doom – The Sound Projector

03/05/2021 nausika

Portraits: it’s make or break time for Catalonian BM band with a mix of atmospheric BM, post-BM, doom and death

Perennial Isolation, Portraits, Netherlands, Non Serviam Records, NSR036 CD digipak / vinyl LP (2021) Last time I heard anything from

19/04/2021 nausika

End of Forever: the stoner / doom / retro-Seventies psych rock experiment ends triumphantly

Samsara Blues Experiment, End of Forever, Germany, Electric Magic Records, EMCD 009 digipak (2020) / catalogue number unknown vinyl LP

07/04/2021 nausika

Slonk: a raging blackened monster representing a hidden esoteric reality beyond human understanding

Alkerdeel, Slonk, Belgium, Babylon Doom Cult Records, BDC019 vinyl LP / Consouling Records, soul0156 CD (2021) No fewer than two

26/03/2021 nausika

Fulgor Renegrido: an unusual and striking fusion of atmospheric black metal and Chilean C&W / folk

Aume, Fulgor Renegrido, United Kingdom, Ancient Entity Records, AER023 cassette (2021) Based in Coquimbo, in north-central Chile, Aume is a

23/03/2021 nausika

Desontstijging: fusion darkspace BM / glitch noise electronica the perfect anti-matter jet fuel to send us to the stars

Druon Antigon, Desontstijging, United Kingdom, Onism Productions, ONISM005 CD (2020) “Desontstijging” (meaning “dislocation” in English) is the aptly named debut

09/03/2021 nausika

Burning in Heaven, Melting on Earth: theme of religious fanaticism gets a mellow psychedelic doom treatment

Sunnata, Burning in Heaven, Melting on Earth, Poland, self-released, CD / vinyl LP (2021) I’ve heard a previous album of

15/12/2020 nausika

Ode to the Dark: a fearsome vampiric BM foursome with a taste for the Gothic and the operatic

Umbrivago Sombrio, Ode to the Dark, United Kingdom, Ancient Entity Records, AER 011 cassette (2020) “Ode to the Dark”, the

07/12/2020 nausika

The Sorcerer’s Sorrow: a spiritual journey at once bleak and desolate, yet hopeful and soothing

Anachitis, The Sorcerer’s Sorrow, Italy, Avant-garde Music, AV397 CD digipak / LP (2020) The sombre artwork for this, Anachitis’ debut

19/11/2020 Ed Pinsent

Dark Staircase Functions

Fairly grim noise-rock-plod grinderoo from Kragrowargkomn on the album TMA (URBSOUNDS URB048) from Urbsounds…recorded in Slovakia and carrying sleeve design,

08/11/2020 nausika

VII: darkly monumental drone noise electronics terror for the pandemic age

KTL, VII, Editions Mego, Austria, EMEGO 287 cassette / vinyl (2020) For a project initially established to provide music for