Tag doom
One of the good things about the ‘occult rock’ bandwagon had been the rise in profile of women in the slower arts. Not sure why that has happened but it’s welcome anyway as relief from the gothic waifs. New US… Continue Reading →
Moonless are a very new name to me and so the only preconception I have of the Danish band is based on the cover; pop art colours, psychedelic tinge, Doomentia records. So. Sludge, stoner, doom kind of area? Well first… Continue Reading →
It’s an obvious joke to make for Anglophiles interested in cuisine from the sub-continent, but Faal are really comparable to the legendary black phaal, a curry that originated in theWest Midlands, but has subsequently spread throughout the world. Why? Because… Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed the last self titled and debut album from Saskatchewan doom bruisers Lavagoat so naturally when this new one popped through the door I was quick to claim it. The first thing that really strikes is the old… Continue Reading →
There’s a track on this self released album called ‘Radiant Sea’ which is a pretty good pointer for one of the big influences of Cyclopian; Isis. They have that restless, tidal sound to the melody that laps over the top… Continue Reading →
If ever a band has struggled to obtain the credit and plaudits they deserve, it’s Paradise Lost. With a career spanning almost 25 years and now 13 full length albums, the apathy with which they are often regarded is nothing… Continue Reading →
Nachtvorst (that would be Night Frost, I believe. As opposed to Nachtwurst which I read it as initially and wondered what the lyrical concerns could possibly be of a band called Night Sausage….) are a Dutch duo who apparently play… Continue Reading →
High On Fire don’t release soft albums, ‘De Vermis Mysteriis’ (translation: ‘The Mysteries of the Worm’) is the bands sixth studio release, and from the opening moments of the album, you are in for a heavy Sabbath/doom inspired metal monster…. Continue Reading →
Three drum beats is all it needs. Three. Then that dredger like guitar sound ploughs into you while that voice rips apart your psyche. Three drum beats and it’s 1995 again. Ah, maybe not but it’s damned close. The opening… Continue Reading →
Day Two: The second day in the desert and I wake without a hangover and convinced my beard is longer already. I am told it isn’t so I decide I must have a spirit beard and after breakfast allow myself… Continue Reading →
It has to be said that this is the first show that I have been to in quite some time where I find myself temporarily deaf the next morning. There is a fuzzy sound in my ears and everything sounds… Continue Reading →
With a name that sounds like a Welsh marriage proposal, Llvme are actually from the Leonese region of Spainand their name is the regional word for fire. Purveyors of the finest Leonese folk doom, Llvme perform entirely in their regional… Continue Reading →