Tag: Doom
Frig You Friday Presents: Frig You Fuzz – The Best Psych, Stoner, Prog, And Heavy Rock Of The Year (So Far)
As is tradition, every Fuck You Friday begins with: “Fuck me, there is a LOT of music out in the world.” But as the keenest and kleverest of you eagle-eyed shit-shellackers out there have surely …
Gateway – Galgendood Review
Having zero familiarity with Gateway – a one-person doom/death band from Belgium – didn’t keep me from diving right into the slime that is Galgendood. Seriously, this thing is thick with the stuff. And not …
Audio/Visual Premiere: 夢遊病者 – “Silesian Fur Coat”
The music of the Japanese/Russian/American collective known as 夢遊病者 (Sleepwalker) have been using their music to search out the nexus between cognitive memory and the subconscious since their debut demo (統合失調症の飢餓) and subsequent first studio …
Oromet – Oromet Review
I used to half-joke that I liked funeral doom because it was music for stretching out, closing your eyes, and trying your darnedest to believe you were laying in your coffin. I say half-joke because …
Soul Void / Brainwave / Dole Bludger: More New Zealand Noize.
Below are a couple of noisy releases from the far-flung (and increasingly cyclone-battered) shores of Aotearoa New Zealand. Generally, when I write about metal or punk from my neck of the woods, I start by …
They Watch Us From The Moon – Cosmic Chronicles, Act I: The Ascension Review
Have you ever been around someone flapping their jaw about how serious art has to be about serious things and if you don’t get it, you’re just not serious about being a serious part of …
Triumpher – Storming The Walls Review
Has anyone ever asked you the seemingly basic question, “Why do you like heavy metal?” Sometimes that question comes from a place of disgust, as in, “How can you listen to all that noise?” Sometimes …
Gatekeeper – From Western Shores Review
[Artwork by the incomparable Duncan Storr] There is a forever discussion that goes on behind closed doors within the Last Rites Crew Discord concerning the Star Trek universe and whether or not the latest iterations …