Man of Stated Age / Bad Winter dual single by Hidden Since the Foundation of the World. A review by Mark Jenkins.
Hidden Since the Foundation of the World - "Man of Stated Age / Bad Winter"
Amsterdam's Hidden Since the Foundation of the World is trafficking in the kind of heaviness that seeps into your bones and refuses to leave. This dual single crawls out of the speakers like something wounded and furious, all drone-soaked riffs that feel less played than summoned.
"Man of Stated Age" opens with a riff that could crush buildings. The band lets everything breathe—doom's supposed to suffocate you, but these guys understand negative space. When the electric violin cuts through, it's not some gimmick; it's another weapon in an already stacked arsenal. The vocals sit somewhere between a bluesy howl and a narcotic drawl, riding those thunderous grooves without trying to dominate them.
Flip to "Bad Winter", and things get uglier in the best way. More feedback, more loops building on themselves until you're not sure what's guitar and what's pure atmosphere. The Messa comparisons are inevitable—both bands know how to wield repetition like a blunt instrument—but Hidden Since the Foundation carve out their own territory. There's Chelsea Wolfe's gothic weight here, Frayle's smouldering darkness, but filtered through something nastier, more feral.
The production's thick enough to chew on, every element bleeding into the next without losing definition. This is doom for people who like their psychedelia laced with actual danger, not just reverb pedals and good intentions.
Essential listening if you're tired of doom bands who forgot that heaviness is about more than downtuned guitars and glacial tempos.
Certainly a stellar band to keep a close eye on, given the depth and skill evident on this double-edged, solid single.
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