Author Marco Gaminara
I was first introduced to Holy Moses over 30 years ago, with a ton of other German thrash bands. I’m saddened to admit that of all those bands, I only ever latched onto one album with any conviction so haven’t… Continue Reading →
Work started on this album in March 2020, when the drum tracks were laid down by then drummer Dan Presland. This is the point where the world decided to implode and prevented the rest of the band from getting to… Continue Reading →
I guess it’s probably appropriate that I started listening to this on Friday the 17th of March… It’s been 12 years since I reviewed ‘Blood on the Black Robe’, and there were 2 other albums released between that and this… Continue Reading →
Formed 33 years ago, this shall be the Swedish quartet’s 8th album, 4 years since their last release. Their brand of melodic doom with a touch of death has plenty of clean vocals by guitarists Daniel Brynste and Crister Olsson,… Continue Reading →
This is the second album by the Greek Sextet hailing from Athens. Their style of melodic doom-death if very well delivered and transitions seamlessly from full on mellow melodies to extremely heavy death metal blasts and lengthy songs that merge… Continue Reading →
Based on a short story written by bassist and vocalist Niilo Sevänen, “inspired” by the Torsåker witch trials in 17th century Sweden, this is the 9th album by the Finnish quintet and 4 years since their last offering. As is… Continue Reading →
This is the fourth album by the decade old Californian band, but the first where Trevor isn’t playing all the instruments, as he is joined for the second time by vocalist Stevie, with drummer Robin and bassist Igor both debuting…. Continue Reading →
This is the third album by the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Max Molodtsov from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Formed 9 years ago, this single person doom metal album was recorded between 2018 and 2022, with the aid of a handful of guest vocalists… Continue Reading →
We all know that feeling of nostalgia when we listen to a band we enjoyed a few decades ago. Well, how about when they release something new, but it immediately falls short of expectations? Thankfully, that is not the case… Continue Reading →
This is the third album by the Finnish quintet that was formed 25 years ago by Memnoch. It consists of five songs, with an average length of over 10 minutes, which does work rather well for the style of music… Continue Reading →
First off, let’s quickly get the Oliphant out the long barn. After Linus Klausenitzer (bass), Rafael Trujillo (guitars), and Sebastian Lanser (drums) moved on from Obscura in 2020, they formed Obsidious and recruited Javi Perera to take care of vocals…. Continue Reading →
This album is De Profundis’ sixth in their 17-year existence and is both melodic and aggressive in equal measure. The London based quintet have been honing their skills for quite some time, and I thoroughly enjoyed what they have delivered… Continue Reading →