Anytime I see a band release more than one piece of material in any given year, it always prompts a cocked eyebrow from me. It’s a dangerous game, though, where it very much follows a trend of high risk, high … Continue reading Jointhugger – Surrounded by Vultures
The real essence of the immensely dense, dripping world of death/doom is something that so many of us can only ever hope to see in such crushing capacity that we have no choice but to fall into everything that the … Continue reading Burial – Inner Gateways To The Slumbering Equilibrium At The Center Of Cosmos
It’s too often that people look at doom as something that can really only be properly done in the West or certain sections of Scandinavia, but if there’s anything that the vast underground of metal has taught us it’s that … Continue reading Adliga – Vobrazy
Evocative doom is easily some of the best and most memorable sounds that can come out of the absolute menagerie of styles that doom calls its own, but there’s nothing that can compare when it’s performed by masters of the … Continue reading Clouds – Despartire
There are plenty of flavors and tones that can be associated to the mysterious world of psychedelic doom for all the right reasons with the style rarely being one that fails to deliver in any form as the listener can … Continue reading Acid Magus – Wyrd Syster
The endless void of extreme metal is something that can be just as rewarding as it can be downright malicious as we go from one band to the next, and it really depends on the band in question as to … Continue reading Abstracter – Abominion
To consider any band that’s tackled the dreary and fashionable world of gothic doom, you simply cannot go a few feet in the modern soundscape without at least mentioning the very name of A Pale Horse Named Death. There are … Continue reading A Pale Horse Named Death – Infernum In Terra
In today’s extremely layered and complex soundscape, it’s not hard to listen to any number of bands and hear the strings of influence from many great acts of the past and present come through into the sound of fresh acts … Continue reading Callus – A Breath of Flesh Air
Many sections of doom and rock music have found their homes in the desert for all that the sands and scorched rock can offer the style with all sorts of sonic territory being covered by both styles, but it’s always … Continue reading Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth
It’s not unoften by any stretch to say that humor really has found a proper home in the over-reaching world of stoner metal along with its typical partner in crime that is doom, but it’s far harder to execute properly … Continue reading Shi – Basement Wizard
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