Easily, death-doom is one of the most fascinating sounds to have come out of the metal underground over the decades. Given all that the sound can accomplish and bring to the table even after legions of bands doing their own … Continue reading Nekus / Bloodsoaked Necrovoid – Funerary Rites of Ancient Doom
What good is all-encompassing power and presence if you can’t have a little bit of fun with it? In most instances, we find that plenty of bands take their presence and power quite seriously with many able to deliver quality … Continue reading Earthbong – Salutations to the Cultivators
Personal experience has been a critical part of every form of art ever since humanity first began creating. It’s something that still maintains immense gravitas whenever artists begin to craft their next work with personal trauma and near-death experiences something … Continue reading Domkraft – Night Songs
For some bands, nastiness is the name of the game. We’ve all seen plenty of examples when it comes to bands striving for deeper depths of depravity the likes of which feels all-engrossing for what they bring to the table … Continue reading Besotten – Eye of the Monolithicrypt
Despite the vast potential that’s to be found whenever the realms of doom and sludge intersect, it’s not nearly often enough that we’re granted a sight that actually manages to tap into much of what the combination is capable of … Continue reading Fane – Armageddon Scars
Just when you think you’ve already come before a group that has exceeded your expectations, it feels like a truly divine reward to see them come back in such a form that feels somehow larger than before with power and … Continue reading Death. Void. Terror. – To the Great Monolith III: Rifts
Intensity, by all accounts, is the name of the game in many corners of the underground, but what good is such presence if you do not know how to properly channel it to your advantage. When done so, your listeners … Continue reading Blasphemists Temple – Demo
Of all the trends that I’ve seen in the vastness of the underground and all that it has to offer, I am still very pleased to see the realm of funeral doom metal be expanded little by little at a … Continue reading God Unknown – Last Glimpse of Daylight
When met with the sheer depth that the underground has to offer, it’s only fair that there would be plenty of acts that go under the radar for any number of reasons as there’s a lot of competition and a … Continue reading Wharflurch – Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters
Few things can ever truly compare to when a new name comes around and throws down a work that manages to be both refreshing and precisely what many of us are looking for in the given style. Metal has been … Continue reading Claymore – Houndskull