BEASTMAKER
Eye of the Storm
(LP)

 BEASTMAKER have been a whirlwind of feverish activity. From their self-titled debut demo in 2015 on to two critically acclaimed albums on Rise Above, then a staggering 11 self-released EPs during 2017 and 2018, BEASTMAKER simply could not be stopped: this power-trio of righteous doom did it their own way, because that’s the only way.

Now, with vocalist/guitarist Trevor William Church and bassist John Tucker putting their focus on new trad-metal kings HAUNT, BEASTMAKER have decided to bow out gracefully with the aptly titled Eye of the Storm. Originally self-released digitally as per the band’s staunchly DIY ways, Eye of the Storm is now seeing highly-demanded physical release via SHADOW KINGDOM, which is also the current label home of HAUNT. “To see the eye of the storm / I must be reborn,” Church sings on the EP’s title track, and it’s an appropriately poignant sentiment: here on Eye of the Storm do BEASTMAKER suggest where they could’ve gone with their immediately identifiable sound, and indeed is it immense and icily so.

• Side A
• Eye of the Storm
• Shadows
• My Only Wish
• Celestial Glow

 

• Side B
• Eye of the Storm
• Shadows
• My Only Wish
• Celestial Glow