Tag Blackened Doom
Finnish flag-bearers Barathrum are certainly distinguished peers having been around since way back in 1991. Under the tutelage of founding member Demonos Sova they have been consistently knocking out a doomy take on blackness which has seen a vast array… Continue Reading →
With over two decades of misery behind them there are no expectations that Parisians Mourning Dawn will have found their happy place on album number six. They may have found some euphoria on the last one several years ago but… Continue Reading →
Before we get started, I’d just like to take a moment to appreciate what an absolute belter of an album title we have here. All of the age-old stereotypes (that are generally unfair, but also not necessarily inaccurate) about how… Continue Reading →
We are slightly late to this particular funeral. Mind you the same could be said for the cult Italian act who have been relatively quiet as far as new studio material has been concerned after last album ‘Spiritual Independence’ in… Continue Reading →
Ah more sweet suffering and this time it is from Belgium and a band who are not the easiest to sum up. Basically, on the strength of third album Stilte they like starting things off slowly, drawing the listener in… Continue Reading →
Some blood, a corvid, a hint of Bathory and Poe, some fire and blackened doom from this Australian band made up of past and present members of Nazxul, Nox Inferi, Nocturnes Mist and Pestilential Shadows. Following up 2018 album ‘God… Continue Reading →
Something nasty is stirring in the West. Bristolians Moon Reaper have been mixing up the medicine to create a murky blend of dark sludge and progginess and the E.P. Descent is the fetid result. Dirty, heavy riffs from the get go, these 5 tracks are… Continue Reading →
Ah another day when your very ‘eavy, very ‘umble scribe turns round to find everyone else has walked forward while I’ve walked sideways. Hmm. This six tracker from relatively new but productive Berlin band Praise The Plague is sent PR… Continue Reading →
By pure coincidence, on the day I was given this album for review, I was wearing an Acârash shirt so it’s fair to say that I had been impressed by their debut album and a storming previous live encounter. So,… Continue Reading →
There’s no way of sugar-coating band names and song title in these dangerous times. It’s the nature of the beast and all we can really do is look upon things with a sense of gallows humour. Live Suffer Die were… Continue Reading →
Apparently, the four band members of Culted, though they’ve been a band for about ten years now, have never been in a room together. Three of the band members are at home in the Canadian prairies, while one of them… Continue Reading →
Glare of the Sun are what could loosely be termed a Post Metal band, formed in Austria, featuring active or former members of Zombie Inc., Collapse 7 and Microtonner. I’ve used the term Post Metal, but to be honest the… Continue Reading →