If there ever was a title that lived up to its name, then it’s the debut EP title, Church Music for Satanists from British doom band The Sorrow of Being Immaculate.
Moody and with the perfect amount of doom and gloom, Church Music for Satanists is the personification of what doom or sludge music is.
On the EP, the band says,
“During a trip to North Wales Church Music for Satanists EP was written in a rented caravan in early Autumn 2023. Those long nights in the dank Welsh countryside and the fear of nefarious local folklore spirits Old Magw the Witch & The Gwyllion seeped into these songs giving them an atmospheric doom.”
It’s that odious and dark fear that makes the seven track EP a distorted mix of fuzz and dissonance that bites at the inside of the mouth with a sensation of uneasiness and trepidation.
Of the seven songs, two songs, the title track and “360 Degrees” are remixes that up the ante of each song, creating a darker and more harrowing atmosphere where one is destined to lose their soul.
MUST LISTEN TRACKS: “Church Music for Satanists”, “360 Degrees”
