Yob are a doom metal band from the US and this is their eighth album.
Featuring a colossal 73 minutes of music, Our Raw Heart is a marathon of emotively compelling doom metal. If you’ve enjoyed Yob’s music in the past, then get ready to experience some of the best they’ve ever offered. Continue reading “Yob – Our Raw Heart (Review)”
Morag Tong are a UK doom band, and this is their debut album.
Here we have 48 minutes of material from exploratory doomsters Morag Tong.
Last Knell of Om is an expansive and compelling listen, riven with huge slow guitars and imbued with a keen spacial awareness. It’s Continue reading “Morag Tong – Last Knell of Om (Review)”
This is the debut album from Italian death/doom band Assumption.
Get ready to explore the cosmos once more with Assumption. Debut EP The Three Appearances laid out the initial path, but now Absconditus takes us on the full journey. Continue reading “Assumption – Absconditus (Review)”
Bong are a doom/drone band from the UK and this is their eighth album.
Featuring a member of 11 Paranoias, Bong are a prolific psychedelic doom/drone metal band that create sprawling, expansive songs that you can easily lose yourself in. Continue reading “Bong – Thought and Existence (Review and Interview)”
This is the latest EP from Dark Buddha Rising, a psychedelic doom band from Finland.
Specialising in songs that are long, expressive, layered, and absorbing, this is the follow up to 2015’s very enjoyable Inversum. Continue reading “Dark Buddha Rising – II (Review)”
Risin Sabotage are a Ukrainian stoner doom band and this is their second album.
Here we have 45 minutes of exploratory stoner doom, creating vibrant soundscapes full of all manner of enjoyable fuzzed-out vibes. Continue reading “Risin Sabotage – Planet Dies (Review)”
This is the debut album from US doom band Palehorse/Palerider.
This is a rich, textured release that combines psychedelic doom, post-rock, and shoegaze to create involving soundscapes. Described as doomgaze, the appellation is apt. Continue reading “Palehorse/Palerider – Burial Songs (Review)”
Brume are a doom band from the US and this is their debut album.
Worshipping the purity of The Riff, yet with enough psychedelic depth to fashion a very well-rounded and nuanced release, Rooster is a top quality listen from start to finish. Continue reading “Brume – Rooster (Review)”
This is the second album from Irish doom metal band Dread Sovereign.
2014’s All Hell’s Martyrs was an absolute stormer of an album, and definitely one of my favourites from the doom metal genre. After catching them live at last year’s Damnation Festival, I was very excited to eventually hear some new material from the band. Finally, the wait is over. Continue reading “Dread Sovereign – For Doom the Bell Tolls (Review)”
This is the third album from 11Paranoias, a UK sludge/doom band.
The album cover alone makes me feel paranoid, not to mention confused and slightly panicked, and this is before I’ve even pressed play. Continue reading “11Paranoias – Reliquary for a Dreamed of World (Review)”
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