The album ÜTOPIYA? (SUB ROSA SR396) by French intellectual free-rocksters Oiseaux-Tempête is slowly growing on me, despite early spins where
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This Mountainous Abomination
Mannequin Hollowcaust’s ‘Slow Infector’ (STAND UP TRAGEDY RECORDS SUT14 / HEAD DESTROYER MEDIA HD08) is a magnificent instance of industrial
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Ashen Light: leave out the vocals and this doomy depressive BM album is very good
Taiga, Ashen Light, Russia, Satanath Records, CD SAT067 / METALLIC 030 / LCDS 180/42 (2014) First of all, let’s deal with
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A Etilla: earnest plod, bombast and a slow pace make for a lacklustre soundtrack
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
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Saw Head
Saw are a Norwegian duo from Trondheim taking a basic rock-mode set-up, guitar and drums, and stripping the concept down
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Black 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
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Antikatataseis: 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
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Worldbuilder: 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
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Wound 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
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