Category: Doom

Olde – Temple (Review)

OldeOlde are a Canadian doom/stoner metal band and this is their second album.

Olde offer us some dark and heavy doom/stoner metal, worshipping the riff and generally invoking both rock and roll mayhem and sullen atmospheres to good effect. Continue reading “Olde – Temple (Review)”

Zaraza – Spasms of Rebirth (Review)

ZarazaZaraza are a doom/sludge band from Ecuador. This is their third album.

Zaraza play experimental industrial-tinged doom/sludge metal. Slow, dreary, and utterly without hope. Continue reading “Zaraza – Spasms of Rebirth (Review)”

No Funeral/Livid – Split (Review)

No Funeral LividNo Funeral and Livid are both from the US and have joined up for this split release.

No Funeral are up first, offering two tracks lasting 19 minutes. I haven’t encountered No Funeral before, but their sludgy doom is so laden with Continue reading “No Funeral/Livid – Split (Review)”

Canyon of the Skull – The Desert Winter (Review)

Canyon of the SkullCanyon of the Skull are an instrumental doom band from the US and this is their second album.

The Desert Winter contains one single track that lasts a whopping 37 minutes. Continue reading “Canyon of the Skull – The Desert Winter (Review)”

Archelon – I // II (Review)

ArchelonArchelon are a post-metal/sludge band from the UK and this is a compilation of their first two EPs.

Archelon’s sound is one that mixes that of Knut and Neurosis with a decent helping of Isis, alongside a dash of Zao and old Mastodon. Continue reading “Archelon – I // II (Review)”

Livid – Beneath This Shroud, the Earth Erodes (Review)

LividLivid are a doom band from the US and this is their debut album.

2015’s Sint was extremely enjoyable, and showed huge promise for the band for potentially great things for the future. Well, the future is now, and Livid have delivered. Continue reading “Livid – Beneath This Shroud, the Earth Erodes (Review)”

Boris – Dear (Review)

BorisBoris are a legenday group from Japan. Over the years they have produced so much music in so many different styles it’s actually quite difficult to keep up with them. Suffice to say, whatever they do, they usually do it very well indeed.

The last time we caught up with Boris it was only a year or so ago, with their split/collaboration with Merzbow. This was experimental noise at its very best, a style I’m not a huge fan of, but done so well that I couldn’t help but take to it. Continue reading “Boris – Dear (Review)”