Posts Tagged ‘Doom Metal’
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › R on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
It can be so easy to fall into a rut when it comes to discovering new music. You get comfortable in a certain lane, start seeking out a particular style of music, and next thing you know it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy where everything new you check out just ends up sounding really familiar, like you’re […]
Tags: 2021, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Steve K, The Ruins of Beverast, Van Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Friday, January 22nd, 2021
What happens when you get members of Gravehill together, throw in some female vocals, keyboards and the drummer from past bands like Morgion and Crimson Relic? Well you get a doom metal outfit called Stygian Crown releasing their self-titled debut album….and it’s heavy. This is a 2020 release and yes I know it’s 2021, but […]
Tags: 2020, Cruz Del Sur Music, Doom Metal, Frank Rini, Heavy Metal, Review, Stygian Crown
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › D on Monday, January 18th, 2021
Welp, that didn’t take long. Maybe things really are looking up? I know everyone had a shit 2020 – I won’t bore you with the personal details of my god-forsaken year – but while lots of folks have been ready to kick 2020 off a cliff and welcome the new year with open arms, I […]
Tags: 2021, Doom, Doom Metal, Dread Sovereign, Heavy Metal, Metal Blade, Sludge, Steve K
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Friday, November 20th, 2020
My Dying Bride‘s 2020 album, The Ghosts of Orion, was an Ok release, not the best of the legendary UK doom act’s third act (yey growls!), but still a decent MDB release, with 3 or so really strong songs, which is always a good thing. So to keep us entertained during these covid times, the […]
Tags: 2020, Doom Metal, Erik T, Gothic, My Dying Bride, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Thursday, November 12th, 2020
Wow! Has it really been five years since Sweden’s Draconian dropped a new album on us? Five years to the date as a matter of fact. Man, it really doesn’t seem like Sovran was released five years ago, then again this past year of 2020 has been quite the rollercoaster, seemingly lasting an eternity unto […]
Tags: 2020, Doom Metal, Draconian, Gothic, Kristofor Allred, Napalm Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, November 2nd, 2020
I don’t think there is any argument when it comes to the upper pantheons of early/mid 90s doom ( the gothic/funeral doom style). The holy British trinity of My Dying Bride, Anathema and Paradise Lost are the clear top acts of the style and era- but what bout that slightly below elite, second tier- ( […]
Tags: 2020, Burning World Records, Celestial Season, Doom Metal, Erik T, Review
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › P on Monday, November 2nd, 2020
Ohhhhhhhh, yessssss! The new Paul Bearer record. Wait, that’s not right. Pallbearer. There it is. There’s no Undertaker here. Although, this album may make you sit up like him when you hear it for the first time. So, this is another mainstream metal release that probably has received glowing reviews in Pitchfork as well as […]
Tags: 2020, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Pallbearer
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › G on Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Göden is the spiritual successor to Long Island NY’s death/doom band Winter. Never did I envision this possible and Winter’s 1990 debut and only album Into Darkness is my favorite death/doom album of all time. I have seen them live prior to their debut and after their debut was released in NY. So damn heavy […]
Tags: 2020, Doom Metal, Frank Rini, Göden, Review, Svart Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S, Reviews › W on Friday, September 4th, 2020
So I got three cassettes, the first 3 releases, from new label, Gurgling Gore. So rather than review the 12 songs individually, I thought I’d combine all 3 into a Cassette extravaganza!!!! First up is Wharflurch’s 5 song debut Lurking Doom EP. Hailing from Florida, the curiously named duo (a theme for these releases it […]
Tags: 2020, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Erik T, Gurgling Gore, Review, Seep, Wharflurch, Writhing Shadows
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
Epic doom isn’t really my thing. Well, it never used to be. Sure, one of my favorite vocalists of all time is Ronnie James Dio. I have no children, so the closest I have is my black cat and his name is Dio, so that’s the best tribute I can give. Side note: I picked […]
Tags: 2020, Doom Metal, J Mays, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sorceror
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › P on Monday, May 4th, 2020
For a few albums now, England’s co-god fathers of Doom metal (along with My Dying Bride and back then, Anathema) have, like My Dying Bride, successfully mixed their old doom/death sound and their more commerical, mid era Depeche Mode plod, peaking with 2015s The Plague Within, where vocalist Nick Holmes even brought back death metal […]
Tags: 2020, Doom Metal, Erik T, Gothic, Nuclear Blast Records, Paradise Lost, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
Heavy metal sub genres are often pretentious, yet commonly essential. To an outsider, it may seem unnecessary and even ridiculous. Then again, it can seem that way to an insider, too. I’m sorry to offend the local post progressive blackened Swedish grindcore expert. I even had an appearance on a short-lived podcast in college where […]
Tags: Doom Metal, J Mays, Lifeforce Records, Mountaineer, Review, Sludge Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Monday, March 30th, 2020
If you’re like me, then the Fall and Winter seasons sees an influx in your doomy/gothic/rocking death metal listening schedule. Whether it be the colder temperatures, the dying/dead fauna, the colorless and cloudy skies, or the realization that we as individuals and as a whole are yet another year closer to our own demise, this […]
Tags: 2020, Doom Metal, Hanging Garden, Kristofor Allred, Lifeforce Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › R on Friday, March 20th, 2020
Occasionally, I need a break from the cacophony and brutality of black and death metal, and need a little respite from the more noisy end of the metal spectrum. Enter the UK’s long running, but hardly prolific doom act, The River, whom I have a very vague recollection of hearing back in my Digitalmetal/Metal Maniacs […]
Tags: Doom Metal, E.Thomas, Nine Records, Review, The River
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › M on Monday, March 9th, 2020
At this point in My Dying Bride‘s 25 year career do you really need a review of album number 13? Let’s be honest, you are simply checking this review out to see if, 1. Aaron Stainthorpe is still growling, and if the 2 released singles (“Your Broken Shore” and “Tired of Tears”) are the best […]
Tags: 2020, Doom Metal, E.Thomas, My Dying Bride, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Wednesday, February 12th, 2020
I love Type O Negative. Although I latched onto them kind of late around the time of World Coming Down I continued listening to every successive album. Of course, a real fan goes back and purchases their early discography, too. So, anytime Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly from one of my favorite bands do something, […]
Tags: 2020, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, J Mays, Long Branch Records, Silvertomb
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › F on Friday, November 22nd, 2019
What’s in a name? Are you the type to disregard a metal band due to a dubious moniker? Germany’s Fvneral Fvkk would probably fit into the category if you were so inclined to feel that way. Is this a lo-fi piss-take black metal act or novelty metal band? If you thought you had the band […]
Tags: 2019, Doom Metal, Fvneral Fvkk, Luke Saunders, Review, Solitude Productions
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › N on Thursday, August 1st, 2019
I don’t listen to much traditional or classic doom metal, but two pure-ish doom records have crossed my desk lately, Church of Bones From Poland’s Monasterium, and this the second effort from Miami’s Nixa, and this by far is the better release and a solid mix of sludge and doom to boot. Horn of the […]
Tags: 2019, Doom Metal, E.Thomas, Nixa, Review, Sludge Metal, War Anthem Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › Y on Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
Buffalo New York’s smog spitters Yanari are some cool ass cats; if you email them they will send you a copy of their Marine Leg EP for free. As TOTD’s resident sludge nut I had to jump on the offer and find out the scoop. Free swill isn’t the reason this is getting a good […]
Tags: 2019, Crust, Doom Metal, Jay S, Self-Released, Yanari
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
North Carolina heavyweights The Asound have been cutting a swath through the underground building a growing following with their tree-topping musical might, a string of consistently kick ass releases and plenty of action on the live-front. Some of these crud riffers with shifty songwriting ideals are heathens that have served in cult institutions Seven Foot […]
Tags: 2019, Doom Metal, Jay S, Rusty Knuckles, Stoner Metal, The Asound
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Friday, February 22nd, 2019
I love Atlanta, Georgia’s doom n’ gloom masters Dead Register quite a metric ton. Not only is the music powerful but if you just read the trio’s bandcamp bio you know that they’ve got a wicked, snarly smile going on behind all of their malice in the chalice bass riffs, heart-reaping vocals and molten percussive […]
Tags: 2019, AVR/Throne Records, Dead Register, Doom Metal, Jay S, Review, Sludge Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
Named after a faction from the popular Elder Scrolls video game series which I’m not very familiar with, English doom overloads Morag Tong follow-up their EP debut Through Clouded Time by dropping a lysergic, wandering slab of doom with hazy tones, psychedelic melody and a plummeting sludgy aggression seeping into their unholy pounding. Faint whiffs […]
Tags: 2019, Doom Metal, Jay S, Morag Tong, Review, Self-Released, Stoner Metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › M on Monday, March 26th, 2018
It seems like every year there is a handful of massive funeral doom albums that are so meticulous that they take numerous listens to analyze. Funeral doom in and of itself can vary depending on artist and approach to instrumentation. This writer was caught a bit off guard in discovering Mournful Congregation’s fifth full […]
Tags: 2018, Doom Metal, Mournful Congregation, Nick K, Osmose Productions, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › V on Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
As LBGQT rights remain in the forefront of today’s political climate, so it creeps furthermore into extreme music. Mina Caputo of Life of Agony and Kat Shevil (Winds of Genocide) have been out front of the movement in metal for a while now, but it appears to be picking up. Just this month I received […]
Tags: 2018, Doom Metal, E.Thomas, Halo of Flies Records, Post-Metal/Sludge, Review, Vile Creature
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Wednesday, January 10th, 2018
As usual. when the dust has settled on a year, a few late year releases find their way into my hands and miss the deadline for year end lists, but certainly need some attention, and this is the case with the second album from the UKs Monolith Cult, a new act to me. In my […]
Tags: 2017, Doom Metal, E.Thomas, Heavy Metal, Monolith Cult, Review, Traditional, Transcending Records