The Botanist, Doom in Bloom, Israel, 2xCD Total Rust Music, TRUST025 (2012) After the first two albums, reviewed in an
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Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus: a more refined approach to bombastic blackened noise soundtrack music
Gnaw Their Tongues, Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus, Crucial Blast Records, CD CBR93 (2011) On this massive missive of extreme
Continue readingRuins of Morning: a serene and mellow painting of a fresh beginning
Nadja, Ruins of Morning, Broken Spine Productions (2010) Well, this is a surprise for me: I had given up on
Continue readingCosmic Beauties
Wadada Leo Smith is an Afro-American free jazz major player whose work is lamentably under-represented in my so-called collection, outside
Continue readingThe Ancient Method: blackened funeral doom metal in a tiny package
Monument of Urns, The Ancient Method, Hand Hewn Timbre, 3″ CD-R (2005) Mysterious and reclusive act Monument of Urns was
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Our graves must send those that we bury, back From Bloomington we received a copy of this excellent limited CD
Continue readingThe Colonial Script (III): blackened doom drone metal meets dark ambient industrial / electronic dance music
Necro Deathmort, The Colonial Script (III), Distraction Records, CD DIST25 (2012) Opening track “Imperial” is a real shock to the system:
Continue readingJerusalem: powerful stoner doom metal initiates listeners in a ritual aiming at a higher, richer plane of existence
Sleep, Jerusalem, UK, Rise Above Records, CDRISE 19 (1998) It’s taken me a lo-o-ong time to listen to any of
Continue readingDrowning Witches: restrained noise recording of oppression, foreboding and fear
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer & The Rita, Drowning Witches, Debacle Records, CD DBL043 (2010) With a name like Blue Sabbath
Continue readingThe Second Coming: stoner doom metal meets retro-1970s rock with energy to spare
Church of Misery, The Second Coming, Rise Above Records / Metal Blade Records Inc, CD 3984-15077-2 (2012) This album is a reissue by
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