A good, quality crunch is something that simply can’t be likened to anything else. It’s satisfying in absolute heaps, compelling in many if not all of its forms, and the sort of thing that entire genres have been crafted around with its presence, potency, and power nothing that has ever been close to being worthy of underestimation. In the right hands in today’s climate, it’s never been able to come in a deadlier form, and with new names coming out of the woodwork all over the place, its wonder has yet to cease and shows no signs of doing so any time soon. With their debut album, Stone Nomads demonstrates that fact and much more to go with it.

The concept of throwing together decent riffage with a good level of heaviness is far from a new concept in the realm where doom and sludge overlap is far from a new one by any stretch of the imagination, but the fact that many are still able to make it work despite that makes still one the most compelling concepts in the very whole of the world of metal with new acts only perpetuating its greatness as the years roll on. Case and point: Stone Nomads. By no means whatsoever is any new ground broken stylistically for their debut album, “Fields of Doom”, but anybody would be horrifically remiss to even dare to insinuate anything other than a smashing success was achieved in these six tracks. Including a supremely well done Saint Vitus cover to close the album out with, the six tracks that are presented to us here are nothing short of compelling right from the very beginning with the tones and power that’s on display here the precise kind of glory that many salivate for as they scour the depths of what doom and sludge have to offer in such a fabled union. “Fields of Doom” is the kind of record that speaks for itself at every turn as each track has something to offer in terms of flavor with each effortlessly being able to stand proud on their own without needing support from the record of the record, but it’s together that they create a vicious storm of heaviness and power the likes of which cannot be underestimated and should not be missed whatsoever.

A debut like this can often feel commonplace given all the talent and prowess that’s to be found throughout the dense scene, especially after all that it has grown to become in today’s climate, but in no way does that make the arrival of Stone Nomads any less of a spectacle in any given form. The very existence of “Fields of Doom” is something to rejoice for that means another worthwhile player has entered the ongoing game of destruction in the underground, and it’s clear that Stone Nomads isn’t here to mess around in that regard.

LISTEN to “Fields of Doom” on Bandcamp here.

LIKE Stone Nomads on Facebook here.