There’s nothing quite like a distinct, unexpected shift in a band’s sound to make one’s head turn. A little bit of a change is one thing with that being something that a band can ease into such that it doesn’t … Continue reading Bong-Ra – Meditations
Ever since Ommadon left us behind after a glorious streak of the darkest drone music I had ever heard, there has been a distinct void in my listening habits that I’ve been meaning to rectify but have simply never gotten … Continue reading Mantras – Pillars of Creation
There really is nothing quite like trying to survive in extreme cold. It’s a horror that few of us rarely have to face anymore for one reason or another, but we all have an innate fear of a frozen death … Continue reading Escaping Aghartha – White-Nose Syndrome
Whether or not we want to talk about it, there’s a subconscious race within the world of doom that extends to its more ambitious counterpart of drone that many musicians are part of even if they reject such a notion: … Continue reading Dark Buddha Rising – Mathreyata
Drone is absolutely something that I need more of in my life. Whether it comes in the form of ambiance or metal it doesn’t matter since both have come bountiful forms like HLER and Mizmor, respectively. But, what would happen … Continue reading Brontosaurus – Excavation
Just a few days ago with my review for Fleshvessel’s debut EP, “Bile of Man Reborn”, I claimed that it was incredibly inventive on every level and not afraid whatsoever to cross genre lines to create something unique and electrifying. … Continue reading Neptunian Maximalism – Éons
] There haven’t been many other obscure acts that I like to keep my eyes peeled for than Canyon of the Skull as they’ve been an act for years now that I’ve enjoyed listening to very much. Their incredible niche … Continue reading Canyon of the Skull – Sins of the Past
There are some truly wondrous styles both in and outside of metal that will never cease to amaze me. When I first got into metal I never once dared to think that there would be a sound, much less one … Continue reading Sunn O))) – Life Metal
The art of drawing out a sound to stretch over ten, twenty, thirty, and even more minutes is something that not many feel up to the task for, but it’s with doom metal that we see people willing to tackle … Continue reading Dead Sisters – s/t
The beauty of doing these reviews is how I can listen to one album years ago that I completely forgot to revisit, and then suddenly see the same band put out a new album which then grasps my attention. It … Continue reading Ommadon – End Times
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