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DAMNATION'S HAMMER was formed as a homage to the avant-garde metal of the 1980's. The vision of the band has always been to create dark, doom-laden metal incorporating surreal atmospherics. Influenced by Celtic Frost and inspired by Black Sabbath, "Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres" isn't a doom metal album, nor is it a death or thrash metal album - it's a combination of all these elements yet isn't beholden to one. Add to the fact that the ambient sections of the album need to create an atmosphere as heavy as the riffs themselves; "Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres" is ethereal as it is relentless.
