Artist: Acrimony
Genre(s):
Metal: Doom
Metal
Discography:
Tumuli Shroomaroom
Year: 1997
Tracks: 9
Hymns to the stone
Year: 1994
Tracks: 9
Formed in Wales in 1991, Acrimony included vocaliser Dorian Walters, guitarists Stuart O'Hara and Lee Davies, bassist Paul 'Mead' Bidmead, and drummer Darren Ivey. Exponents of typical mid-'90s lapidator john Rock, they combined Black Sabbath's heavy metal riffery, Hawkwind's space stone excursions, and Blue Cheer's fuzzed-out psychedelic feedback with extreme doses of mass, and were peculiarly remindful of abandon alloy gods Kyuss. After circulating a few demo tapes, the band signed with independent Godhead Records for their debut record album, 1994's Hymns to the Stone, and its followup E.P., 1995's The Acid Elephant. Taking it to the succeeding point, they then joined leading doom mark Peaceville, and proceeded to record their minor masterpiece, 1996's critically acclaimed Tumuli Shroomaroom, which duly earned a perfect five "K's" from British metal book Kerrrang! magazine publisher. Album sales were unsatisfying, however, and Acrimony shortly became shocked by the label's lack of support and distinct to disband at the end of 1997. Rumors once in a while had them reuniting towards the end of the '90s, simply nil ever came of them.
