Tag: Doom
Witch Mountain – South Of Salem Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay Witch Mountain is a doom metal group from Portland that has been on the scene for over a decade, but since the addition of vocalist Uta Plotkin in 2009, they’ve …
Neurosis – Sovereign (Reissue) Review
By design, the music of Neurosis should not work within the confines of the EP format. Their success has long been dependent not only upon their ability to craft earth-shattering hymns of tectonic force, but …
Beneath Oblivion – From Man To Dust Review
From Man To Dust is the second album from Cincinnati, Ohio’s Beneath Oblivion, and it offers more than ample evidence that the Rust Belt remains a potent source of crippling rage and desperation. All in …
Benighted in Sodom – Reverse Baptism Review
Not long ago one of my esteemed colleagues (that would be His Royal Danhammer of House Obstkrieg, First of His Name) reviewed an album that he could honestly recognize the quality of, but just couldn’t …
Premonition 13 – 13 Review
Scott “Wino” Weinrich has been a busy guy lately. Since the demise of The Hidden Hand in 2007, Wino has released a solo album, a solo acoustic album, an album with the super group Shrinebuilder, …
Gallhammer – The End Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Just a couple of years ago, the Gallhammer girls were plastered across the pages of the major glossies, preening through their eyeliner cake andAmebix cutoffs, satiating the juvenile urges of every laidless, geeky …
Seidr – For Winter Fire Review
Louisville, Kentucky’s Seidr is the full-band doom project of Austin Lunn, mastermind and sole member of anarcho/atmospheric black metal outfit Panopticon, and For Winter Fire is the band’s first full-length. It is also fucking awesome, …
Yob – Atma Review
Two words quickly sprang to mind as I started putting together thoughts about my collective Yob experience: “epiphany” and “resonation.” That first choice is obviously pretty dramatic, so I’ll address it quickly in hopes of stemming …