Astral Tomb - Soulgazer LP (color vinyl)

ASTRAL TOMB's debut album, bearing five tracks across a succinct-yet-expansive 37 minutes, Soulgazer's component song titles could truly tell its (twisted, interstellar) story: "Transcendental Visions," "Be Here Now..," "Inertia (Crashing Through the Doorways of Eternity)," "Traversing the Wandering Star," and especially "Ascending a Pillar of Light."

Here, ASTRAL TOMB take the slimy sound of their short-lengths in spacier, more smoked-out directions, almost jamming on slamming grooves but giving it a grossness that unsettles - indeed, Soulgazer as depiction. Elsewhere, the trio's technique and precision is startling to behold, especially when they effortlessly let loose the reins and slip & slide across the corners of chaos, only to right the (space)ship into waters equally unnerving. 

• New in poly bag
• Blue with black splatter
• Released by Blood Harvest Records