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Ahab – The Boats of The Glen Carrig

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 There’s nothing like hearing from a band who pioneered a genre of their very own. Much like how Alestorm invented pirate metal and A Breach of Silence tweaked metalcore into powercore, Ahab have transformed their doom metal into a seaworthy subgenre of doom metal: nautic (or nautik) doom. As you might have guessed by the word choice and album cover, Ahab’s new album “The Boats of The Glen Carrig” is heavily influenced by the sea. More specifically, a novel of the same name written by William Hope Hodgson first published in 1907. Regarded as a “survival and adventure story with elements of … Continue reading Ahab – The Boats of The Glen Carrig

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Behold! The Monolith – Architects of the Void

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 That is one of those album covers that is so badass that you cannot help but think “I hope the music is the same as the cover” (meaning epic). Stoner metal has always been a genre for me that is never consistent with being good or bad to my ears, and the same thing goes for doom metal, and especially not to mention if they were combined. They’ve both had their moments their, and Behold! The Monolith’s new upcoming album “Architects of the Void” is one of them as this combo of stoner and doom metal is more than anything … Continue reading Behold! The Monolith – Architects of the Void

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Bell Witch – Four Phantoms

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 First off, that album cover is fucking awesome in every single way. Second off, the doom metal in “Four Phantoms” is even more astonishing and interesting that the cover art. With a run time of over an hour long, Bell Witch has created a doom album that is pure 100% doom metal done in the most correct way that you could fathom. There’s only 4 tracks on the album too, so just imagine the lengths of the individual tracks themselves. If you’re any sort of doom fan then that must have your interest peaked right now for all the right … Continue reading Bell Witch – Four Phantoms

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Secrets of the Sky – Pathway

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 The last time an album with doom elements truly had me glued to the seat in awe and shock was Inter Arma’s “The Cavern”, and now “Pathway” from atmospheric doom metal act Secrets of the Sky have done that same exact thing for me. I’ve never thought that atmospheric doom metal would be like, but this worked so fucking well that it blew my mind to bits only for me to reassemble them and have them blown apart again! This album is without a fucking doubt the best doom metal album of 2015 so far and is tied for my … Continue reading Secrets of the Sky – Pathway

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Desolate Pathway – Valley of the King

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 Never once has it ever crossed my mind to imagine what would happened if you were to mix quality doom metal with very well done folk/epic metal, but Desolate Pathway’s debut “Valley of the King” shows exactly what that would sound like and it is epic to say in the absolute least! The slower pace of these doom guitars along with the epic metal theme of a great prince going on a long, perilous journey to reclaim his throne with each of the 8 tracks telling of the trials and the difficulties that he went through in order to reach … Continue reading Desolate Pathway – Valley of the King

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Allfather – No Gods No Masters

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 If you’ve been looking for an EP that has elements of anarchy with a sludge/doom metal performance and being all around badass then look no further than Allfather’s brand new EP “No Gods No Masters”! This album is certainly a piece of work for sludge/doom metal fans with the vicious vocals and ripping guitars than fans of both genres should have their mouths watering over in no time at all after they press play for this impressive opening track “The Great Destroyer”. And even though “No Gods No Masters” only have 4 tracks that doesn’t mean that Allfather is limited … Continue reading Allfather – No Gods No Masters

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Shrine of the Serpent (self-titled)

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 Death and doom metal have always been one of my personal favorite genres in all of metal, and sadly sometimes combining them doesn’t work out while other times it works out fabulously. And thankfully, the later is true with Shrine of the Serpent’s new self-titled album! While only having 3 tracks to it, this album keeps to one of the key features of doom metal: the length of songs. Each of the songs are over 8 minutes long with the longest being just under 12, but that doesn’t mean they’re lacking in quality because all of them have an incredible … Continue reading Shrine of the Serpent (self-titled)

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Hanal Pixan – In Lu’umil Belice

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 Normally whenever I hear a black/doom metal album I don’t expect much because a lot of times it’s not properly done and it’s just on big mess of an album. But Hanal Pixan’s new “In Lu’umil Belice” that is quite the opposite. While this album is far from a masterpiece (in my eyes, that is), it is definitely something that Hanal Pixan should be proud of because they managed to create an album that greatly suits their genres in ways that it’s shown off wondrously in the form and make up of the album. Each song is its own unique … Continue reading Hanal Pixan – In Lu’umil Belice

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Unmothered – U M B R A

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 I’ve never thought that a 3-song album from a doom/sludge band could implement black metal into an album so well as Unmothered has done with their upcoming album “U M B R A”. All the songs off of this album sound amazing with their versatility between the three genres while also being very heavy to the point where you can head bang for this entire album and replay the whole thing over just to do it again. I’ve seen reviews for “U M B R A” that call it a mixture of Unsane, Today is the Day, and YOB; very … Continue reading Unmothered – U M B R A

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Monolord – We Will Burn (single)

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 That cover art doesn’t exactly scream but doom metal, but “We Will Burn” from Monolord’s upcoming sophomore album “Vænir” shows that there is much more underneath that the cover art doesn’t portray. This single is a great track in every single way from the beginning and shows that not only will “Vænir” be a proper doom metal album, it will also be an impressive album overall if it’s going to be anything like “We Will Burn”. The track is over 7 minutes long so it’s got that real doom metal feel to it along with the vocals that really hook you in … Continue reading Monolord – We Will Burn (single)