Tag Atmospheric Doom
While I’ve seen Swallow The Sun a couple times and have enjoyed the songs I’ve heard, I was completely unaware that they’ve released nine albums, with their debut coming out more than 20 years ago. and while I have albums… Continue Reading →
These Italians were already on the rise with debut album ‘Ascension’ proving itself to be a confident and mature opening gambit. Three years later they are back with the follow up which is described as being ‘Cosmic Doom.’ With a… Continue Reading →
Make no mistake, Autumnal angst and anguish are definitely setting in. Looking at what is left on the review list in front of me, there is one constant and it sure ain’t happiness. So I first turn to Rome a… Continue Reading →
Forgive me, my knowledge of Doom in general is somewhat lacking, which is really stupid because I like a lot of it. From Sabbath to Saint Vitus, Green Lung to Candlemass. My spectrum of Doom as a sound is broad… Continue Reading →
If you have immersed yourself in the numerous genepools of metal genres over a long period of time, one thing that tends to enter the mind of an audiophile is sorting certain bands or genres into the right time of… Continue Reading →
‘Hollow’ (2020) was an impressive debut album for Israeli band Tomorrow’s Rain who had previously been around as Moonskin. Within the realms of atmospheric doom, they had strong song-craft but got quite a bit of attention due to a large… Continue Reading →
A state of nothingness for 13 years and then two albums delivered within the space of just one. For whatever reason Australian musos Mitchell Keepin and Tim Yatras found the necessary spark to resurrect Austere, I’m sure nobody is complaining…. Continue Reading →
There are none better than None at leading us down dark atmospheric paths, something this anonymous Portland based collective have been doing admirably over four albums. Having been slumbering since they last froze us with ‘The Damp Chill Of Life’… Continue Reading →
If you trawl the Ave Noctum archives then you will come across my review of this bands second album ‘Black Drapes For Tomorrow’ which I absolutely adored and still do as this unique Italian metal band often defies categorisation even… 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 →
It’s “all wrong” or “all evil” as far as TodoMal, a duo from Castilla-La Mancha in Spain are concerned. Living in a region famed for Don Quixote “a placid and depressing desolate wasteland” and one described as being in ‘uninhabited… Continue Reading →
20 Buck Spin have seen me right this last couple of years. Hulder, Blood Incantation and one of my albums of the year (still cogitating and deliberating as I type) Worm with ForeverGlade. Due to this, expectation is high with Dream Unending’s debut release. Add to those hopes… Continue Reading →