Tag doom
“Can we overcome our nature and make higher minded choices to better humanity and our planet? Or are we lost in a never-ending cycle of shadow?” That is the question pondered by progressive metal outfit Dreadnought from Denver, Colorado, on… Continue Reading →
It’s five years since I gave “Deceases” a 9 out of 10 review on this very site. In Covid Years that is no time at all. So here are the crushing Finns back once again to drop the heavy on the world. In case you don’t know… Continue Reading →
Time to pack those musical travel bags and head off in the mind at least to Greece. A nice place for sure but as we travel from South to North the narrations at hand are not going to be full… Continue Reading →
The first 20 years of Bong-Ra’s existence were spent as a breakcore electronic music project. In recent years, founder Jason Köhnen (Celestial Season, The Answer Lies in the Black Void) has switched gears towards a more doom metal inspired sound…. Continue Reading →
Self-proclaimed Witch Doom duo Blacklab hail from Osaka and mix up stoner, psyche and Doom with elements of 90’s grunge to tickle eardrums on this, their third full length. I say tickle, but if truth be told, pummel is the… Continue Reading →
Now on their third album, London’s Grave Lines do away with the idea that a band have to pin themselves to a particular sound. Having built their popularity on the eclectic pool of influences they draw from as a collective,… Continue Reading →
As with many of the bands that lay themselves bare on the operating table of criticism, many are completely unknown to me before I wield my blunted, dirty, rusty medical accoutrements in a botched operation of critical prose, that is… Continue Reading →
Obiat are back. After first making their mark on the London scene having decanted from Poland some twenty years ago, it’s fair to say that they went a bit quiet. There is a fair old gap between their last release… Continue Reading →
Loads of good shows on tonight and as I discovered getting through Wembley some that are far from on our radar. Finding out it was Harry Styles that a massive throng of colourful youngsters were about to subject themselves to,… Continue Reading →
Besvärjelsen hail from Stockholm, Sweden, a country which has a rich musical history and a knack for churning out some high-quality bands across many genres of music. Typically touted as a stoner/doom/occult rock style band, the five piece has their… Continue Reading →
A new album from Ufomammut is always a special thing. It’s already 5 years since their last “8” which took me on an interplanetary trip and earned 8.5 out of 10 from me. Well, you would have thought that a much-anticipated album would have led me to… Continue Reading →
Croatian doomsters, Elusive God drop their first long player since forming in 2018. “Trapped In A Future Unknown” follows a series of single releases and 2020’s “The Darkest Flame” EP and shows a young band ready to make some serious,… Continue Reading →