Style: Doom/death metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: Doom/death that really hammers on the heaviness
Thoughts: Slow riffs, deep growls, bursts of speed, crushing atmosphere... yep this is doom/death. Ossuarium plays a generic yet highly competent version of doom/death that really doesn't bring anything new to the table. What they do bring to the table though is some nasty ass death metal with a healthy helping of doom.
A lot of bands don't know how to balance the two styles. They either have janky transitions or stay in one style too long. That is not the case here. These guys know how to create riffs and how to manipulate them through the two genres effectively. There is more than one instance where the band will have a riff going at death metal speeds then take that same riff straight into doom territory. When the band does this... chef's kiss.
Not all bands need to be innovative. Not all bands need to bring something new to the table. Some just need to know what the hell they are doing and do it so well that its impossible to ignore. Living Tomb is one of those albums.
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