Antimatter
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Antimatter is the new project of Duncan Patterson, ex of doom gods
Anathema, along with some peers/pals/presumed studio whores. As you
should know, Anathema's mid-nineties output on Peaceville pretty much
defined doom metal, bowing only to the once almighty My Dying Bride in
terms of crossing melancholia with pure sludge riffuck. Well, ol' Dunc's
motto seems to be, "You can't go home again, and who the hell wants to?"
Antimatter is pretty much straight up gorgeous, with pure girly vocals
floating on ambient fake-dub and (mostly) acoustic guitars. Nothng
particularly world-changing, but the strength of the songwriting (and my
sweet tooth for girly vocals) makes Saviour a keeper. The songs work
best when Duncan joins guest Michelle Richfield at the mike; his
counterpoint tenor keeps things from getting too fey. But the most
interesting track is "God Is Coming," on which the Antimatter-ers use
all those sequencers for evil, kicking out the jams in a
Gathering-meets-Lords Of Acid beatdown. Anathema die-hards are going to
shit a cow, but in a scene absolutely glutted with warmed-over ideas
(The Dreadful Hours, anyone?) Patterson and friends are at least to be
credited with trying something new. Just keep those harder beats (and
those girly vocals) coming.
[Jeff Lamb]
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