SKELETON OF GOD was born back in the early 90's as a collaboration of Jeff Kahn, and Erik Stenflo. The two had developed a great chemistry in writing music and soon started producing intense and highly creative music.

"Psychedelic Death Metal" is an extremely rare combination of sounds that joins very diverse melodies and rhythms. SKELETON OF GOD does this seamlessly. The construction of the songs is effortless; one tune drowns into the other leaving you both without breath and pondering at the same time. "Primordial Dominion" was self-produced by the band in 2008 and has now been re-released via United Dimensions. It is available in vinyl and CD editions as well as digital. Sadly, bassist Joel DiPietro has passed away since the record's first launch.

The album opens with a full blast on "Dawn Of Dominion", a brief song of only 1:33 minutes, which tears you through and through shamelessly. We enter "Tentacle Gears" without even noticing it, and we encounter one of the longest tunes of the record. This tune is a roller coaster of slow doom and extreme speed Death/Black Metal. At times I find it slightly messy with muddy riffs and rhythms, which I do not find particularly great. However, the psychedelic riffs and beats are admirable until we get to the headbanging doom riffs that are very enjoyable. "Introspection" is a little slow filler with some cool solo riffs in Doom style again. The tone of the guitar here is very beautiful.

"Cerebral Viper"; did I say slow? It was a momentary brain lapse. We are thrown again, full force into SKELETON OF GOD's fast Death Metal. Until it breaks to doom, of course. And wonderfully so. You headbang and headbang, until the restless drums comes in to surprise you once again.  This is the longest tune of the record, so we see various changes in timing, guitars tonality and ambience. Very interesting bass lines. The guttural growls are perfectly fitting in, couldn't be any better.

We enter a hypnotic spiral with "Dark Energy" which quickly turns in full on unrepentant death. The vocals do not falter one moment, delivering perfectly the feeling of blackness.

As we reached the darkest pit of the album we are then brought into light suddenly. Or at list dawn let's say. "Spiral Domain" has a lighter feeling and the riffs are much cheerful with a proper psychedelic sound and sensation.

The albums continues now in a much more psychedelic tone, less heavy than its beginning, and it's a bless. It's a complex section of riffs complete with several epic gong strikes and sudden growls of death. Until we get to "Tribunal", a 100% brutal old school death tune perfectly mixed with psychedelic riffs, and relentless growls heavy as hell. My favorite song of this very strong album.

"Primordial Dominion" is a complex and beautiful piece of work. Not everyone will have the strength to go through the highs and lows of this album; it is truly rich as few works are. I can't wait to hear what SKELETON OF GOD will do next. <