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…
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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…
Slabdragger + Mountain Caller + Urne @ 229 The Venue, London
Slabdragger + Mountain Caller + Urne @ 229 The Venue 06 March 2020 Photos / review by Ryan Whitwell / Shotison Please follow and like us:
Kilter – Axiom
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2020, Alter-Nativ Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis When you keep asking yourself ‘Why am I reviewing this for a metal website?’ while listening to an album, you know this isn’t going to bode well, and I am afraid that is the case for the confusing mashup…
Anselmi, J.J. – Doomed To Fail (Book Review)
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2019, Publisher: Rare Bird Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP It’s about damned/doomed time someone wrote a good book about doom! That man, is JJ. Anselmi, BMX biker kid from Wyoming, transplant to California, drummer in a bunch of bands and a big fan of music that goes…
Ether Coven – Everything Is Temporary Except Suffering
Ether Coven – Everything is Temporary Except Suffering Reviewed: January 2020 Released: 2020, Century Media Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz I’m admittedly pretty stoked about this record. Ether Coven (formerly “Ether”) are one of the best bands to come out of the South Florida metal scene in ages, embracing a…
Kirk Windstein – Dreams in Motion
Kirk Windstein – Dreams in Motion Reviewed: January 2020 Released: 2020, eOne Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz As much as I love Crowbar, it’s fair to say that you pretty much know what you’re gonna get before you press play. From OBEDIENCE through THE SERPENT, Kirk Windstein has been…
MNRVA – Black Sky
Reviewed: October 2019 Released: 2019 – Self Released Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Beandog Black Sky is a tricky record to review. If you’re into the sort of sludge encrusted doom that owes its weight to the likes of Electric Wizard, then there is actually very little to dislike about MNVRA‘s debut.…