Tag: Doom
Inverloch – Dusk… Subside Review
Australia’s pioneering dISEMBOWELMENT is still spoken of in hushed and reverent tones for a simple reason: The band’s sole album, 1993’s Transcendence into the Peripheral, is an unmatched clinic in woozily beautiful primordial doom/death metal. …
Zebulon Pike – Space is the Corpse of Time Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell For those residing in the bitter climes of Minnesota, instrumental doom dealers Zebulon Pike are minor legends, a charming oddity that opens nearly every show worth seeing while simultaneously cultivating …
Autopsy – All Tomorrow’s Funerals Review
All Tomorrow’s Funerals compiles the EPs released by long-running Californian death metal troupe Autopsy, spanning both periods of their career from their early-1990s heyday to their resurrection in the new millennium. Starting with 2010’s The …
Woods Of Ypres – Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light Review
To be perfectly honest, taking on Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light was a bit of a daunting task. Not only were there the questions over Woods of Ypres founder David Gold’s passing, but …
Pale Divine – Painted Windows Black Review
News reports regarding Tony Iommi’s health, combined with the recent tragic losses of Mark Reale (Riot) and Ronnie Montrose, have set me to thinking about the whole notion of ‘guitar gods’ lately. There’s an end …
Pilgrim – Misery Wizard Review
Like a number of folks out there, I was first drawn into the world of Rhode Island’s Pilgrim through 2011’s Forsaken Man demo. (Which, incidentally, is still available for Bandcamp downloadage for zero dollars and …
Pallbearer – Sorrow & Extinction Review
On the strength of a three-song demo from 2010, Little Rock, Arkansas’s Pallbearer quickly became one of the most talked-about names in metal’s catty, cantankerous underground. Fast-forward a year and a half or so, and …
Swallow The Sun – Emerald Forest And The Blackbird Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay Swallow the Sun doesn’t really commit to one genre, and since that’s pretty typical of most metal nowadays, it makes it difficult for StS to stand out from the blended …