Posted on June 11, 2013 |
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Released on Vinyl through Hypaethral Records (a Toronto based label who also puts out Titan, who are the shit,) Ramlord’s second full length album, “Crippled Minds, Sundered Wisdom” is an unfiltered blend of the most raw and blackened notes you could imagine, crammed into one...
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Posted on May 23, 2013 |
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Las Vegas’ Demon Lung released their debut EP “Pareidolia” last year to pretty positive reviews, with the abounding Black Sabbath and Candlemass influences in complete contrast to the glitzy surroundings of their hometown but maybe that’s why they sounded like a band with promise, a...
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Posted on May 9, 2013 |
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New York’s Batillus released their second full-length album on Seventh Rule Recordings, March 19th, 2013, “Concrete Sustain” with their unwavering line-up of Willi Stabenau (bass), Geoff Summers (drums), Greg Peterson (guitar) and Fade Kainer (vocals/keyboard.) Fade introduced me to this project of his after meeting...
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Posted on May 7, 2013 |
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“Tunnel of No Light” is the latest album from the gloom merchants October Tide. A truly great piece of music to experience, so much so I was able to get Fredrik Norrman to answer a few questions about the release. Where were the seeds born for Tunnel...
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Posted on May 1, 2013 |
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Iron Tongue are a six-piece unit from Arkansas who play their heavy brand of Southern rock a little slower than most and with a slightly doomy bent, which is likely thanks to frontman C.T. also being in sludge metal crew Rwake. Opening with the understated...
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Posted on April 30, 2013 |
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San Franciscan natives Orchid have been plugging away since 2007, releasing an EP and a full-length album before signing to Nuclear Blast last year. Their first release for their new label was a ten-inch EP entitled “Heretic”, which came fully dressed up in 70’s psychedelia...
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Posted on April 27, 2013 |
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Something a bit different here, a split EP from Oxford’s self styled doom folk quartet Coma Wall and their obscenely heavy alter ego Undersmile. Although both bands differ greatly in delivery, they both use the spectacular vocals of Hel Sterne and Taz Corona – Brown,...
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Posted on April 18, 2013 |
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Cardinals Folly is a heavy doom laden band from Helsinki, Finland which were gathered together around 2004 under initial label of The Coven but have since changed their moniker to Cardinals Folly. “Strange Conflicts of the Past” is their first LP release having 4 EPs...
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Posted on April 16, 2013 |
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It doesn’t seem five minutes since Yorkshire gloom merchants My Dying Bride released the none-more-miserable “A Map of All Our Failures” and here we are again with another new release. With four tracks running just short of half-an-hour, “The Manuscript” is quite an intensive listen...
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Posted on April 15, 2013 |
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Norwegian occult rockers, Magister Templi, are set to release their full length debut, “Lucifer Leviathan Logos”, in May of this year. Formed in 2008 by singer Abraxas and guitarist Baphomet and with a demo, EP, and a full lineup, they have been playing shows around...
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Posted on April 15, 2013 |
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Lurking at the threshold of the UK extreme metal underground for the better part of the last decade, Southampton’s heaviest trio Moss have seemingly been content to fester in the darkness, slowly gaining in mass and potency. Those who willfully submitted themselves to the nightmarish claustrophobia of...
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Posted on April 10, 2013 |
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Indeed, it is a time for sadness and reflection as well as a time for celebration, as “The Last Spire” represents the final outing of doom legends Cathedral; sad, obviously, as the band are retiring and we will no longer be graced by their presence,...
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Posted on April 5, 2013 |
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Self proclaimed rednecks, Zolle, are set to release their debut self titled noise ensemble “Zolle”. This is being released by Supernatural Cat the underground Italian label helmed by a collective featuring two members of fellow gloom masters Ufomammut. All instrumental, most short, all darkly filled with...
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Posted on April 5, 2013 |
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Earsplit PR and ThisIsNotAScene present the first track, ‘Trakthor’, from Zolle‘s self titled debut release. Supernatural Cat, the Italian underground label run by Malleus Rock Art Lab, the artist collective featuring two members of the psychedelic doom trio Ufomammut, has confirmed its next release. After...
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Posted on March 23, 2013 |
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There is a character in Marc Millar’s comic book series ‘Kick-Ass’ called Night-Bitch. She’s kind of typical of the genre in that she’s a pneumatic redhead in a skimpy costume who hits people with a bloody big stick. I don’t know if Connecticut’s Nightbitch are...
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Posted on March 22, 2013 |
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You’d think that coming from Norway would give you an edge when creating doom metal: all those vast bleak landscapes and long dark nights. Where better to contemplate the futility of existence whilst drinking yourself into a maudlin, nihilistic funk? High Priest of Saturn are...
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Posted on March 21, 2013 |
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Amidst band practice, day jobs and hectic life schedules, friends Rachel Brown, Chris Dialogue and Andrew Jude of New York’s Archon took the time to talk with me about their new album “Ouroboros Collapsing” and the creative process behind it all. How do you feel that Archon’s...
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Posted on March 21, 2013 |
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Revelation are a band who have been around for quite some time, having been active since the mid-1980s with a split between 1996 and 2003. Since that time the band have evolved from their doom metal beginnings and veered towards a lighter, more progressive hard...
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Posted on March 16, 2013 |
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ThisIsNotAScene‘s Gilbert recently reviewed the great debut record from Sonance, entitled “Like Ghosts”, he enjoyed it so much we sent him off to chat with Ben and Will of the band to find out a bit more about Sonance. Could you indulge us in a...
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Posted on March 11, 2013 |
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Hungarian band Kolp is yet another solo metal project, this time from Knot, who provides the music. He enlists the help of good friend Jim Jones (no not that Jim Jones) for lyrics vocals and the result is a mix of black metal, sludge, doom...
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