Before the amps got louder, before the riffs found their stride across Europe and the U.S., DOMKRAFT’s first strike was this raw, pulsing slab of doom-psych minimalism – self-titled, self-released, and self-contained like some sonic distress beacon drifting out of Stockholm’s concrete sprawl. That was 2015. Just four tracks, pressed in a tiny run, gone before most of us even caught wind.
Now, with a decade of evolution and four albums behind them, the band’s gone back to the primordial well – dusting off the EP and expanding it into a proper full-length. Not a remix. Not a rehash. It’s the same crater, only deeper. The fuzz still smothers. The repetition still drones like some meditative industrial hum. But the whole thing feels more deliberate now – not cleaner, not polished, just… heavier in intent. Like they’ve returned to an unfinished ritual with more ritual behind them.
The sound here isn’t about twists or turns. DOMKRAFT lock into a groove – a lumbering, blown-out, psych-drenched doom pulse – and ride it until your inner ear starts playing tricks. There’s a streak of SPACEMEN 3 hypnosis in the DNA, sure, and plenty of SLEEP’s downtuned spiritual weight. But this early DOMKRAFT material was already stepping out of that long shadow – less about worship, more about harnessing momentum. Songs collapse in on themselves, then sprawl outward like collapsing stars. Guitars don’t riff as much as they vibrate. Basslines buzz with electricity and menace. The drums – sluggish but never slack – serve more as gravitational anchor than timekeeper.
What’s memorable, listening back now, is how complete it all sounds. Even before Flood blew open their reach, or Seeds sharpened their songwriting, they already understood the value of weight, space, and repetition. This wasn’t doom for the riff-collector crowd. It was – and still is – doom as atmospheric pressure. One long drag across an uncharted desert planet. Nothing ironic. No genre cosplay. Just genuine tectonic movement.
Revisiting this expanded release in 2025 doesn’t feel like nostalgia – it feels like necessary context. This was the moment DOMKRAFT cracked open the wormhole and invited the rest of us in. And if it slipped past you the first time? Here’s your second chance to drift.
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Released by Magnetic Eye Records on June 27th, 2025
