Tag doom
Ahh, doom as it was meant to be – for me, at least. Cold, hard mournful guitars longing for an ancient Dionisyan (who am I to argue with the spelling?) decadence that has long since deserted this world. Ok, that… Continue Reading →
Half of four piece Arkham Witch (they’re from Keighley tha’ knows) are two thirds of eccentric doom wizards The Lamp Of Thoth (go on, do the math, it’s easy). That’d be Simon Iff? on those rich, mad vocals and Emily… Continue Reading →
Doom has ever been one of the more conservative genres of metal – by which I mean its evolution progresses at about the same pace as the average doom riff. With links to the progenitors of the entire music form,… Continue Reading →
These eclectic Germans came up in a random conversation in a pub a month ago, piquing my interest, so when this album arrived on my desk it felt as if fate were intervening. Porta Nigra are one of those rare… Continue Reading →
Epitimia is an odd boundary-testing band but one which is also strangely accessible. Nothing I’ve read so far has been quite able to place a finger on their sound. It mixes together elements of the black metal spectrum, particularly the… Continue Reading →
It is thy eve of Halloween and I sit here with a disc before me with witches cavorting on the front cover and a baphomet design around some sinister looking band players on the back. What form of horror could… Continue Reading →
When a band is cloaked in a mysterious darkness, such as Dragged Into Sunlight are, it does prick a certain amount of curiosity. It’s not a new concept, secret identities, skulking around in the dark, masked photo shoots, but it… Continue Reading →
Sir, you may be a bastard but let it not be said that at the least you are an inebrious one! Got a certain ring to it as does the name of the record label, giving you some sort of… Continue Reading →
The despondent album title from this Italian outfits third release hints at what to expect overall though musically the pace varies quite a bit instead of sticking to some forlorn and destitute doom or slavering sludge. Instead Lento use depressive… Continue Reading →
Despite having something of a cult following in the doom community, I personally have had a bit of an up and down relationship with this US doom band Pale Divine over the years. Something between their fine sounds but inconsistent… Continue Reading →
Great line up this and a very versatile one. It caught a few out though as they had to decide between this and Overkill who were also playing down the road but to be honest I did not even think… Continue Reading →
I first stumbled across Embrace of Silence a year or so ago when a friend introduced me to them via their last EP ‘Inspirational Songs’, and was quite impressed by what I heard. The number of Russian and Ukrainian doom… Continue Reading →