Led by guitarist and vocalist Patrick Walker, every moment of WARNING’s Watching from a Distance feels monumental; the album is widely considered to be one of the most emotionally-driven and profoundly Doom Metal records.

From the onset, the album’s eponymous opener crawls with a sombre melody that carries the emotional heft ofWARNING’smusings on love and longing. The band’s classic track “Footprints” showcases Walker’s ability to match his colossal riffs with a visceral, gut-wrenching vulnerability that was previously unheard of. Walker ruminates about his weakest moments; his vocal deliveries ranging from dejection to despair. The end result is truly “heavy” in every sense of the word – and a timeless take on the genre with thundering drums, lead-pipe backing bass, and swirling guitars.

Fast-forward to the present day, andWARNING’sintrospective sensibilities resonate as hard as they ever have.Watching from a Distanceshowcases a band and moment in time that honed in on what “Doom” could really be.

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