When you wanna hark back and lose yourself in “that” 90s British doom metal sound, there are only a handful of albums that really hit the spot. Turn Loose The Swans is one of them, a drab, harrowing affair of doom-laden misery. Heavy riffs, downtrodden drumming, miserable vocals, morose synthesizers or pianos, and THAT dense, dry production with the middle sucked out of it. Chunky, low end guitars and percussion with sharp treble accents. It’s a strange approach, but one that worked so well here, and on Anathema’s Serenades, even on Cradle Of Filth’s Principle Of Evil Made Flesh. They don’t make ’em like this no more, that’s for sure!
