Black Tomb are a sludge/doom band from the US. This is their debut album.
Black Tomb appear to have congealed out of some dank, dark tar pit with the express purpose of creating bleak, filthy doom metal.
Think of Electric Wizard if they were a Continue reading “Black Tomb – Black Tomb (Review)”
This is the debut album from Italian post-metallers John, the Void.
The band’s 2014 EP was very well-received by yours truly, so it’s good to see them return with their first full-length. Continue reading “John, the Void – II (Review)”
Obscure Sphinx are a post-metal/progressive doom band from Poland. This is their third album.
2013’s Void Mother was one of my favourite albums of that year. Fast forward 3 years and my anticipation for Epitaphs is at fever pitch.
Obscure Sphinx are one of those oh-so-rare bands that are very definitely leaders and not followers. How they haven’t been Continue reading “Obscure Sphinx – Epitaphs (Review)”
Soothsayer are a doom band from Ireland. This is their latest release.
Soothsayer play atmospheric doom/sludge that thrives on dense, dark emotion and otherworldly atmospheres.
This is slow-building music that wields atmosphere like a wrecking ball, crushing everything around it with the sheer weight of oppressive mood and feeling. Continue reading “Soothsayer – At This Great Depth (Review)”
Gridfailure is a one-man solo experimental project from the US. This is his latest EP.
Having been pleasingly surprised, impressed and enthralled with this year’s debut album from Gridfailure – Ensuring the Bloodline Ends Here – I was eagerly awaiting this release. With the exception of handful of releases, (Gensho being a notable one), I’m not hugely into this kind of thing normally, so to find an artist like this that I can really connect to is quite an unexpected treat. Continue reading “Gridfailure – Further Layers of Societal Collapse (Review)”
Year of the Cobra are a US doom metal band. This is their debut album.
Here we find just drums, bass and vocals, but what a combination. Just a duo, the band nonetheless have a large presence with the near 44 minutes of music on …in the Shadows Below. Continue reading “Year of the Cobra – …in the Shadows Below (Review)”
Headless Kross are a doom band from the UK.
Headless Kross don’t play nice music. They do, however, play heavy music, and this is what we like.
The vocals are unhinged screams. They seem Continue reading “Headless Kross – Projections 1 (Review)”
Disemballerina are a US band, and this is their latest album.
With instruments such as Cello, Viola, Harp, Machete, Acoustic Guitar and Bajo Quinto, this is not your average release.
Dismballerina play a sort of chamber/classical music combination, that may not Continue reading “Disemballerina – Poison Gown (Review)”
This is the eleventh album from legendary genre-forgers Neurosis. They play post-metal/progressive sludge/doom/whatever.
The impact of Neurosis on the post-metal/sludge/doom/etc. scene is immense and has been well-documented, of course. Suffice to say that this is an important band producing important music. They always have been and probably, (hopefully), always will be. Continue reading “Neurosis – Fires Within Fires (Review)”
This is the debut album from Jagged Mouth, a sludge/doom metal band from the US.
With the kind of scathingly high-pitched vocals that can strip skin at 100 paces, Jagged Mouth don’t mess around. This is slow and heavy sludge/doom that doesn’t care for being nice or pleasant in any way. Continue reading “Jagged Mouth – Louring (Review)”
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