Domkraft – Seeds Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Magnetic Eye Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Heavy doesn’t even begin to describe this album. The third full length from Sweden’s Domkraft, SEEDS is a hulking beast of a record. Equal parts beauty and anguish, it’s a trance inducing collection of…
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Vokonis – Odyssey
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, The Sign Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter There’s somewhat of an expectation with modern progressive metal music that it needs to sound somewhat introspective. Whether that is in harder, heavier subgenres such as death metal, or lighter examples, there’s a certain level of brood that…
Until The Sky Dies – Forgotten Pact
Until The Sky Dies – Forgotten Pact Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2020, Dead Games Records Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz FORGOTTEN PACT is the sophomore release from Phoenix based duo Until the Sky Dies. The press release supporting the album makes some allusions to a pretty eclectic batch of artists…
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…
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…
Weedeater + ASG + Trippy Wicked and The Comsic Children Of The Night @ The Dome
Weedeater + ASG + Trippy Wicked and The Cosmic Children Of The Night @ The Dome, London 22nd July 2019 Review by Ambra Chilenwa Photography by Ryan Whitwell (Shotison Media)
Celophys – Fried Chordata
Reviewed: May 2019 Released: 2019, Robustfellow Prods. Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Ryan Whitwell Robustfellow has released the fourth LP of Ukrainia’s sludge duo Celophys, “Fried Chordata”. When reviewing an album or EP I always read the band bio that comes with the review copy of an album, but I only do…
Inter Arma – Sulphur English
Reviewed: May 2019 Released: 2019, Relapse Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Richmond, Va.-based Inter Arma have carved out a nice little corner for themselves in the underground for their potent stew of death/black metal ferocity, imposing doom/sludge heft and desolate dynamics. There are few bands that work these extremes…
Druids – Monument
Druids – Monument Reviewed: April 2019 Released: April 19th, 2019 / The Company KC Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Iowa based Druids are set to hit us with their fifth release MONUMENT. Forming in 2008 and moving steadily along the underground scene for the past decade, Druids have…
Bellrope – You Must Relax
Bellrope – You Must Relax Reviewed: March, 2019 Released: 2019, Exile on Mainstream Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz The first 3 and a half minutes of YOU MUST RELAX consists of nothing but screeching feedback that sounds like a drill bit scraping against sheet metal and some dude wailing in…
Old Man Lizard – True Misery
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2018 – Wasted State Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog Old Man Lizard have been belting out their particular brand of stoner and sludge since 2011. Inspired by the rural surroundings of their native Suffolk, the UK based power trio have certainly made their mark on the heavy…
Grave Lines + Dystopian Future Movies + Sūrya + Lowen @ The Black Heart, London
Grave Lines + Dystopian Future Movies w/ Sūrya + Lowen @ The Black Heart, Camden Town, London 9th February 2019 Review & Photography by Ryan Whitwell / Shotison.com
Hollow Leg – Civilizations
Hollow Leg – Civilizations Reviewed: January, 2019 Released: 2019, Argonauta Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Hollow Leg are one of the most reliable, working class doom bands in the scene today. Across 8 years and a respectable body of recorded work, the Florida based outfit have earned a reputation…
Conan + Conjurer + Wren @ Boston Music Room, London
Conan + Conjurer + Wren Boston Music Room, London 1st December 2018 Review & Photography by Ryan Whitwell / Shotison
Possessor Sign To APF Records – New Album Due In 2019
South London, horror obsessed – sludge thrashers, Possessor have signed a brand new record deal with APF Records. Preparations for their fourth full-length album are well underway. UK, Salford-based, independent label APF – who’s roster also includes, Ba’al, Barbarian Hermit, Battalions, Blind Haze, BongCauldron, Desert Storm, Diesel King, Mastiff, Nomad,…