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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Following hot on the heels of their self-titled debut from last year, “Astral Sabbat” is a three-track EP from Finland’s Jess and The Ancient Ones and sees the band on renewed form as the songs and performance here are a lot more energised and confident...

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Having re-joined doom legends Pentagram for their “Last Rites” album and tour and then subsequently left again, guitarist Victor Griffin has put together a new band called In-Graved and their style fits very much under the banner of doom metal – shocker! However, the idea...

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One of the most beguiling doom metal albums I’ve heard in a long time is “Uljas Uusi Maailma” by Finnish doom metal outfit Kuolemanlaakso. The nexus of this band was formed during the endless recording sessions of the second Chaosweaver album, during which guitarist Laakso...

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Bedemon is an old school US doom metal band with strong ties to early Pentagram, their latest work, “Symphony of Shadows”, has been a decade in the making and is their first stab at new material for these doomsters. Set with that distinct early US...

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