Arriving twenty years after 2006’s seminal, genre-defining ‘Watching From A Distance’, to describe ‘Rituals Of Shame’ as “much anticipated” would be the understatement of the century. As one of doom metal’s most emotionally affecting and resonant records, ‘Watching From A Distance’ was always going to be a tough act to follow – so Warning mastermind Patrick Walker didn’t, instead opting to disband the doom quartet and spend the intervening years channelling his musical creativity into 40 Watt Sun.
Twenty years later and a followup finally arrives. Written by Walker throughout the course of 2025, a time in his life that he describes as “transformative”, the five songs here were destined to form the next chapter for Warning. And what songs they are too. Two decades may have passed, but Walker’s voice sounds as flawless as ever, and his songwriting prowess and heartrending lyrics still elevate Warning far above their peers.
Opening with the near 13-minute epic title track, we’re in...
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