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Falsehood hail from Edmonton, Alberta and features Durell from Mahria on drums along with dudes from a whole bunch of other bands I have never heard of. These guys are trafficking in the sort of fucked up, nihilistic damage that bands like Eyehategod and Electric Wizard have been so adept at pummeling us with over the years. Doom and dirge and thrashing anger and a nightmarish, hash-fueled hellscape are the names of the game here. Quite often, these songs remind me of some of the early "Black Metal" by the likes of Bathory and Hellhammer. They also cite His Hero Is Gone and Swans as points of influence. Distinctly Lo-Fi, the whole thing sounds sparse, urgent and hollow. Not hollow like lacking substance, but hollow as in these songs might be the soundtrack to your own private hell where you are the last person standing after the nuclear winter has stolen all other life from the earth. As you trudge through the darkness, starving, half-blind and scared out of your wits, Falsehood might be the sound of a welcome end.
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I don't pretend to have that much interest in Doom Metal. Some people I know live for the stuff to the point that is sort of baffling me. I mean, I have enjoyed YOB, Bongzilla and Electric Wizard live and on record and I absolutely LOVE Grief and Eyehategod... But the majority of bands playing the style just bore me to tears. Sometimes, slow is just too slow. When I got a request to review this EP from Mudbath and they mentioned EHG and playing with Birds In Row, I knew I was going to enjoy it. And enjoy it I have. These Sludge merchants from the south of France have churned out 3 songs of raw, blackened Stoner Metal that doesn't sacrifice speed for power... Or, power for speed... Either way, these songs are bitter, molasses drenched tomes to the misery that is modern life. Take equal parts Black Sabbath boogie, mix in the oppressiveness of Buzzov*en and temper with your basic Dystopian nihilism and you might come close to what Mudbath have created. Not too fast and definitely not too slow, with each song clocking in at 7 minutes or longer, there are plenty of hooks, peaks and valleys within these compositions that it's virtually impossible to get bored. They would certainly fit in well playing a stage with the likes of Embers, Samothrace or even Black Breath. I am personally going to pack another bowl right now and listen to this again.
