DAMNATION’S HAMMER – Into The Silent Nebula

“Into The Silent Nebula” is the third album by DAMNATION’S HAMMER featuring eight songs of relentless heavy metal, incorporating the band’s trademark doom-laden groove.

Once again produced by Mark Mynett, the opus builds on the foundations set by the previous album, “Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres”.

The opening salvo of “Sutter Cane” and “Do Not Disturb The Watchmaker” are a riff-laden feast, the former almost chaotic in feel and featuring a brief spoken word part by Aaron Stainthorpe of My Dying Bride! Then “Do Not Disturb The Watchmaker” kicks in with its serpentine groove before descending into a thrashing chorus.

The album still retains the huge riffs that DAMNATION’S HAMMER is known for, however “Into The Silent Nebula” is more adventurous than its predecessor, for example the companion to the title track – simply called “The Silent Nebula” – is an atmospheric, bluesy instrumental, laid back but still with an ominous feeling. The track closes with a lazy, melodic bass-line whilst Sakis from Rotting Christ quotes from the album’s title track.

Elsewhere on the opus, “The Hex IV” is a soundscape created by blending the organic sounds of the planets in our solar system with the “in utero” heartbeat of vocalist Tim’s daughter.

The centerpiece of the album however is “Outpost 31”, an epic 8-minutes-long track based on the classic 1982 horror film “The Thing”.

Fenriz from Darkthrone “stars” as the voice of the Norwegian helicopter pilot on this song! It opens with a clean section complete with the Norwegian’s frantic warning before a tense, driving riff kicks in. “Outpost 31” will be complimented by an animated video of the movie!

Tracklist:

01 – Sutter Cane
02 – Do Not Disturb The Watchmaker
03 – Outpost 31
04 – Into The Silent Nebula
05 – The Silent Nebula
06 – The Call Of The Void
07 – The Hex iv
08 – The Moon And The Waters Of Death

Line-Up:

– Tim Preston – Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
– Ady Farnell – Lead Guitar Jamie Fowler – Bass
– Gary Bevan – Drums

Guest Musicians:

– Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride)
– Spoken word on “Sutter Cane”
– Sakis Tolis (Rotting Christ)
– Spoken word on “The Silent Nebula”
– Fenriz (Darkthrone)
– Norwegian voice on “Outpost 31”