ORTHODOX 'Baal'

Spain heavy avant-doom masters ORTHODOX fourth album, back to the roots, a heavy metal album in the heavy tradition. 'Baal', released like its predecessor through Spanish imprint Alone Records, is comprised of five tracks that follow the band’s charted course of morose exploration, but find them bringing some crunch into their dirges. 'Baal' is directly doomed, though you might not know it from the near-six-minute instrumental opener, “Alto Padre,” which sets a tone of the kind of free jazz ethic ORTHODOX has been incorporating into their sound since their 2006 debut.