Tag doom
Occasionally in life it’s fun to set oneself challenges and goals. A month without drinking. A target weight. An extra mile on the morning run. Well, why should music be any different? I had heard of Ocean Chief previously, but… Continue Reading →
Norway is held in highest esteem for its contribution to black metal. However, what is a little known fact is how impressive its array of doom metal is also. Hailing from the city of Trondheim, High Priest of Saturn are… Continue Reading →
Getting signed to Relapse Records is no mean feat resulting in Inter Arma’s second full length being released as the upshot. This US act is perfect on the Relapse roster, being suitably crushing but uncompromisingly diverse. Eight tunes in about… Continue Reading →
I haven’t really crossed paths with Moss since Cthonic Rites and Sub Templum. It wasn’t a great falling out, just that rather like Centurion’s Ghost they were a band I totally understood why they had so many enthusiastic fans but… Continue Reading →
For starters, if you do not know who Victor Griffin is, I expect you right now to hang your head in shame and ritually shed your denim cut off. Since 1980, along with founder member and resident madman Bobby Liebling,… Continue Reading →
Pulvis et Umbra?’ Direct translation care of a Latin O level done about 30 years ago? We are dust and shadows; well, that’s certainly doom laden. Surtr, a variation of Surtur, inspiration for Amon Amarth’s last album and an ancient… Continue Reading →
A barbarian winter out of sunny Oz was a bit of a long shot for a band I knew nothing of but, billed as epic doom and previously having had an album out on Shadow Kingdom I thought ‘give it… Continue Reading →
Another little tease from US doomheads Orchid. A three tracker with one from the forthcoming Nuclear Blast full length (Wizard Of War), one apparently exclusive to this EP (Demon’s Eyes) and one re-recording from the Capricorn debut (Albatross). Wizard Of… Continue Reading →
This is the first full release from Italian band Your Tomorrow Alone whose gothic-progressive output recalls the likes of Paradise Lost, Anathema and Trail of Tears. “Ordinary Lives” was a case of much promise and lost momentum. The promise was… Continue Reading →
Just an hour and a bit before this interview was due to take place I could have literally killed technology as I had what can only be described as a bastard power cut. Surrounded by candles with analogue phone… Continue Reading →
Having changed their name from the cumbersome ‘New Keepers’ to the far more palatable and memorable ‘New Keepers Of The Water Towers’ back in 2009, NKOTWT have been slowly but surely carving themselves a reputation in stoner/doom circles. The Swedes… Continue Reading →
Over the years, Cult of Luna have carved out a formidable reputation for the creation of dark atmospheric metal music. In 2003, I saw them play in Brighton alongside, bizarrely, Dillinger Escape Plan. Barely visible through the fog of dry… Continue Reading →