Tag Doom Death
If you read my review of the Dead And Dripping album recently then you’ve come to the right place for more gutturally effective death metal as this act also hails from the USA. As a three piece all the band… Continue Reading →
Of all the names that come to mind when thinking of the underrated metal genre: Death/Doom, Danish band Saturnus are not one of those who would immediately spring to mind – at least not for me or for those around… Continue Reading →
Hello, and welcome to Part 2 of Out of my Wheelhouse, where I review new albums in genres I know little to nothing about. Today we have an atmospheric doom death album from Rise to The Sky, and while I… Continue Reading →
For reasons unbeknownst to yours truly this long established and revered Dutch death metal band has completely passed me barring the odd glimpse into their melodic doom death I’ve heard in passing. Often seen as one of the founding bands… Continue Reading →
Three years after the release of their debut, Fires in the Distance are back with their six song second album and their first with new drummer Jordan Rippe. The rest of the line-up remains unchanged with principal composer Yegor Savonin… 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 →
Well, it may just be my own sense of stereotyping, but the one place I didn’t expect to get crushing death/doom from was Melbourne, Australia. I of course know that Australia has a proud history of pure heavy metal and… Continue Reading →
Justin DeTore (Vestal Claret, Solemn Lament) and Derrick Vella, (Tomb Mold, Outer Heaven) known collectively as Dream Unending, have released their sophomoric album ‘Song of Salvation’ which has just been released on all formats by US label 20 Buck Spin…. Continue Reading →
Ah, another ‘band I’ve been aware of but not really engaged with’ time. Fear and Trembling (so says Google) and apparently pagan black metal. My experience of Trollzorn bands is that they dont tend to sign yer actual bestial bm… Continue Reading →
Mesopotamian vibes via Madrid here and if you are wondering about the album title, Bīt mēseri is an incantation text for protection against invading evil. Spectrum Mortis are easier to fathom being a Spanish quartet active since 2015. They may… Continue Reading →
These Finnish melodic doom death metallers have released a couple of fine albums already in 2015 and 2018, titled ‘Below The Green’ and ‘Frozen Beneath’ respectively and whilst their band name suggests an act of utter deathly filth they offer… Continue Reading →
Quite clearly US doom-death ghouls Temple Of Void are hellbent on plunging you, the unfortunate listener, into a miasmic cauldron of scathing riffs, hideous atmospherics and a sound as abyssal as anything you’re likely to hear in this genre. The… Continue Reading →