The soundtrack to the apocalypse is something that’s constantly changing simply based upon what kind of cataclysm we’re dealing with, and that has inspired countless bands to create something that fits such a description whether they know it or not. … Continue reading All Are To Return – s/t
A proper crushing doom work is like nothing else out there. Creations like that are almost always epic in scope, immensely satisfying in the most uncompromising ways, absolutely devastating in every sense, and a real achievement because everyone knows it’s … Continue reading Subterraen – Rotten Human Kingdom
Doom really feels like the kind of style where two things are constantly in a battle for overall dominance: heaviness and riffage. It’s a constant war between the two where each band takes on their own special mix between one … Continue reading Saturn’s Husk – The Conduit
Funeral doom metal has been something that I’ve always been drawn to without exception ever since my fascination with the concept of ultra-long songs being implanted in my brain six years ago, and it’s a love that has only grown … Continue reading Atramentus – Stygian
I’ve been on record saying many times within the last while (what’s likely been almost two years at this point, I think) that the realm of death/doom has been extremely bountiful to me in many ways across many bands from … Continue reading Void Rot – Descending Pillars
To sit here and describe any type of music as “cinematic” is always a small stretch for me because what’s the difference between something that feels “cinematic” or is just atmospheric or just some form of post-whatever? Well, nothing really. … Continue reading Wolfhand – The Devil Arrives
Time can be just as grueling as it can be rewarding. To see an album that you’ve been looking forward be delayed for whatever reason is always a shame, but it’s in the world of music that us peons must … Continue reading Great Cold Emptiness – Death Gifted a Bouquet
When I had first listened to the debut album from Towards Atlantis Lights just a few years ago, I was determined that the next thing I was going to hear from any of the band members was going to be … Continue reading Aphonic Threnody – The Great Hatred
We could sit here all day and try to settle upon a select group of bands that we could quantify as “the most brutal” based on any fucking number of factors. But, I truly do believe that there is one … Continue reading Primitive Man – Immersion
It’s always interesting to watch a band grow and evolve both as a band as well as their sound to see how much further they can take it through more experience and ingenuity to be had with each successive step. … Continue reading Chasmdweller – Altar of Bizarre Cruelty
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