Boss Keloid are a progressive rock/metal band from the UK and this is their fifth album.
If Herb Your Enthusiasm, Melted on the Inch, and Family the Smiling Thrush weren’t enough to convince you of the merits of Boss Keloid’s individual take on sludgy music, then you’ve simply been missing out. Well, now we have Float & Aperture, a record that you didn’t know you needed, but you clearly do. Continue reading “Boss Keloid – Float & Aperture (Review)”
This is the second album from German doom metal band Fvneral Fvkk.
Fvneral Fvkk’s 2019’s debut Carnal Confessions was one of that year’s unexpected highlights. So, when Indecent Idols appeared on the horizon, all manner of alarms were triggered. Expectations, shall we say, are sky high. Fvneral Fvkk deliver 42 minutes of new material, and it’s as harrowing as it is excellent. Continue reading “Fvneral Fvkk – Indecent Idols (Review)”
Anagnorisis are a post-black metal band from the US and this is their fourth album.
Caregriever brings together a variety of extreme metal elements into a compelling 41-minute post-blackened framework. Anagnorisis have been absent a decade, but Caregriever gives us reason to be thankful they have returned, albeit in dark circumstances. Continue reading “Anagnorisis – Caregriever (Review)”
This is the fifth album from Italian doom band Shores of Null.
Shores of Null do god work, as exemplified by 2020’s stellar Beyond the Shores (on Death and Dying) and 2023’s very enjoyable The Loss of Beauty. Homesick brings us 48 minutes of new material from the band, and it’s another worthy addition to the Shores of Null discography. Continue reading “Shores of Null – Homesick (Review)”
This is the fifth album by Oscillotron, a solo drone/electronic band from Sweden.
Brought to us by the artist behind Kongh, Axiom delivers a 61-minute journey into expressive cinematic drone soundscapes. Oscillotron’s music blends dark ambient, drone, doom, prog, and atmospheric synths into a record that’s unreasonably immersive. Continue reading “Oscillotron – Axiom (Review)”
This is the third album from US death/doom metal band Mother of Graves.
Mother of Graves have had an enviable run so far. Starting with their impressive debut EP In Sombre Dreams in 2021, they capitalised on this with their first full length the following year – Where the Shadows Adorn. However, it was 2024’s mighty The Periapt of Absence that really put them on the wider death/doom map. Which brings us gloomily to the 46-minute The Light That Keeps Us. Have Mother of Graves continued their ascent into the metallic heavens? Continue reading “Mother of Graves – The Light That Keeps Us (Review)”
Thronehammer are an international doom metal band and this is their fourth album.
Thronehammer return! Glory! With the mighty Slay | Kill | Erase Thronehammer unleash yet another colossal slab of doom heaviness on the world, and it’s as massive as you’d want it to be. Prepare thyself for Thronehammer! Continue reading “Thronehammer – Slay | Kill | Erase (Review)”
Death. Void. Terror. are a black/death/doom metal band from Switzerland, and this is their third album.
This new record follows hot on the sulphurous heels of last month’s EP To the Great Monolith 2.5. So, what do these strange, otherworldly travellers have in store for us this time? The answer, is something unexpectedly special. Something, in fact, to shake you out of your complacency and really, truly, feel the music. Continue reading “Death. Void. Terror. – To the Great Monolith III: Rifts (Review)”
This is the fourth album by Swedish doom/sludge metal band Kongh.
Dissolved in Time contains three sprawling tracks that total 39 minutes. Kongh’s style mixes sludge, doom, and post-metal, delivering a record that makes a good impression. Continue reading “Kongh – Dissolved in Time (Review)”
This is the fourth album by UK sludge metallers Remote Viewing.
Fusing doomy sludge heaviness with noise rock urgency and dynamics, Remote Viewing are here to cause damage and drag you down into the filth. Launching 40 minutes of material right at your uncaring face, State Violence will not be ignored. Continue reading “Remote Viewing – State Violence (Review)”
