Chilean Stoner Doom craftsmen Ocultum team up with Outlaws of the Sun to present their tar-thick and smoked-filled new album “Buena Muerte,” ahead of its world release this February 28, 2025 via Heavy Psych Sounds.
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Formed in 2009 in Santiago de Chile, these rightful heirs of Church of Misery, Weedeater and Belzebong stack together fiendishly infectious riffage, grave-stomping grooves and filthy grim vocals that will take you on a wicked and merciless sonic trip that gets you headbanging from start to finish. Whether you worship the green gods is up to you, but you won’t resist long to the trio’s mighty Doomy call.
“We are releasing this third album with force and conviction. ‘Buena Muerte’ is a concatenated anthem that explores death as a central theme, highlighting its benevolence towards a human being who cries out in all ways for its inevitable extinction. It is an experiment in resurgent creativity where a vibe of the 70s, metal and chaos converge, on the dilapidating base of the heavy and crushing doom stoner we sacredly cultivate,” says the band. “Buena Muerte” was recorded and mixed by Juan Pablo Canolés at Plex Studios in Santiago, Chile and mastered by Esben Willems at Studio Berserk in Sweden. Artwork by Paweł “Miodek” Mioduchowski.
New album “Buena Muerte” out February 28th on Heavy Psych Sounds
OCULTUM emerged as a force in the underground music scene with the release of their debut album, Ceremonia Oculta Primitiva (2015). This powerfully-crafted record was reworked over countless studio hours before its release as a now long sold-out deluxe CD edition, then followed by a limited run of cassette tapes via Manifectation Records of Antofagasta, solidifying the trio’s reputation as a must-hear band in the Doom, Stoner, and Sludge genres.
After a few lineup changes, the band embraced their identity as a trio and unleashed their second album, Residue (2019). Featuring four titan-heavy tracks that span 50 minutes of crushing, psychedelic heaviness, Residue introduces OCULTUM’s unique vision, a genre-defining blend of raw doom power and atmospheric depth — “a hard vision of how Doom, Stoner and Sludge should sound at the end of the planet,” as stated by the band. It was released on LP and tape via Interstellar Smoke Records and Manifectation Records, and CD through England’s Black Bow Records. Label owner Jon Davies (also known for fronting legendary doom metal band Conan) praised their uncompromising sound, stating: “Honestly, if you think that Doom is dying and becoming too modern and dependent on generic reference points, then you should check it out because Ocultum will fucking KILL you.”
Lineup:
Ricardo Robles / Drums
Pablo Cataldo / Bass
Sebastián Bruna / Guitar & Vocals
