Tag: Sludge

Herod – Sombre Dessein (Review)

herod - sombre desseinHerod are a progressive sludge band from Switzerland and this is their second album.

Here we have 43 minutes of post-metal that takes a progressive sludge approach to its material. Continue reading “Herod – Sombre Dessein (Review)”

Downfall of Gaia – Ethic of Radical Finitude (Review)

downfall of gaia - ethic of radical finitudeDownfall of Gaia are a German post-black metal band and this is their fifth album.

Downfall of Gaia are an impressive proposition. Their blackened brand of atmospheric sludge metal is channelled into post-black metal songs that are both satisfying and immersive. We last encountered them on 2016’s Atrophy, and now they grace us with 40 minutes of new material. Continue reading “Downfall of Gaia – Ethic of Radical Finitude (Review)”

Monthly Overview – the Best of January 2019

January has seen somewhat of a slow start to the year for metal releases. Despite this, there have still been some that are well worth your attention. Have a look at the gems below and let me know which ones sound the best to you… Continue reading “Monthly Overview – the Best of January 2019”

A Thousand Sufferings – Bleakness (Review)

A Thousand Sufferings - BleaknessThis is the second album from A Thousand Sufferings, a Belgian blackened doom band.

We last heard from A Thousand Sufferings in 2015 with their debut album Burden. This was a dark slab of doom/sludge metal, and with Bleakness A Thousand Sufferings have capitalised on the strengths of that early record and produced 41 minutes of tortured and pained heavy music. Continue reading “A Thousand Sufferings – Bleakness (Review)”

Mastiff – Plague (Review)

Mastiff - PlagueMastiff are a hardcore/sludge metal band from the UK and this is their second album.

Mastiff play the kind of pitch-black ugliness that I really like. Mixing styles and genres into an extreme metal mass of festering hatred and misery, Plague contains elements of doom, sludge, hardcore, and grindcore, all hatefully mixed together and vomited onto the listener with scorn and bile. Continue reading “Mastiff – Plague (Review)”

Erlen Meyer – Sang et Or (Review)

Erlen Meyer - Sang et OrErlen Meyer are from France and play post-hardcore/metal. This is their second album.

I’ve been looking forward to this release ever since the band’s 2013’s self-titled debut. I managed to catch them live at 2016’s Damnation Festival and interview them too, so this is definitely an album I’ve been awaiting. Continue reading “Erlen Meyer – Sang et Or (Review)”

Carrion Mother – Nothing Remains (Review)

Carrion Mother - Nothing RemainsThis is the second album from German doom band Carrion Mother.

On Nothing Remains Carrion Mother are channelling their internal harshness in no uncertain terms. In fact, this has now become external harshness that has spread across four tracks, and lasts 53 minutes. Nothing Remains is a colossal monster of harshness and, well, more harshness. Continue reading “Carrion Mother – Nothing Remains (Review)”

Yatra – Death Ritual (Review)

Yatra - Death RitualYatra are a doom band from the US and this is their debut album.

Now here we have an album that’s infused with darkness; it’s almost tangible, but in a warm, smoky way. Mixing ugly doom, riff-hungry stoner, blackened sludge, and harsh drone influences into 45 minutes of material, Death Ritual showcases the dark underbelly of doom metal. Continue reading “Yatra – Death Ritual (Review)”

Dirge – Lost Empyrean (Review)

Dirge - Lost EmpyreanThis is the seventh album from Dirge, an atmospheric sludge/post-metal band from France.

I loved 2014’s Hyperion, which was one of my favourite releases of that year. Last year the band released the experimental electronically-slanted Alma | Batica, which I also really enjoyed. It’s great to finally have a new full length from the band though, one which offers us their rich use of guitars once more. Continue reading “Dirge – Lost Empyrean (Review)”