Category: Reviews
Lycus – Chasms Review
With Chasms, Oakland quartet Lycus has presented us with a rarity in the highly specialized sub-genre of funeral doom. The record deals in the usual shades of brown, grey, and otherwise grimey tonal and lyrical palette that’s become …
Venomous Concept – Kick Me Silly – VC III Review
At this point, probably only about 12% of all musicians anywhere haven’t been involved in a side project with either Shane Embury or Danny Lilker. Or at least, they haven’t yet been involved in one. …
Abbath – Abbath Review
Abbath Doom Occulta: Born Olve Eikemo. Longtime frontman of Immortal. This doofus: Reach level 30 to unlock advanced resource harvesting. Abbath: New band formed by Abbath Doom Occulta after his split with Immortal. Joining …
Ixion – Enfant De La Nuit Review
From epic and gothic to funeral and death-infused, 2015 was a banner year for doom metal of all forms. Perhaps lost amidst the bigger names that released albums last year was France’s Ixion, purveyors of …
Extreme Noise Terror – Extreme Noise Terror Review
After Phil Vane’s untimely death in 2011, it was unclear what the future would hold for Extreme Noise Terror. The dueling vocals of Vane and Dean Jones had always been one of ENT’s best and …
Sunn O))) – Kannon Review
It’s been 6 long years since the last proper Sunn O))) record, 2009’s Monoliths and Dimensions. That album brought forth some significant embellishments to Sunn O)))’s core formula of dreary and oppressive drone, and was one of their …
Chthe’ilist – Le Dernier Crepuscule Review
Chthe’ilist (pronounced “Dok’ken?”) made some serious waves with their 2010 demo, Amechth’ntaas’m’rriachth (pronounced “Tooth’n’nail?”), and deservedly so, because not only was that recording a grimly satisfying 20 minute peek into some seriously freaky-deaky, deathly Lovecraft …
Fucking Invincible – I Hate Myself And Want You To Die
Fucking Invincible’s first full-length It’ll Get Worse Before It Gets Better spent quite a bit of time assaulting my eardrums in the second half of 2015, a beatdown in eleven minutes, spun and spun and …