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Monte Penumbra – As Blades In The Firmament (End All Life Prod / Oration Rec)

Two climates, one hot and one icy combine together to make hideous chasmic noise here. On the one hand we have main composer W.uR also in Ab Imo Pectore, Angrenost, Israthoum from Portugal who handles most of what we hear… Continue Reading →

1782 – From The Graveyard (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Doom is perhaps one of the main genres that I should love but am very hit or miss with. I totally get it, especially the occult appeal, I love that. In fact, one of my favourite releases of the last… Continue Reading →

Clouds Taste Satanic – Cloud Covered (S/R)

If for whatever bizarre reason you’ve read my inane ramblings over the last few years, you will know that Clouds Taste Satanic is a band I massively admire.  Their instrumental doom music is of a scope that is positively cinematic,… Continue Reading →

Tony Tears – The Atlantean Afterlife (…Living Beyond) (Pariah Child)

We are promised an “exploration of Cult, Magic and Reincarnation” here with the 26th March release date having “esoteric significance.” The innovator of this is cult Italian composer Tony Tears who is one of the founding fathers of the Italian… Continue Reading →

Cosmic Reaper – Cosmic Reaper (Heavy Psych)

It’s time to get out those lava lamps, purple bell bottoms and joss sticks. Charlotte, North Carolina’s Cosmic Reaper are here to bring some Sci Fuzz to the happening in your house.   This two-year-old quartet are pretty heavy on the Electric Wizard… Continue Reading →

The Bottle Doom Lazy Band – 2005-2020 Doom Over The Years (Sleeping Church Records)

So, live music is but a distant memory to most of us thanks to the current Pandemic. Who ever thought I’d be subconsciously missing the whiff of sweaty metal fans, the taste of tepid, over priced beer and the racket… Continue Reading →

EyeHateGod – A History of Nomadic Behaviour (Century Media)

The underground metal scene has a lot of “faces”. You know – names that hold a status that elevates them above their peers. Often these are bands that the mainstream rock-world scarcely notice – maybe see the logo on a tour poster as… Continue Reading →

Acid Mammoth – Caravan (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Greek doomsters Acid Mammoth drop their third long player. The band are unabashed Black Sabbath worshippers with a sound as heavy as their name suggests. Formed in 2015, the four-piece have garnered a growing reputation as they continue to build… Continue Reading →

Sepulcros – Vazio (Transcending Obscurity Records)

Portuguese Sepulcros are hideous, a slithering creeping sonic monstrosity spread across four nightmarish horrors that will have you balling your eyes out, screaming and begging to be let free from the aural torture they have inflicted upon you when you… Continue Reading →

Abstract The Light – Magna Sapientia Quaerere – To The Depths Of Thy Soul Talheim Records

If atmosphere is what you want, then atmosphere is what you get with the latest opus from Abstract The Light. ‘Magna Sapientia Quaerere – To The Depths Of Thy Soul’ is a magnificent grand beast and it is made up… Continue Reading →

Wolvennest – Temple (Van Records)

Breaking out from your very own Groundhog Day and escaping the same old same old has gotten very difficult during the pandemic. A good album is a blessing in these times. It can transport you to another place, to another… Continue Reading →

Thronehammer – Incantation Rites (Supreme Chaos Records)

I don’t really know too much about Thronehammer, except that the accompanying PR sheet says that the band are a UK / German based doom / sludge band. Metal Archives tells me that this is their second full length album,… Continue Reading →

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