Tag Candlemass
So, I did not have a new The Gates of Slumber record on my year’s bingo card. A mere 13 years after their last studio album, the be-doomed ones have returned. I must confess to being really excited to hear… Continue Reading →
Despite what some outside the scene may think, Doom covers a wide range of sounds and speeds. From the punk tinged angry bark of Saint Vitus, all the way to the near operatic storytelling of Candlemass, there is a wide… Continue Reading →
Readers, can it really be five years since Crypt Sermon released their last album, “The Ruins of Fading Light?”. This traditional doom / heavy metal sextet have been together since 2013, and based principally in Philadelphia. Along with the likes… Continue Reading →
The Easter break means many different things to people around the world, but for a select section of the extreme metal community, it has become synonymous with the Inferno Metal Festival and 2024 was no exception. In fact, this was… Continue Reading →
A sophomore full length album from this Los Angeles based death/doom crew. I’m going to confess that I hadn’t heard of the band before, and in fact didn’t particularly “get” this album at first listen. I was listening to it… Continue Reading →
Part of the job of the editor for this fine site that you are reading is to ensure that the right reviewer gets the right music so the band gets a fair review, and the listener knows where to spend… Continue Reading →
The return of Stygian Crown has come just at the right time. Their 2020 album, “Stygian Crown” saw them obtain my second best record of 2020, and I’ve been waiting for an excellent epic doom album since the last Thronehammer… Continue Reading →
So there I was bemoaning a horror themed album for lacking in the key ingredient and along comes this. Surely Vincent Crowley and his team made up of past members of laid to rest Acheron won’t be making that mistake?… Continue Reading →
The choice of an opening track is always, always a statement of intent. Once you’ve got past atmospheric or brief instrumental guff that some bands put out there, the first proper track that you get is the benchmark and standard… Continue Reading →
With a band name and an album title such as the above this was never gonna be light and fluffy or fast and spiky. The fact that I have drank too much coffee this morning certainly puts me at odds with this dirty… Continue Reading →
Sometimes life would be so much easier if things were just put into simple pigeon holes, a statement that applies to all aspects of life, let alone music, and its assorted subgenres. Maybe there was a long lost halycon past… Continue Reading →
Well, this was a nice surprise. I was quite fond of “In the Woods”, and to my very great surprise, Nattehimmel features not only the Botteri brothers, but also James Fogarty on vocals. Even if you’ve not heard In The… Continue Reading →