EARTHDIVER interview METALLOID Magazine

METALLOID

Hailing from Denver, CO Earthdiver released their great EP “Leave Something Witchy” in 2019.

The much anticipated LP release has been out for a couple of months now and it hasn’t disappointed one bit. If you haven’t head, then I present to you “Lord of The Cosmos”

I instantly new I would like this band from their LP album cover alone with their psychedelic space Odin holding a charging Norman Crusader. There is as much going on when listening to the album as there is looking at the cover. Great distortion on the guitar and bass as the bass also punches through with cool time changes in tempo and vocals that sound like someones last screams in a cave.

It’s great, it’s wonderful, it’s fantastic.

With all of that said, the band draws influences from a wide gamut of music. At times tones of NOLA Sludge comes through, Sabbath-esk riffing and solos, with a dash hardcore/punk. Lyrics frequent politics, religion, the occult, history and mythology. The album comes in heavy with "Apparatus de Cultus" a stoner/doom single that anyone into the genre will love rolling into more of a fuzzed out in your face vibes with “Worlds Die Again”. The band gives you a touch of rest with a riffing jam “War Drums” that seamlessly transitions into “Cut The Bone Away” without you even knowing that you are listening to another track. Earthdiver revisits “Leave Something Witchy” and I honestly really like both renditions of this song from their EP and their LP. It’s a toss up on guitar tone, one sounds more like a Super Fuzz and the other sounds more Big Muff, both are great and it really just depends on the flavor you dig at the moment for me. I lean a little more toward the vocals from the LP version. They’re a little more unhinged, in a good way. “Blood Moon” starts out almost with a Jazzy feel then builds into a cacophony of fuzz for you to lean back and melt into your seat. “God of The Gallows” brings you back with Norse mythology and ending the whole experience with an 11 min track “Crusader” leading the charge into the abyss.

This album is a great listen, mixed well with lots of energy. Make sure to pick up a copy of the album! Vinyls are shipping soon on green vinyl with orange splatter with the stellar album cover art. You’ll want to see all of the details up close!

I got the chance to talk to Eric for a bit about music and the album.

Support the band:

Forbidden Records:https://forbiddenplacerecords.bandcamp.com/album/earthdiver-lord-of-the-cosmos

Bandcamp: https://earthdiverdenver.bandcamp.com/album/lord-of-the-cosmos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthdiverdenver/

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4xXEcBVQyagAoA1ovdhW55?si=Fw_uyKjjQrGMwoBPGI0BSA