Golgotha - New Life (2005)

   Golgotha was founded in 1992 by Vincente Paya, the guitarist of Unbounded Terror. Even though they are a doom metal band, the influence of their founding member left a notable sign on their music, cause they played always more intense than most doom bands.
   At the vocal style they didn't follow completely the classical trends of the genre, cause they involved shouting vocals too. On "New Life" they went further and therefore this became their most outstanding album. Their music became more unified, there was no sign of the experiments and other weird ideas they had previously. The themes turned heavier too, maybe to keep up with the growling that sounds uncommonly brutal for doom metal. If the rough, deep growls might sound familar, it's not an unexplainable déjá vu, because Dave Rotten (Avulsed) was invited to do the vocals for the album. By this step they've made a contrast with the strong melancholic atmosphere created by keyboards. And it's quite interesting to listen as Mr. Rotten growls about lovesickness and emotional breakdowns by his silky voice. Even though the result is unusual, this combination worked well and seemed effective. "New Life" is a brilliant album in it's own way and showed a new and very heavy perspective for depressive melancholy.