Riffs, Rituals, & Rotten Grooves: Tumanduumband Summon Doom on Hail Satan, Triumph Awaits

Hail Satan, Triumph Awaits album cover from Tumanduumband

Music Review:

Tumanduumband are a West Midlands, UK duo with ingredients ranging from distorted bass. Satanism, horror flicks, and a whole heap of bad trip meditation (as I stated on my prior review of their unleashed chaos — see review of ‘Throne of Grief’ here). The duo has only been around for just over five years, but have played many gigs, putting on dark shows accompanied by mummified skeletons and much more. They are worth catching if they play nearby your home.

Their new album, Hail Satan, Triumph Awaits, at first glance, appears to be an EP as it consists of three songs. However, the trilogy of terror mounts up the minutes to just under forty collectively. At least they haven’t gone the way of stoner/doom metal band, Sleep, with their hour-long track, “Dopesmoker.” Wow, that is a chug or a very long suck on a pipe.

Hail Satan, Triumph Awaits begins with a stinging Witchy old school soundbite from either a film or documentary (I know but I’m not telling). We head into a very surprisingly mellow groove. There’s a bit of laid-back Electric Wizard vibes going down here, ladies, gentlemen, and ghouls. Then their mandatory fuzzy bass kicks in to add a bit more depth and foreboding. Very black and ominous, writhing in the ‘60s and ‘70s set occult surroundings, with the clips playing throughout it reminded me of something I’d hear back in the early ‘90s whilst listening to a late-night John Peel show (I think I’ve mentioned the legendary and sorely missed UK DJ before in a previous music review).

My Partner in Gore, Willow who’s a multi-instrumentalist, loved what she called a rusty sound. It isn’t clean; the tunes are dirty and raw. As before, there are no vocals. Thus concludes the ten minute, “Consulting the Haruspex.” What is a Haruspex? Well, if you’re into Warhammer it’s a big beast of some sort. However, a real one was a person (a soothsayer) in ancient Rome who practised their divination by using animal entrails — standardly of sacrificed lambs or chickens (we will try this one day).

Song two, “Alive in Death,” goes back to the familiar lands explored on their prior album, with more Gothic clips injected into the moody piece. This is music for a late-night chill out bar populated by metal heads and Satanists.

The grand finale of the shadow filled circus is the title track. “This is the soundtrack in your head whilst you walk through a cemetery late at night.” said Willow. T only thing with this one is it falls into the unfortunate trap of the last album, the feeling of everything being identical. At least anyway until mid-way when it breaks down then comes back with some engaging louder and more threatening noise.

All in all, this is a level above (or so below) Throne of Grief. Though I haven’t witnessed the lads live, I genuinely feel that their strength lays mainly with the visual art and elements which the music is but an accompanying soundtrack.

Tumanduumband deserve a lot of recognition as, like another UK based duo, Anaal Nathrakh (read my review for The Whole of the Law album here) they are in a category all by themselves.

Here’s a link to their Bandcamp, and their social media accounts: Facebook and Instagram.

Plus, here’s a sample of what awaits you: youtube.com/watch?v=Lv8VUZVberk

Album Info:

Band: Tumanduumband
Album: Hail Satan, Triumph Awaits
Members: Luke Duum (Drums, samples), Scott Cooper (Bass)
Produced by: Zegaphon
Recorded: Tide Studio
Artwork: Luke Duum
Year: 2025
Runtime: 39min

Label: Bandcamp