Sabbath Crow

Branding Austin fourpiece Destroyer of Light as simply a doom hammer negates the inherent ascension in the locals’ lofty guitar spires (Keegan Kjeldsen) and vocal incantations (the ever awe-inspiring Steve Colca). 2020 EP Generational Warfare bookended the former’s smoldering atmospherics with the latter’s Robert Smith on a perfectly timed cover of the Cure’s “Lullaby.” 2019 LP Mors Aeterna anticipated our current “Afterlife” with (okay, fine) pungent doom. “Ten-year challenge,” they began the week on FB. “Come celebrate our anniversary … [we’ll] be playing songs we haven’t played in years!” This followed last week’s news of an alliance with bookers Atomic Music Group. Duel, Ungrieved, and Sabbath Crow thunder first. – Raoul Hernandez