Something Other Than the Earth is a to-the-point package of what you really want when you’re in a doom metal mood—to hell with subtlety; just give me the heavy. It’s all here: thunderous guitars bellowing over a tundra of broken amps, intricate, twisting solos giving way to gut-churning chords, and Lovecraftian horrors explored in no particular hurry through track lengths in the double digits. Compound that with some in-your-face drums that would make Steve Albini cry (or whatever the max setting on his emotion dial looks like) and you’ve got an album with the heft and velocity to smash a whole city block. –Austin Phy
