Old Night are a Croatian atmospheric/progressive doom metal band and this is their debut album.
This is a very accomplished hour or so of doom metal, interleaved with elements of progressive rock, blues rock, and atmospheric metal. Continue reading “Old Night – Pale Cold Irrelevance (Review)”
Eternal Black are a doom metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
Here we have the follow up to Eternal Black’s 2015’s self-titled EP, which was a very enjoyable, albeit brief, introduction to the band. Appetite firmly whetted, Bleed the Days is now here to show that this early promise has been followed up with something more substantial. Continue reading “Eternal Black – Bleed the Days (Review)”
This is the second album from Army of Dagon, a doom metal band from the US.
This release throws in some heavy metal elements onto the well-built foundation of traditional doom metal, resulting in 44 minutes of quite enjoyable music. Continue reading “Army of Dagon – Night of the Mystics (Review)”
Lucifer’s Chalice are a heavy metal band from the UK and this is their debut album.
Featuring members and ex-members of bands such as Uncoffined and Horrified, this is a somewhat different proposition. Lucifer’s Chalice play a mix of classic heavy metal and traditional doom metal, with epic-length songs and strong vibes of days gone past. Continue reading “Lucifer’s Chalice – The Pact (Review)”
Cardinals Folly are a Finnish doom metal band and this is their fourth album.
I have a certain fondness for Cardinals Folly’s second album Our Cult Continues!. This was basically an hour of fuzzy traditional doom metal which had plenty of character and personality. Continue reading “Cardinals Folly – Deranged Pagan Sons (Review)”
This is the debut album from Irish metal band Causticgod.
Causticgod mix traditional doom metal, heavy metal, and stoner metal together across these 44 minutes. Continue reading “Causticgod – Sullen Sanctuary (Review)”
This is the second album from this Canadian doom/sludge metal band.
Well, this is very good. Let’s make that clear from the start.
Providing a Continue reading “Longhouse – II: Vanishing (Review)”
This is the second album from Mothersloth, a Spanish stoner/doom metal band.
Has it really been almost three years since Mothersloth’s stellar debut album Moribund Star? Apparently so. Time moves fast, but at least we now have a new release from this talented band. Continue reading “Mothersloth – Moon Omen (Review)”
This is the third album from US doom band Flesh of the Stars.
How time flies. It was only a couple of years ago that Flesh of the Stars impressed the Hell out of me with their very endearing debut album, Hide. Since then, I’ve somehow missed out on them releasing a second album, and they’re now on their third release, Anhilla. Turns out they’re quite the prolific band. Continue reading “Flesh of the Stars – Anhilla (Review)”
King Woman are a doom metal band from the US. This is their debut album.
Created in the Image of Suffering is an album that takes traditional doom metal and redefines it for the 2017 audience.
Adding female vocals to doom metal is something that’s a lot more common than it once was, so Continue reading “King Woman – Created in the Image of Suffering (Review)”
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