Wolf Blood are a US doom metal band and this is their latest EP.
Was it really 2014 that Wolf Blood’s self titled debut album was released? It seems like only a year or so ago…Regardless, we now have this new 2-track EP of material to enjoy, and enjoy we do. Very much. Continue reading “Wolf Blood – Tsunami/Home (Review)”
Eye of Solitude are a funeral doom band from the UK and this is their fifth album.
I always get very excited when I get to hear some new Eye of Solitude material. If you’re unfamiliar with the band, check out Sui Caedere, Canto III, Dear Insanity, their split with Faal, split with Marche Funèbre, and, of course, this latest 52-minute opus. Continue reading “Eye of Solitude – Slaves to Solitude (Review)”
Abstracter are a blackened doom band from the US and this is their third album.
Abstracter are firm favourites here at Wonderbox Metal. Make sure you check out Tomb of Feathers, Wound Empire, and their split with Dark Circles. Continue reading “Abstracter – Cinereous Incarnate (Review)”
Built-in Obsolescence are a progressive/post-metal band from Italy. This is their debut album.
Here we have 61 minutes of post-metal with progressive tendencies. Modelled on influences such as The Ocean, Cult of Luna, Isis, and a touch of Tool, Built-in Obsolescence mould elements of these to satisfy their own vision of what heavy music should sound like in 2018. Continue reading “Built-in Obsolescence – Instar (Review)”
Morag Tong are a UK doom band, and this is their debut album.
Here we have 48 minutes of material from exploratory doomsters Morag Tong.
Last Knell of Om is an expansive and compelling listen, riven with huge slow guitars and imbued with a keen spacial awareness. It’s Continue reading “Morag Tong – Last Knell of Om (Review)”
Witch Mountain are a US doom metal band and this is their fifth album.
Plying traditional doom metal that focuses on songs, soaring vocals, heartfelt melodies, and gripping riffs, Witch Mountain’s strikingly-covered fifth album features 35 minutes of quality doom metal to get your teeth into. Continue reading “Witch Mountain – Witch Mountain (Review)”
This is the sixth album from US experimental sludge band The Body.
After 2016’s monstrous No One Deserves Happiness, and their sterling collaboration with Full of Hell, we now have another 50 minutes of harsh sounds that merge industrial, noise, sludge, doom, and electronics together into a captivating whole. Continue reading “The Body – I Have Fought Against It, but I Can’t Any Longer (Review)”
Ommadon are a doom/drone band from the UK and this is their sixth album.
We’ve encountered Ommadon before with the massive V, but it’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to catch up with their immersive take on doom. Continue reading “Ommadon – End Times (Review)”
This is the debut album from UK sludge/Post-Metal band Archelon.
Last year I came across Archelon’s I//II, which compiled their two previous EPs. This showed the band’s development and progression from their debut EP to the next, and promised very good things for the future. Well, the future is now, and Tribe of Suns is the 46-minute embodiment of the band’s previously seen promise. Continue reading “Archelon – Tribe of Suns (Review)”
CHRCH are a doom/sludge band from the US and this is their second album.
My first encounter with CHRCH was on their split with Fister. I think you can safely say that I fell in love with them at that point, so it’s very exciting that their latest full length release is now here with a new 47 minutes of material for me to get lost in. Continue reading “CHRCH – Light Will Consume Us All (Review)”
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