Hives In Decline

Description

'Hives In Decline' the colossal debut album from Salt Lake City's THE DITCH AND THE DELTA.
A lurching mammoth riff monster trio, hammering their doom chords with a DC driven rhythm and an angular noise-rock intensity.
A rare jewel of an album.
Lazy reference points to get you started / RIYL - Kylesa, Fugazi, High On Fire, Don Caballero, Red Fang, early Mastodon...
The Ditch and the Delta formed out of three friends of nearly 15 years.
While Elliot Secrist (guitar/vocals), and Charles Bogus (Drums), have played in bands off an on over that span of time, it was the addition of Kory Quist (Bass/vocals) that solidified the band and their sound.
The band is often lumped in the doom category but their sound is most often described as sludgy math rock, ?Neurosis as a stripped down, noise rock outfit? (noecho.net).
The sound is huge an oppressively heavy.
According to Hellbound.ca the sound is an amalgam of Doom, noise, and progressive metal; comparing the band to The Melvins, Eyehategod, Intronaut, Fugazi and Godflesh in the same review.