bower, the band's earliest recordings combined the gritty R&B/rock of Brits like the Pretty Things with the minor-key melodies of the Yardbirds…

Despite what some outside the scene may think, Doom covers a wide range of sounds and speeds. From the punk tinged angry bark of Saint Vitus, all the way to the near operatic storytelling of Candlemass, there is a wide spectrum. Chile’s own Capilla Ardiente, (Burning Chapel in English, just to annoy those full of religion and lacking in humour), fall solidly at the Candlemass end of that scale, not changing their style to follow fashion on this, their third album, ‘Where Gods Live And Men Die.’
For those who want to bang their heads and pump their fists into the air in a display of metal that is a marathon rather than a sprint, Capilla Ardiente have you covered. Whilst there is no urgency in any of the tracks, there is a crushing inexorability in the delivery of ‘Where Gods Live And Men Die’…