Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, (great name!), are a doom metal band from the UK, and this is their second album.
Do you like massively heavy riffs accompanied by angelic female vocals? Of course you do! After all, you’re a discerning doom connoisseur, and what’s not to like? Y Proffwyd Dwyll offers up 48 minutes of this formula, and it’s one that seems to work very, very well. Continue reading “Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard – Y Proffwyd Dwyll (Review)”
Oldd Wvrms are a Belgian sludge/doom band and this is their second album.
With slow, sludgy riffs the band proceed to hypnotise and entice with their rich, textured brand of murky delivery. This is not your run-of-the-mill simple or basic sludge/doom; this is music that’s been produced with thought and purpose.
There’s plenty of heavy riffs on here, but Continue reading “Oldd Wvrms – Ignobilis (Review)”
This is the second album from Somnus Aeternus, a doom metal band from the Czech Republic.
Featuring elements of post-metal, doom/death, progressive metal and black metal, Somnus Aeternus provide an expansive 53 minutes of keyboard-enhanced doom for your delectation.
The vocals mainly Continue reading “Somnus Aeternus – Exulansis (Review)”
Forlet Sires are a Swiss post-black metal band. This is their debut album.
Using black metal as a base for their dark explorations, Forlet Sires create heavy and atmospheric music that contains aspects of post-hardcore and doom in their sound.
Forlet Sires deal in raw blackened atmosphere. Continue reading “Forlet Sires – Journey Towards Ruin (Review)”
This is the latest EP from US post-metal band A Province of Thay.
According to the promo blurb – “This album is an amazing blend of doom and goth rock that takes the melodies of The Cure and combines them with heavy metal, into a unique whole.” Now, I don’t always put a Continue reading “A Province of Thay – Atonement (Review)”
Kurokuma are a UK sludge/doom band and this is their debut EP.
It’s time for Kurokuma to bring the heavy. These three songs are oppressively weighty, consisting of sludgy doom metal with enough intensity to crush a bus.
It’s good that the band know how to add nuance though, as this just makes their music more in-depth and increases its longevity. To this end, elements of psychedelic drone appear here and there, meaning that not only can Kurokuma floor you with their heaviness, but they can also entrance with moody atmosphere. Continue reading “Kurokuma – Advorsus (Review)”
This is the debut EP from Irish post-metal/doom band Third Island.
Building atmosphere with steady grace and gentle insistence, Third Island take a subtle, almost-sensual approach to their post-metal explorations. That’s not to say that they don’t know how to ramp up Continue reading “Third Island – Dusk (Review)”
This is the debut album from US black metallers Predatory Light.
Featuring members of Mania, Triumvir Foul and Ash Borer, this release comes with high expectations before it even starts. As you can probably guess, those expectations are fulfilled.
Predatory Light play black metal with a serving of doom and a keen Continue reading “Predatory Light – Predatory Light (Review)”
Hailing from The Netherlands, this is the ninth album from legendary death metallers Asphyx.
Asphyx are a well-known band for a reason and new material from them is always welcome.
Incoming Death contains 48 minutes of colossal death metal, with huge riffs and drums that drop like bombs.
War-themed and crushingly heavy, this is an album that sweeps you away as soon as you start playing it. Sure, there are Continue reading “Asphyx – Incoming Death (Review)”
Khaldera are from Switzerland. They play post-metal and this is their second EP.
Khaldera play their music as an instrumental band with plenty of atmosphere.
Weaving heavy, down-beat grooves with atmospheric doom and post-metal contemplation, this 18 minute Continue reading “Khaldera – Alteration (Review)”
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