Tag Katatonia
Ahh, doom as it was meant to be – for me, at least. Cold, hard mournful guitars longing for an ancient Dionisyan (who am I to argue with the spelling?) decadence that has long since deserted this world. Ok, that… Continue Reading →
Looking into the credentials of this band, no secret is made of the fact that they come from the pop-rock sector. ESO is the offshoot of esOterica, whose music was on Radio 1 and Planet Rock amongst others. Apparently the… Continue Reading →
Denmark’s Anubis Gate performed recently at ProgPower Europe 2012 following the release earlier in the year of their self-titled album, their 5th since 2001. While there, Andrew Doherty met Kim Olesen, guitarist and band member since the beginning. An… Continue Reading →
Anyone playing atmospheric doom / death finds it really hard to be completely original and stepping out of the confines of that unholy Peaceville trinity will always be difficult. A certain Swedish troupe aside there is a lot of repetition… Continue Reading →
I first stumbled across Embrace of Silence a year or so ago when a friend introduced me to them via their last EP ‘Inspirational Songs’, and was quite impressed by what I heard. The number of Russian and Ukrainian doom… Continue Reading →
Those wonderful people at Bad Mood Man Music and Solitude Productions continue to do an excellent job in promoting the best in Russian doom, and the very welcome re-issue of Amber Tears long since unavailable 2006 debut is their latest… Continue Reading →
Now this is a South American curiosity to be sure. Abske Fides are Brazilian and what they play kinds of depends on which bits you pick up on. We have post hardcore, funeral doom and doom/death in the ebb and… Continue Reading →
Sludge/ drone experiments anyone? Well I’m always up for a bit of that. You know, hitting one note every fifteen seconds is hard to do well and some use it to hide shortcomings. Thankfully Swedish lot Switchblade, a core of… Continue Reading →
This is the second album by Germany’s Freitod. “Regenjahre” (Rain Years) consists of 6 meaty chunks of dark-black metal and then an even meatier 12 minute track “Wenn Alles Zerbricht” (When Everything Collapses). I have listened to this album and… Continue Reading →
After album ‘VII: Född Förlorare,’ which had a cover song by Landberk on it Shining released a single for Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel with another cover of Alice Cooper’s ‘Prince Of Darkness’. Obviously caught by the covers bug, now we have… Continue Reading →
There are a number of adjectives I could apply to describe this work by The Chant from Finland– to start let’s go for calm, dreamy, atmospheric, sinister and progressive. Played in a post-rock style with a great deal of colour,… Continue Reading →
Grey and greyer. That’s a description of the Katatonian cover sleeve of Spanish band Evadne’s second album release, and with track titles like “Dreams in Monochrome” you just know it’s not going to be a whole lot of fun. But… Continue Reading →