Album Of The Week- Toner Low,II

Floor shakingly heavy,creepy Dutch doom metal.Try to imagine Sleep or Sunn 0))) writing a soundtrack to a horror movie,and you've got Toner Low's II.

Toner Low play doom metal with an extra element that I can't quite put my finger on.Often using strange sounds,and make scarce use of vocals,Toner Low use some good production to make doom metal that really is an artwork.II is a darker,more menacing feel to it than the previous record,a self titled.The album is split up into four tracks that a sub-divided into separate 'movements' if you like,which is a bit of a pain,but it all flows together nicely.Some really strange vocal sounds make lyrics almost indistinguishable from the colossal mountains of guitars and the deep,DEEP powerful bass,accompanied by some fairly metronomic drums.Track two features a solo saxophone section,not something one would expect in a genre like this,before powering into some riffs that could easily fit into Dopesmoker or Holy Mountain.Track four features some super creepy story telling,much like Murphy's Law off their last album,and a dope heavy build into the mondo.
For fans of Electric Wizard,Sleep,Sunn 0)),etc,etc
Track I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KNmu8H5p5M
Fast forwarded past the first song,track II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyt1n0hy9wI&feature=player_detailpage#t=272s