The Gates Of Slumber is one of the Midwest's best doom bands, founded in 1998 and led by guitarist-vocalist Karl Simon. Simon and bassist Jason McCash have held steady throughout their recorded career, while the drum position seemingly is in constant flux. This is crushing indie (as well as Indy!) doom, not quite the classic doom style of, say, Candlemass, and not really the sludgier, NOLA-inspired version, but maybe right between the two styles.