Begräbnis – Izanaena Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Weird Truth Productions Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz I’m not really sure what’s happening on IZANAENA, but I think I like it? Japan has long been a creative nexus for all things musically extreme. Be it the mighty metal shred of Loudness,…
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My Dying Bride – Macabre Cabaret
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: November, 2020 Nuclear Blast Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Theron Moore Eight months after dropping the epic and lumbering, “The Ghost of Orion,” UK doom and gloomers My Dying Bride have returned with new music, a four track EP “Macabre Cabaret.” The title track, also the first tune…
DayGlo Mourning – Dead Star
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, Black Doomba Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia and riding on a wave of momentum that started in 2018 with their self titled debut album, DayGlo Mourning quickly drew the attention of Black Doomba Records who paired them up with Bludy Gyres for…
Gehlke, David- No Celebration-The Official Story Of Paradise Lost (Book Review)
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2019, Decibel Books Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Like many Metal-minded folks, I grew up physically swapping albums back and forth, lending and borrowing and just exploring music with friends, as one did before the advent of the information superhighway. One of my favourite memories of Paradise…
Aphonic Threnody – The Great Hatred
Reviewed: October 2020 Released: 2020, Transcending Obscurity Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine International death-doom outfit Aphonic Threnody (formed in 2012) are set to release their third full-length, The Great Hatred on October 16th. An excerpt from their press release statement reads: “Members of Towards Atlantis Lights, Dea Marica, Arrant Saudade and more collaborate to…
Kitchen Witch – Earth and Ether
Kitchen Witch – Earth and Ether Reviewed: October 2020 Released: 2020, Self Released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz It seemed like there was a point just a few years ago where the 70’s infuenced stoner rock scene was blowing up, with bands like Blood Ceremony, Jess and the Ancient Ones,…
Self Hypnosis – Interview With Kris Clayton
Interview with Kris Clayton (vocals, guitars, keyboards) Interview by Beandog www.selfhypnosisband.com/ www.facebook.com/selfhypnosisband/ selfhypnosis-uk.bandcamp.com/ UK, extreme metal three piece, Self Hypnosis have recently released their impressive debut album – Contagion Of Despair – via Svart Records. If you are unfamiliar with the band’s name, you would be forgiven for making the…
Self Hypnosis – Contagion Of Despair
Reviewed: September 2020 Released: 2020 – Svart Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog For those wanting to know more a bit more about the roots of Self Hypnosis, your starting point will undoubtedly be Kris Clayton’s Camel Of Doom outfit. As Clayton’s songwriting became more experimental, he made the decision to…
Northern Crown – In A Pallid Shadow
Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 2020, Self-release Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Hailing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, epic doom metallers Northern Crown are about to release their third full-length album, entitled In A Pallid Shadow, on July 3rd, 2020. After forming in 2013 and releasing their debut EP In The Hands of The…
Convocation – Ashes Coalesce
Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 2020, Everlasting Spew Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Seasoned musicians Lauri Laaksonen and Marko Neuman joined forces to create death/doom outfit Convocation. They are set to release their sophomore record Ashes Coalesce on July 3rd, following up 2018’s Scars Across. The band states: “The second…
CANDLEMASS-Ashes To Ashes Live-The Covideo Chronicles-Day 43 (May 13th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2010 Rating: 4/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly dissimilar and…
Pale Horseman – For Dust Thou Art
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Independent Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Chicago, Illinois has been a breeding ground for sludgy doom metal in recent years with the emergence of bands such as The Atlas Moth, Bongripper, Indian and Ledge, yet there’s another lesser-known yet equally deserving name who have been…
Mountaineer – Bloodletting
Reviewed: [June 2020] Released [2020 Lifeforce Records] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson San Francisco sextet Mountaineer sound about the opposite of what one has come to expect of Bay Area metal – and the beefy thrash of vintage Metallica, Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, etc., that endures to this day. While…
The Acacia Strain – It Comes In Waves
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 27th December 2019, Closed Casket Activities Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Andrew Shirley The Acacia Strain are not your average heavy band: their sound has progressed through releases, getting heavier, grittier and just downright filthy since their inception in 2001. Since then they’ve gone several line up…
Katatonia – City Burials
Reviewed: [May 2020] Released [2020 Peaceville Records] Rating [4.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson To pilfer from Dickens, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times for veteran Swedish mopes Katatonia to return from their brief hiatus – which the band used to recharge the batteries and recover…