Tag: Doom
Tyranny – Tides Of Awakening Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. I have yet to meet anyone – in person or in cyberspace – who considers his/her favorite style of music to be funeral doom metal. So, it follows that nobody …
Withered – Memento Mori Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. A word of advice for young bands: melodic metal bands that do without choppy Gothenburg thrash and clean vocals are a commodity these days. If your basement unit is looking …
Swallow The Sun – Ghosts Of Loss Review
Originally written by Patrick Dawson There are among us men born with the will to create, and available to these souls are many roads; roads that do not all lead to desirable ends. Nowhere are …
Yob – The Unreal Never Lived Review
Geez, for a band that spends a fair amount of time playing so slowly, YOB sure works quickly. Beginning with their sophomore effort in 2003, not a year has gone by without another offering of mountainous modern …
Iommi – Fused Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Being a true believer in the drive-by review, here I go… Finding hard rock worth listening to in today’s music scene is an exercise in futility. Those both brave and …
Monarch – Self Titled Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Upon viewing the cover artwork and absorbing the initial waves of slow, melancholy post hardcore swathes of opener “On Cinders”, I was fully enveloped in Monarch’s seedy, post noise inspired metalcore …
Monolithe – II Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance If I were to tell you that one of the finest pieces of music I’ve heard in the past few months was a 52 minute concept album of funeral doom …
Isole – Forevermore Review
Originally written by Nin Chan Here’s more quality doom from Herr Ola Blomkvist and I Hate Records, a label that is quickly solidifying its position as one of the most exciting young labels on European …