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Rigor Sardonicous

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Biography

Rigor Sardonicous started their activity in 1988 and that fact probably make them the oldest continually active US doom metal band. This band is notable for combining with . They are arguably one of the first bands in metal to use extremely deep gurgling vocals that are now common in . In other words, the music is a combination of thick, super downtuned guitars, ultra deep vocals, crushing industrial cymbals and absolutely unique, bleak and hopeless atmosphere.According to the interviews they are mainly influenced by slow parts & low frequency sounds of death metal bands like Autopsy, Obituary and Winter as well as by artists like Kiss, Trouble,Confessor and Symphony of Grief .Currently the band is writing a new album which is going to push the boundaries of heaviness and darkness again. On the official myspace they give the following description to their sound:"A far departure from the typical of the anticipated Doom culture, Rigor Sardonicous draws from truly Apocalyptic sources for their inspiration and forward into this void a sonic atmosphere not of frightened and depressive apprehension but rather of frightening, horrific bleakness drawn from the perspective of the absence of hope for all life."

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Top Songs

Total plays on Last.fm over the last 6 months
  1. Caelum Inferiorum - (3:13)  -  166 plays
  2. Praevidere Peregrinus - (2:41)  -  157 plays
  3. Hilarus Sperablis - (6:19)  -  149 plays
  4. Chorale - (7:09)  -  98 plays
  5. Silens Somnium - (7:01)  -  88 plays
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