Vofa are a doom metal band from Iceland, and this is their debut album.
Vofa contains just three tracks, but each is over 12 minutes in length, making for an album with a total duration of 37 minutes. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Death/Doom
Oak – Lone (Review)
Oak are a Portuguese funeral death/doom band and this is their debut album.
Featuring members of the mighty Gaerea, this album contains 51 minutes of slow, mournful doom. Heavy and atmospheric, Lone is a doom album tour de force. Continue reading
Evadne – Dethroned of Our Souls (Review)
Evadne are a Spanish melodic death/doom band, and this is their latest release.
This is a compilation album featuring tracks taken from various sources. Across the album we get remixed/remastered songs, cover versions, live tracks, and the band’s original demo. All told, this is 66 minutes of doom collected under some pretty striking album art. Continue reading
Mesmur – Terrene (Review)
This is the third album from international doom band Mesmur.
Mesmur’s 2016 album S was a heavily atmospheric slab of funeral death/doom, one which was notable for its depth of mood and delivery. The band have now returned with four new imposing songs, clocking in at 55 minutes. Continue reading
Coffins – Beyond the Circular Demise (Review)
This is the fifth album from Coffins, a death metal band from Japan.
I haven’t caught up with Coffins since 2015’s Craving to Eternal Slumber, but of course this highly prolific band have been busy since then on a number of releases. Beyond the Circular Demise is their latest full length, delivering 43 minutes of doom-infused death metal. Continue reading
Mourner – Apogee of Nihility (Review)
This is the debut album from Mourner, a death/doom metal band from Russia.
In a surprisingly textured mix of gloomy atmosphere and deathly heaviness, Mourner’s first release is an enjoyable take on the death/doom style. It seems primarily influenced by the old-school triumvirate of Paradise Lost, Anathema, and My Dying Bride, and fans of these bands and the corresponding era should find much to enjoy here. Continue reading
Hex – God Has No Name (Review)
Hex are a Spanish death/doom metal band and this is their second album.
Hex are a band that play a base of death metal that’s been infused with doom. It is, in general terms at least, a mix of old-school bands such as Paradise Lost, Bolt Thrower, Behemoth, Hypocrisy, and Dismember, with a few others thrown in too. Continue reading
Chalice of Suffering – Lost Eternally (Review)
This is the second album from US funeral doom band Chalice of Suffering.
2016’s For You I Die was an album I enjoyed, so it’s very agreeable to have a new slab of torment from the band. And what a considerable slab of torment and suffering it is too. Continue reading
Monthly Overview – the Best of March 2019
March proved to be this year’s strongest month for metal releases yet. I was hard-pressed to keep this list as short as it is, and any of the albums listed below are worthy of your attention. Continue reading
Illimitable Dolor – Leaden Light (Review)
Illimitable Dolor are from Australia, and play atmospheric death/doom metal.
Following on from their split with Promethean Misery, I was keen to hear more from Illimitable Dolor. Well, now is that opportunity; Leaden Light contains 52 minutes of material, carved into five exquisite slices. Continue reading
