The Doomgaze Thread

Jesu - "Jesu" (2004)

This week's revisit to this old favourite has finally seen me understanding what it is that people call "doomgaze". Forget how many websites tag this record. There's bugger-all drone metal or straight-up post-metal here. It's a combination of industrial metal & doom metal with a clear shoegaze influence to some of the vocals & melodic components which leaves me opting for an industrial doomgaze tag. It's a fantastic metal release too, one of my all-time favourites in fact with the more industrial material sounding very much like classic Godflesh & the doomier & more emotional inclusions being nothing short of incredible. This is some of Justin Broadrick (Fall of Because/Godflesh/Napalm Death) & drummer Ted Parsons' (Godflesh/Killing Joke/Prong/Swans) finest work.

For fans of Nadja, Godflesh & Isis.

4.5/5