Doom metal is not easy to play. From the drums, where the drummer needs to be able to hold a slow, steady pace, to the riffs that need to be crushing, emotional, heavy, dark, to the voice that has to have something unique and grandiose.
Ultimately, doom metal is about the salvific nature of music, focusing to redemption through suffering. Both the lyrics and the music work together to build a solemn and withdrawn, introverted experience. It is to be enjoyed in solitude.
As Jesus said in Matthew 6:5-6
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
The reference to Christ's teaching is not irrelevant. The Temple have taken the solemnity of the Orthodox Psalms and fused it into doom metal. They play literally Orthodox Doom metal. This form of ecclesiastic aesthetic may not be for everyone and, I must add, it is not for every hour.
When it is time to listen to Of Solitude Triumphant, take off your mask, withdraw from life and sink within, for the lord of light cannot be found without
But the lord of light that we have inside
Discards all the fears and embraces our lies
Of Solitude Triumphant is the most emotional record I've heard in years and, dare I say, one of those albums that will stay with me for a long time.
They are The Temple and they play Doom Metal.
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