Tag: doom
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Clamfight – III
Man, I really dug Clamfight’s second record, which came out almost five years ago. In tr00 none-more-kvlt fashion, they put out a live cassette tape that was limited to 20 copies in 2014, but no one has really heard from them since… until now. Their aptly named third album offers five tracks in just under…
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CROWBAR video interview, Oakland CA, 16 November 2017
What’s the next best thing to hanging out with Kirk Windstein from CROWBAR? Watching Mean Gene Gaona’s interview with Kirk Windstein from CROWBAR. Check it out if you want to learn about Windstein’s favourite Louisiana cuisine, his dad’s love for heavy metal, star-struck moments with Barry Gibb and Jimmy Page, and much more. Gene A.…
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Akercocke – Renaissance In Extremis
When Akercocke broke up in 2012, it was a sad loss for the metal scene, for they are that rarest of beasts, an original band with a unique vision (and I loved the suits!). Thankfully, five years on,Akercocke have returned. It’s difficult to categorize their music, featuring as it does elements of black metal, death metal,…
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Deathcrawl – Acceptable Level of Misery
How much misery is too much? Cleveland sludge dealers Deathcrawl seem to have found a level that does not exceed the maximum on their third studio album, with eight tracks checking in just shy of 49 minutes. The album opens with a couple shorter songs, with “False Oracle” wasting little time getting into the downtuned…
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Soulfly does Point Blank (NAILBOMB) in Toronto, 19 October 2017
Soulfly does Point Blank by NAILBOMB with Cannabis Corpse, Noisem & Lody Kong October 19, 2017 at The Opera House in Toronto It’s been a while since I’ve written a show review so bear with me. It’s also been a while since I’d driven to Toronto so naturally I got lost when the GPS on my…
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Denizen – Songs from the Kraken EP
I’ve been a big fan of this French outfit since their Whispering Wild Stories album, which was practically the perfect blend between Fu Manchu and Eyehategod. Denizen have put out a couple more albums since then, before this three-song EP, which I presume to be a stop-gap of sorts before their next full-length. “The Fall”…
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Clouds Taste Satanic – The Glitter of Infinite Hell
Hey, at least they don’t have Witch or Wizard in their name. This New York instro doom quartet has played a couple of the underground doomfests in the U.S. while self-releasing four albums over the past four years—these guys are pretty prolific! And not having any vocals allows Clouds Taste Satanic to spread their wings…
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Elder – Reflections of a Floating World
Elder’s last album, Lore, finished pretty high on a lotta year-end lists a couple years back, and I suspect this one will as well. Although it was released back in June, I did not have the chance to get my hands on Reflections until I saw ‘em in concert last weekend—but if their live set…
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The Obsessed – self titled (reissue)
When Wino brought back The Obsessed with a RINO (reunion in name only) album earlier this year, it was very well received. Even if the other musicians who played on Sacred weren’t previously part of the band’s lineup, it was good to hear the man slinging some killer riffs like back in the day. But…
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Pale Mare – self-titled EP
This local sludge/noise trio has already opened for the likes of Weedeater and Windhand—and they don’t even have an album out. Apparently, they’re working on their first full-length effort, but in the meantime, this three-song EP from Pale Mare will have to tide us over. “Carthage” kicks things off with a rumble, picking up the…