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Backwards Chimney
Rock · 2014 · 5 tracks · 28m

Backwards Chimney

Buckethead

A Lovecraftian-inspired suite of mid-tempo guitar explorations. Thick, atmospheric, and unhurried, it trades robotic shredding for swampy, cosmic dread.

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It's like a slow-motion heavy metal soundtrack for a walk through a haunted New England forest.

A heavy, humid sense of cosmic dread balanced by moments of lonely, melodic beauty.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks · 28m
01
West of Arkham
10:02
02
Backwards Chimney
3:33
03
Cloth Held
6:30
04
Sentinel Hill
6:15
05
Other Paths
2:32
Moments Worth Waiting For
The ten-minute slow-burn build of West of Arkham where the guitar tone shifts from clean to a biting, saturated growl.
The rhythmic interplay between the dry, thumping bass and the melodic lead lines on the title track.
The way Other Paths closes the record with a fragile, almost skeletal melody that feels like a fading memory.
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