Clouds Taste Satanic – To Sleep Beyond The Earth
Take the minimalistic, defiantly monotonous widescreen dynamics of Dopesmoker era Sleep out of its vast desert backdrop and into the claustrophobic urban confines of…
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Dö – Den EP
You’d think that with a name like Dö, these guys would be completely unGoogleable, but in fact both the second and third search-engine results…
Crypt Sermon – Out of the Garden
Everything about Crypt Sermon just screams power-metal (in a Dio-style falsetto) to me. The name, the font, the album cover of a knight riding…
Zombitrol & Blacktooth Black/Doom showcase in Toronto, Nov 29, 2014
Zombitrol/Blacktooth Joint FREE BLACK/DOOM SHOWCASE starring Volür, Godstopper, Empyrean Plague, Sortilegia Saturday November 29th, 2014 Smiling Buddha, 961 College St., Toronto Great all-Canadian lineup put together…
The Skull – For Those Which Are Asleep
Here’s another band I recently saw this year in Milwaukee. The Skull features three former members of Trouble, most notably frontman Eric Wagner. The…
Satyress – Dark Fortunes
A female-fronted doom band from Portland… that’s not Witch Mountain? Do tell! The aforementioned set the bar pretty high pretty high with their comeback…
Thou – Heathen
By Matt Hinch “Only amidst the sea of refuse shall we find enlightenment pure.” — from “Immorality Dictates” The ever-prolific Thou continue what has…
Cathedral – The Last Spire
Hellbound Metal: ” The Last Spire completes the Cathedral. From the foundation to the highest towers, the structure built by Dorrian will stand the test of time. Cheers to Dorrian and Cathedral for going out on a high note.”
There’s nothing like the sound of Neurosis in wintertime…
Doom metal, in general, is not summertime music. When the sun’s out, the temperature’s rising and yer sweatin’ balls, you wanna cruise down the blacktop blasting some Kyuss or Fu Manchu, not some slow, melancholic, depressing tunes. Not that I have anything against slow and depressing, mind you–I just don’t have it pumping on the patio.
Blood Of The Black Owl – Light the Fires
This isn’t the kind of album you’d listen to during a first date, but it’s great to do reading or studying to. I now feel ready to take a long nature hike on a chilly November day.