Tag: Doom
Solstice – Death’s Crown Is Victory Review
Anyone who believes being in a long-established metal band is in any way glamorous should probably have his or her head examined. As if the current state of the industry and its paltry payouts aren’t …
Epicus Doomicus Boringus
Originally written by Erik Highter. How long is too long? Back in 1968, Iron Butterfly’s “In A Gadda Da Vida” took up an album side with 17 minutes of what most would call aimless noodling. …
Domovoyd – Oh, Sensibility Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey Domovoyd‘s debut long-player, Oh, Sensibility, is psych-minded astro-metal charged by interstellar gamma rays. Oh, sorta like Ufommamut? The doomonauts slather these songs with jams, vibrating the soul with effects-heavy amp …
Iron Man – South Of The Earth Review
Originally written by Matt Longo Have they lost their minds? No, clearly the fine folks over at Rise Above Records can see — and are no longer blind to — the fact that Iron Man …
Urna – Mors Principium Est Review
The Italian label/musical collective ATMF (that’s Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum, if you’re nasty) might be putting out some of the most criminally underappreciated (mostly) black metal in today’s metal underground. The average trench-digging metalhead is …
SubRosa – More Constant Than The Gods Review
If one band in “heavy metal” today has the potential for massive crossover appeal – and would likely find it in a just world – it is SubRosa. With all of the tweed-vest-wearing, old-timey-obsessed fluff …
Exitus – Statutum Est Hominibus Mori Review
One of the best aspects of The Endless Underground isn’t necessarily that there is always more and more great music to discover – the eternal bounty of jams is a known wonder – but rather …
Atlantean Kodex – The White Goddess Review
I watched a drug deal unfold two feet away from me at a bus stop next to the del Norte Bay Area Rapid Transit station at 10:30am on a Friday morning. The act was recklessly …