Heretic’s Fork was formed in Southeastern New England in the spring of 2001. Influences include – but not limited to – The Melvins, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Type O Negative, Pink Floyd, Tool, Soundgarden and 60’s and 70’s Sci-Fi/Horror flicks, as well as mutual disdain for the ubiquitous mainstream/corporate rock machine currently polluting the airwaves. Despite their “heavy” influences, the band manages not to sound like any one band, or bands, in particular. Instead, what they have created on their moody, self-titled debut CD is an amalgam of ethereal soundscapes; brooding, hypnotic tribal rhythms; and plodding Godzilla-like riffs. The vocals are at once haunted and haunting, evocative of a baleful, heretic monk sprung from so many centuries in a vault.
Their lugubrious sound has prompted one local critic to issue the following remarks: “…they are in a genre unto themselves. Perhaps it should be called ‘funeral dirge’…” And yet another has proclaimed, “these guys are off the clock….definitely for a higher audience!”
Adam Mandeville 04 novembre 2004 12:00