Who’s go two thumbs and was virtually reduced to tears while watching Pallbearer play live a few years ago? This guy.

When I saw them touring their ‘Foundations Of Burden’ album in 2015, it was a moving, almost spiritual experience. Not something you often hear said about a sonically crushing doom metal band, but it very much happened that way. Just when I thought I would be over that, I heard the stunning new Pallbearer track, ‘Thorns’, and the memories came flooding back to me.

Even if I was apprehensive that they wouldn’t be able to top their last record at first, the brute force of low end guitar riffs, the power in Brett Campbell’s vocal delivery, and the hypnotic cadence says otherwise. With the release of their new album ‘Heartless’ right around the corner, I am now looking forward to taking the emotional journey with Pallbearer once more.