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Mournful Congregation – The Incubus of Karma (Review)

Mournful Congregation are an Australian funeral doom band and this is their sixth album.

I like music that’s bleakly heavy, crushingly slow, and agonisingly despondent. Therefore, I like Mournful Congregation.

It seems like an age since the band’s last foray into despair that was Concrescence of the Sophia, but now they’ve finally appeared from the shadows once again to bless us with more of their monolithic funeral dirges. Continue reading “Mournful Congregation – The Incubus of Karma (Review)”

Eigenlicht – Self-Annihilating Consciousness (Review)

This is the debut album from US black metal band Eigenlicht.

Majestic and ethereal, esoteric and occult, expansive and exploratory…all of these words and many more can easily be used to describe the music on Self-Annihilating Consciousness. This is atmospheric black metal that truly is all of those things and so much more. Continue reading “Eigenlicht – Self-Annihilating Consciousness (Review)”

Beldam – Pasung (Review)

Beldam are a blackened doom/sludge band form the US and this is their second album.

Pasung offers up 48 minutes of gritty, American sludge metal, replete with plenty of doom and an ugly blackened patina. Continue reading “Beldam – Pasung (Review)”

Esoctrilihum – Pandaemorthium (Forbidden Formulas to Awaken the Blind Sovereigns of Nothingness) (Review)

Esoctrilihum is a French one man black/death metal band and this is his second album.

71 minutes of harrowing, terrify blackened evil? Sign me up! The man behind Esoctrilihum has created a monster of an album. Continue reading “Esoctrilihum – Pandaemorthium (Forbidden Formulas to Awaken the Blind Sovereigns of Nothingness) (Review)”

Windhand/Satan’s Satyrs – Split (Review)

This is a split between Windhand and Satan’s Satyrs, who are both from the US.

Windhand play doom metal, and very nice it is too. On this release they give us 20 minutes of material that’s split into two tracks. Continue reading “Windhand/Satan’s Satyrs – Split (Review)”

Interview with Monolithe

Monolithe’s latest album Nebula Septem is quite something. With a firm concept and a collection of songs that’s arguably the band’s most diverse and enjoyable yet, it seems that here is a band that can do no wrong and are simply getting better and better as time goes by.

Benoît Blin, who plays guitar in the band, was nice enough to go into detail about the album and what makes it what it is… Continue reading “Interview with Monolithe”

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard/Slomatics – Totems – Split (Review)

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard and Slomatics are both doom metal bands from the UK. They have teamed up for this very tasty split release.

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard open the split, with 23 minutes of their enchanting doom. Continue reading “Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard/Slomatics – Totems – Split (Review)”

Empress – Reminiscence (Review)

This is the debut EP from Canadian doom band Empress.

Although classed as an EP, there’s still 29 minutes of material here to sink your teeth into.

I’ll say it straight away – Reminiscence is a massively enjoyable release. Continue reading “Empress – Reminiscence (Review)”

Autopsy – Puncturing the Grotesque (Review)

Autopsy are a veteran US death metal band and this is their latest EP.

Very few come close to the gloriously filthy death metal of Autopsy. Marking a meaty 30 years of the band’s existence, this seven track EP is 24 minutes of gruesome fun and infectious sickness. Continue reading “Autopsy – Puncturing the Grotesque (Review)”

Vile Creature – Cast of Static and Smoke (Review)

Vile Creature are a Canadian doom duo and this is their second album.

This is a themed album that comes with a short story. It’s an ambitious concept, but seems to have been pulled off quite naturally by the band across this 42 minutes. Continue reading “Vile Creature – Cast of Static and Smoke (Review)”