Cyclopean Blood Temple are a grindcore band from the US and this is their debut EP.
If vicious, grim grind/hardcore is your thing, then you should definitely check out Unholy Union. Continue reading
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Tag Archives: Sludge metal
Wolvhammer – The Monuments of Ash & Bone (Review)
This is the fourth album from US black metallers Wolvhammer.
This is the much-awaited follow-up to 2014’s Clawing into Black Sun, which was one of my favourite releases of that year. To say I’ve been looking forward to this album is an understatement. Continue reading
CHRCH – Light Will Consume Us All (Review)
CHRCH are a doom/sludge band from the US and this is their second album.
My first encounter with CHRCH was on their split with Fister. I think you can safely say that I fell in love with them at that point, so it’s very exciting that their latest full length release is now here with a new 47 minutes of material for me to get lost in. Continue reading
Axia – Pulverizer (Review)
Axia are a grindcore band from Portugal, and this is their debut album.
Okay, so rarely has a band’s album title been so aptly named. Axia play grind that just pulverises and destroys. Continue reading
Body Void – I Live Inside a Burning House (Review)
Body Void are a doom band from the US and this is their second album.
I love bands that play horrible, nihilistic, pitch-black doom/sludge, and Body Void are my latest discovery in this vein. If you’re a fan of bands such as Primitive Man, Khanate, Bongripper, CHRCH, and Keeper, for example, then this is very definitely for you. Continue reading
Talbot – Magnetism (Review)
Talbot are a stoner/doom band from Estonia, and this is their third album.
Talbot are a band that are playing their own brand of stoner/doom metal. Mixing the complimentary parts of stoner, doom, psychedelic, sludge, and post-metal together into an enjoyable 42-minute trip, this is an album to sit back and sink into. Continue reading
Micawber – Beyond the Reach of the Flame (Review)
Micawber are a US death metal band and this is their third album.
This is modern death metal, full of punishing riffs, crushing grooves, sharp melodies, blasting drums, and belligerent growls. Continue reading
Hundred Year Old Man – Breaching (Review)
Hundred Year Old Man are a post-metal/sludge band from the UK and this is their debut album.
Breaching contains almost 60 minutes of affecting, emotive material. With a post-metal approach to intensity the band wield their various influences to produce atmospheric sludge metal that’s a monolithic and immersive listening experience. Continue reading
Tons – Filthy Flowers of Doom (Review)
Tons are an Italian doom/sludge metal band and this is their second album.
Characterised by huge riffs and acidic vocals, Filthy Flowers of Doom is aptly named in many ways, delivering 38 minutes of sludgy doom. Continue reading
Boss Keloid – Melted on the Inch (Review)
Boss Keloid are a UK progressive sludge/doom metal band and this is their fourth album.
2016’s immense Herb Your Enthusiasm was a landmark release for the band. It was, quite simply, such a good Continue reading
