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The solo project of American musician Reuben Storey known for his contributions to both Christian Mistress (drums) and Quayde LaHüe (bass), Yronoxit (great yet confusing name) released two extended plays during the quarantined month of April 2020. Of World of Nightmare is the first one and damn, it feels like it’s heavy metal from a parallel universe.
The title track opens with some spooky effects and B horror movie evil grinning before we get some King Diamond-ish laughter and some oddly catchy riffs. The vocals of Storey are pretty particular, midway through whiny vampire and evil sorcerer. I love voluntarily bad vocals in trad metal so I’m totally on board with his approach, he sounds he’s gonna fight adventurers with bad effects similar to those from the 90s series of The Adventures of Sinbad on the intentionally mispelled “Draqula” with its thunderous yet silly guitar lead.
I’m perhaps on my own here but I think this sounds like the true metal madness that Jussi Lehtisalo created on Krypt Axeripper, Motorspandex or Tractor Pulling (the Realm has covered those in the past) as it’s idiosyncratic heavy metal played with a familiar approach in mind. If you’re not familiar, I highly recommend ‘em. It’s also a good argument when you’re arguing that Finland is weird.
The three four-ish minutes tracks have slow but intense riffs, it’s evocative heavy metal without pretentiousness, trendiness and unnecessary technicality. It’s pretty lo-fi and has this DIY aesthetic I dig a lot. “They Wear the Shroud” has memorable bass lines and sounds like Powerslave worship made in a strange world where everyone speaks like they inhaled helium through a defibrillator.
Quite different from his main projects, Yronoxit is peculiar without the need to rely on modern avant-garde elements and that’s something hard to accomplish nowadays.
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