Tag: Doom
Witch Mountain – Cauldron Of The Wild Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay 2011’s South of Salem was a grooving and gritty doom record surging with soul, and while it occasionally dragged its feet when it should have been stomping through the badlands, …
Confessor – Uncontrolled Review
Very few bands or artists in any form of music can claim to be truly unique. Some break new ground and some expand upon the work of others, contract it, distort it, or merely replicate …
Grand Magus – The Hunt Review
Uh oh… It wasn’t hard to see this coming, but unfortunately it’s now been confirmed: Grand Magus has drifted dangerously off course. Now I know a lot of you were sounding the alarm two years ago after …
Ahab – The Giant Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay Ahab’s ever-pulverizing and gorgeously textured music has had me on their proverbial hook since the brilliant 2006 release, The Call of the Wretched Sea. Funeral doom at its finest, the …
Candlemass – Psalms For The Dead Review
I’ve had more than a handful of people remark that I’ve been too critical of the Robert Lowe era of Candlemass responsible for King of the Grey Islands (2007) and Death Magic Doom (2009). In …
Ancestors – In Dreams And Time Review
In the careers of most great bands, there comes an album where all of the cylinders fall into place. For LA’s prog-adelic doomsters Ancestors, it seems to have taken about six years. Their initial works …
Ides Of Gemini – Constantinople Review
Los Angeles trio Ides of Gemini is nothing if not evocative. For this particular listener, Constantinople conjures images of a caravan trudging into some unknowable wilderness, wrapped in the gauzy patina of memory. The music …
Saint Vitus – Lillie: F-65 Review
The level of build-up and promotion behind the release of Lillie: F-65 is proof enough that doom is undoubtedly experiencing a level of renown many veterans of the genre never dreamed they’d see. It’s a …