Nightmarish, organ-led heavy prog/proto-proto-proto-funeral doom from early 70s Austria. Lengthy instrumental passages dominated by eldritch pipe organ and fuzzed-out, near-black metal guitar are interspersed with harrowed, mock-operatic vocals hymning frustration and despair. Standout track "Stop These Lines" goes from almost ludicrous descriptions of mundanity ("Lunchtime snackbar eating chips, ketchup dripping down your lips") into the repeated, impassioned plea to "stop these lines". Elsewhere, "Paternoster" and "The Pope is Wrong" turn the formal liturgies of the catholic church into bitter hymns of cynicism. The closing "Mammoth Opus O" sees fragments of oompah melodies drawn into the quagmire. Original copies of this gem will set you back at least a grand, so thank the lord for piracy!
The saddest music in the world.
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