Vancouver based Doom duo Tribunal published the official video for the track “Without Answer” taken from their upcoming album “The Weight of Remembrance” due out on January 20, 2023 via 20 Buck Spin Records. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
The Vancouver duo Tribunal may yet be unknown to the wider world, but spellbinding debut album “The Weight Of Remembrance” is poised to immediately change that. Steeped in the black velvet finery of Gothic Doom Metal, Tribunal weave dark tales of ultimate judgement, never-ending rain and forsaken despair.
Featuring classically trained cellist/bassist/vocalist Soren Mourne and guitarist/vocalist Etienne Flinn, the duo’s brick Heavy classic Doom riffage borders on Death Metal heaviness, like My Dying Bride filtered through a colossal stained glass edifice. The sound is instantly familiar with nods to the 80s and 90s but never sounds retro or like mere homage. Rather “The Weight of Remembrance” evokes the feeling of a painstakingly composed orchestral movement fit for a crumbling cathedral overgrown with moss. The duo frequently trade off vocals alternating between haunted wailing cleans, scathing Black Metal style shrieks and dread-filled death calls.
Tribunal’s debut is an essential addition to the modern Doom canon, one which can expand in infinite musical directions from a base of crushing tragic heaviness and forlorn purpose. In that sense “The Weight Of Remembrance” has the accomplished atmosphere of a band beyond their years in the scope and execution of its vision.
Shot and directed by Erik Gustafson, for Erik Gustafson Cinematography.
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“The Weight Of Remembrance” will be released on LP, CD, CS, and digital on January 20th. Preorders have been issued through the 20 Buck Spin webshop here: https://www.20buckspin.com/collections/tribunal
Bandcamp here: https://listen.20buckspin.com/album/the-weight-of-remembrance
Watch for additional previews of the LP to post shortly, and for Tribunal to announce select live performances throughout 2023.
Tracklist:
- Initiation
- Of Creeping Moss And Crumbled Stone
- Apathy’s Keep
- Remembrance
- A World Beyond Shadow
- Without Answer
- The Path
Lineup:
Soren Mourne / Bass, Cello and Vocals
Etienne Flinn / Guitar and Vocals
Live Band also Includes:
Julia Geaman / Drums
Jessica Yang / Guitar
Dallas / Keys
Additional Recording Musicians:
Julia Geaman / Drums
Magdalena Wienski / Additional drums on “Apathy’s Keep“
Claine Lamb / Piano on “Remembrance“
Rory Say / Additional Vocals