THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 472

Engineered by Albini in 1996 but not released until two years later, Towers… is the blueprint for doom metal taken to its tortured limits, and the first of two albums in this vein by Burning Witch. Driven by guitarist Stephen O’Malley, Burning Witch show that to extend even beyond the boundaries of heavy rock it was necessary to combine downer lyrics and metal-inflected vocals with slow-grinding, bleeding distortion and disorienting fragmentation, making Towers… akin to a soul-stripping sojourn in purgatory. This 5-track version of the album was released in Japan by Daymare Recordings.