Pilgrim – II: Void Worship
Misery Wizard, the 2012 debut from Pilgrim, the Rhode Island trio, featured the kind of drawn-out, depressing doom that trod the same path as…
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The Oath – The Oath
What do you get when you combine some of the trendiest current styles in metal in retro, occultish and female-fronted doom? You get The…
Dread Sovereign – All Hell’s Martyrs
This Irish doom trio, Dread Sovereign, contains members of black-metal outfit Primordial, who’ve played a couple doomfests themselves, but I have never seen or…
Taurus – No/Thing
Life, the debut from Portland doom duo Taurus, consisted of two 15+ minute tracks: “Life Pt. 1” and “Life Pt. 2.” No/Thing, their sophomore…
Mos Generator – Electric Mountain Majesty
I believe this is album number five from Pacific Northwest vets Mos Generator, who’ve been kicking around — and old school — since the…
Ogre – The Last Neanderthal
I actually saw one of the last shows Ogre played before they originally broke up, at Rochester’s Born II Late doomfest in ’09. Didn’t…
Prizehog – Re-Unvent the Whool
Not gonna lie, my first reaction to Prizehog (aside from noting the intentionally bad spelling) was to think of 90s one-hit wonders Spacehog. Apparently,…
BL’AST! – The Expression of Power
I must admit that I missed out on BL’AST! the first time around, eventually getting word of these guys through bands like Black Flag and Fu…
Coffinworm – IV.I.VIII
A double dose of Coffinworm reviews – Gruesome Greg and Matt Hinch both weigh in on IV.I.VIII. The Indiana band’s second full-length album is out…
The Socks (self-titled)
These Socks don’t stink! The French quartet brews a blend of pungent, throwback heavy psych on their Small Stone debut. Kicking off with “Lords…