Ok I’ll get the obvious confession out of the way first:
I am a sucker for an attractive woman who can play the RIFF so when a band appears that contains five of them playing doom with the stated obligatory influences of Black Sabbath, Pentagram, Candlemass, Coven and Saint Vitus then I’m sold hook, line and sinker.
The ladies in question comprise Mist from Ljubljana in Slovenia and formed back in July 2012 and present us with their debut EP (the inspirationally titled Demo 2013).
Now that’s out of the way time to focus on the second most important factor, The EP itself which comprises of just two tracks but eight minutes of high quality Doom metal that worships at the altar of the afore mentioned influences.
‘Phobia’ opens with the quintessential doom RIFF leading into the song proper with the band nailing the old school dynamics of the genre spot on, while ‘The Living Dead’ provides more groove to the formula and an impressive guitar solo thrown in to boot.
Amongst this RIFF worship we have vocalist Nina Spruk providing their trump card as her strong retro/occult vocal display provides a melodic dash of individuality.
There is a saying that goes ‘leave them wanting more’ and that’s exactly what Mist have achieved.
