PALE DIVINE

Glen Mills, Pennsylvania’s Pale Divine—distinct from the unrelated nineties band sharing that moniker—draw their sound in equal measure from the authentic doom of Sweden’s Candlemass and the later, psychedelic-leaning recordings of Chicago’s Trouble, delivering an unusually vigorous approach to a style typically defined by its lethargy. Vocalist and guitarist Greg Diener joined forces with drummer Darin McCloskey to establish the group in 1997; bassist Jim Corl completed the lineup the next year. Their first full-length effort, Thunder Perfect Mind, appeared to favorable notices in 2001, after which the trio aligned with Martyr Music to issue the nearly equally praised 2004 album Eternity Revealed.