Drone metal of the highest caliber. Tecumseh is a trio from Portland that gives Sunn O))), Boris, and early Earth a run for their money. Structurally identical to 2011’s “Return to Everything” but far more dense and, yeah, “epic.” The perfect soundtrack to slow-motion footage of your parents’ house burning down (not that you had anything to do with that…)

1. (3:48) a mellow opener, calm ambient drones and eerie guitar loops; a grating, dissonant e-bow cuts in on the left channel, sounding not unlike a flat-lined heart monitor.
2. (12:57) chill ambient tones give way to a mudslide of massive distorted power chords, stripping doom metal to its barebones essence.
3. (11:39) eerie minor harmonies with ethereal reverb, builds incredible tension until the distortion finally builds up in the final third.