Tag: Doom
SubRosa – For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages
Here is an ashamed thing I am: I live in the same state as SubRosa, within a 35 minute train ride, probably…maybe some city buses and walking… You get the point. I live within easy …
Wretch – Wretch Review
No style of music is accurately defined by one element, but I often find it interesting to discover how people designate a genre such as doom with a single word. Traditional doom, mind you, not …
Ghoulgotha – To Starve The Cross Review
I have only the vaguest memories of listening to Ghoulgotha’s debut, The Deathmass Cloak. Whether it was a case of too much music too little time, or simply that The Deathmass Cloak was unexceptional, the …
Conclave – Sins Of The Elders Review
I have been sitting in this Conclave album for a couple of weeks, playing it and trying to pin down my impressions of it. I’ve said in the past that sludge is a strange animal …
Candlemass – Death Thy Lover Review
Let’s start things off with song number two, “Sleeping Giant.” It’s got a fairly strong swagger at its heart, but…are you sure that giant’s sleeping? Perhaps I already hit my quota regarding this theme with …
Dream Death – Dissemination Review
In 2013, Dream Death issued its sophomore album, Somnium Excessum, twenty-six years after its cult classic debut, Journey into Mystery. In a comparative blink of an eye, album number three, Dissemination, has arrived, proving that …
Sinistro – Semente Review
Semente is the second full-length from Portugal’s Sinistro, but the first full-length with vocalist Patrícia Andrade as an official member of the band. (Sinistro and Andrade collaborated on a 2013 release before she joined.) Stylistically, …
Fast Rites – Volume 7: The One (Mad)Man Binge and Purge
There were a number of albums that came across my desk as I pondered what I would follow up my review of Prong’s latest with. Some garnered more interest than others; some were destined to …