Tag doom
Here’s the thing, sludge bands. You know that bit where you spend anywhere upwards of five minutes playing the same note or chord slowly over a fuzzed out backdrop? Well it sounds exactly like every other band who ever did… Continue Reading →
Hailing from Bremen these boys are preparing to unleash their debut album on a world that has already had Sabbath worship aplenty over the last decade. This is more of the same. Opener Won’t Come Down is so Ozzy era… Continue Reading →
Having just delivered third album Snuff || Hiroshima on Cold Dimensions German act Faulnis as ever posed a musical conundrum that got my imagination flowing and intrigued as to where exactly it was coming from. With a melting pot of… Continue Reading →
Pilgrim’s full length debut ‘Misery Wizard’ was an instant doom classic and the progression and experience of the past couple of years has ensured that you will recognise a good thing first time around when you spin ‘II: Void Worship’… Continue Reading →
Who would’ve thought when I woke up this morning that I’d end the day addicted to blackened d-beat crust. Christ, I didn’t even know what that was until lunch time. So here I am with a copy of Nux Vomica… Continue Reading →
I’ll be honest, I approached this review with a little bit of trepidation. My only prior experience with The Graviators was when they opened for the legendary Saint Vitus back in December 2010 at Camden’s infamous sweat pit The Underworld,… Continue Reading →
There are an awful lot of creative, inventive bands coming out of Italy these days. Chances are there always was, but the rest of the world knew nothing about it until fairly recently (or maybe I am just old and… Continue Reading →
I encountered this Italian black metal act in 2011 with the release of their second full length “Sentiero II – Ceneri” a rather strange and brooding mix of songs underpinned by black metal. Seven tunes occupy this third album and… Continue Reading →
Remember how terrifying Indian’s ‘From All Purity’ was? Well it looks as if Coffinworm are about to steal their title of ‘scariest album of the year’ with ‘IV.I.VIII’, the follow-up to 2010’s ‘When All Became None’. Blackened sludge, doom-death, whatever… Continue Reading →
Ah, Conan. Lords of heaviness and thunder. With Blood Eagle still pounding in our ears, and gigs on the way, we managed to grab a little email time with guitarist/vocalist Jon Davis and took stock of what the view looks… Continue Reading →
Straight out the blocks, I’d like to point out, I’ve never heard of this band, I’ve never heard of their label, and I do this review lark out the simple joy of it. I hope that you appreciate this, and… Continue Reading →
When is an EP not an EP? When you add two tracks to an already 34 minute EP I guess. Still, label and band call it an EP so we’ll just think of it as good value, eh? Right. So… Continue Reading →