Review by Sonny for Godthrymm - Reflections (2020)

Godthrymm were founded by respected UK doom metal guitarist Hamish Glencross, ex-member of Solstice and My Dying Bride. This is the band's first full-length album after releasing a couple of well-received EPs, particularly 2018's A Grand Reclamation. The guitarist's sojourns in both bands have left their mark all over this album, combining the sorrowful mourning of MDB with Solstice's epic doom sensibilities, resulting in an album with one foot rooted firmly in the past of UK doom metal and the other reaching for the future and although it's sound echoes from the 90's it's influences combine to form a modern release nonetheless. Glencross' vocals have the requisite mournfulness, but also have a strength to them that suggest a spirit tested but not broken by the sorrows heaped upon it. Occasional female vocals add another layer of epic mourning to the atmosphere. The huge riffs convey a dark power that is infused with a sense of dread and yet a determination to prevail. All in all an impressive debut album from a seasoned doom metal warrior's latest incarnation that should appeal to any and all fans of UK doom.