This is the debut album by UK doom band Dromos.
A 46-minute funeral doom album that consists of three mammoth songs? Yes please. Brought into the world by current/ex-members of Eihort, Final Dose, Mutagenic Host, and more, Dromos deliver a doom metal feast across the massive Failing Light. Continue reading “Dromos – Failing Light (Review)”
Gozu are a stoner/grunge band from the US and this is their sixth album.
Three years after Remedy, Gozu VI has arrived to rock your socks off. Across 47 minutes Gozu’s new record has arrived to show you a good time, while also making you feel something too. Continue reading “Gozu – Gozu VI (Review)”
Manchester’s hot ticket is tonight is Dragged into Sunlight, and people have turned out in force. As usual, their merch queue is ridiculous, and it stays ridiculous for a ridiculous amount of time. Good for them. They’re not the only tasty treat on this gnarled bill though; first comes death metal most foul. Continue reading “Dragged into Sunlight/Vacuous/Plague Pit – Club Academy, Manchester – 30/05/26 (Live Review)”
This is the fourth album from Swedish instrumental post-metal band Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet.
Existing somewhere between progressive metal, post-metal, doom, and post-rock, IV contains 44 minutes of atmospheric material. Sagor Som Leder Met Slutet have crafted a record of Continue reading “Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet – IV (Review)”
This is the debut album from Italian black metal band Atlantic Ridge.
Brought to us by members of Bedsore and Thecodontion, Atlantic Ridge contains 41 minutes of atmospheric black metal, with added funeral doom and a touch of sludgy post-metal. Atlantic Ridge have crafted an engaging record of esoteric depth. Continue reading “Atlantic Ridge – Atlantic Ridge (Review)”
This is the third album from solo Greek black metal band Night Vigil.
This is an easy band for fans of Auriferous Flame, Mystras, and Spectral Lore to take an interest in, as the same artist behind these bands is also the one behind Night Vigil. The Hamlet contains 35 minutes of material, and it’s not Continue reading “Night Vigil – The Hamlet (Review)”
This is the third album from UK doomgaze band Sugar Horse.
Following on from 2024’s well-received The Grand Scheme of Things, Not a Sound in Heaven offers up 44 minutes of new music for fans of the band to salivate over. Yep, Sugar Horse are back, and this time Continue reading “Sugar Horse – Not a Sound in Heaven (Review)”
Cult of Occult are a French doom band and this is their fifth album.
It’s great to have towering Cult of Occult back. The last time they graced us with their malignant presence was on 2021’s Ruin, but now we have a brand new full album. I Have No Name contains 70 minutes of doomsludge horror. My, what a Continue reading “Cult of Occult – I Have No Name (Review)”
Unearthly Rites are a Finnish death metal band and this is their second album.
Tortural Symphony of the Flesh is the 40-minute follow up to 2024’s Ecdysis, bringing us another filth-ridden slab of death/crust/sludge/grind/doom from Unearthly Rites. Strap yourself in, and get ready for something Continue reading “Unearthly Rites – Tortural Symphony of the Flesh (Review)”
This is the twelfth album from US sludge/post-metal band Neurosis.
Ten years since 2016’s Fires Within Fires, nobody was expecting the return of Neurosis this month. Armed with the formidable talents of Aaron Turner, (Isis/Old Man Gloom/Sumac) on guitar and vocals, this new Neurosis album is Continue reading “Neurosis – An Undying Love for a Burning World (Review)”
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