Ea, A Etilla, Solitude Productions, Russia, CD SP081-14 (2014) To have lasted 10 years and produced 5 albums purveying funereal
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Inversum: a dark droning sludge doom trip into a downward spiral
Dark Buddha Rising, Inversum, Neurot Recordings, NR094CD (2015) As surely as the sun rises in the east and the fishes
Continue readingSaw Head
Saw are a Norwegian duo from Trondheim taking a basic rock-mode set-up, guitar and drums, and stripping the concept down
Continue readingBlack Autumn / Veldes: uneven split offering of atmospheric black / doom
Black Autumn / Veldes, self-titled split, Hong Kong, Nostalgia Productions, CD 005 (2015) Both Black Autumn and Veldes are ambient BM
Continue readingAntikatataseis: intense opus of mind-boggling ambient blackened death doom
Abyssal, Antikatataseis, Profound Lore Records, CD digipak PFL154 (2015) 2015 is turning into the year of the revival of death metal and one
Continue readingWorldbuilder: cosmic sludge-doom journey through inner space
Zirakzigil, Worldbuilder, Anthem, CD (2015) Starting out as a Tolkien-obsessed psychedelic noise-doom metal band in Portland, Zirakzigil – try saying
Continue readingWound Empire: a blackened sludge doom soundtrack with which to serenade our final days in the Apocalypse
Abstracter, Wound Empire, 7 Degrees Records, 12″ vinyl (2015) Abstracter: what an intriguing name for a band of any description
Continue readingBlood in Outer Space
Blood Bright Star The Silver Head USA KING OF THE MONSTERS KOTM043 LP (2014) Another sumptuous vinyl package from Arizona
Continue readingStone Cutter
Barbarous Tongues (GRAVITY SWARM RECORDINGS UT-43) is a solo record by Nick Hoffman, the perplexing American fellow who’s been responsible
Continue readingThe Cosmic Trance into the Void: where spiritual enlightenment takes a wrong turn into delirious darkness
Hic Iacet, The Cosmic Trance into the Void, Iron Bonehead Productions, 12″ vinyl (2015) The artwork for this album clearly indicates
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