Sepulchral and doom-laden, Lovecraftian in intent, and aimed at the abyss, HEAD OF THE DEMON's hypnotic and honed debut plays mainly on the rawness of riffs and cyclically repeated chants. Psychedelic vertigo is assured, and with it the stimulation of perceptions that open windows to mysterious parallel dimensions. Vocals recall a mentally dissociated Tom Warrior while the guitars constantly seek oblique pathways of expression without foresaking metal altogether—creeping ominously between proto-doom Sabbathetic realms and the atmosphere of Mortuary Drape’s cenotaph—but it’s the ancient and mysterious sound of an organ which gives additional character to such ritualistic music, making the result extremely gruesome.