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Australia \ David Kukoľ \ death doom \ death sludge \ deathdoom \ doom metal \ Lord Serus \ Night Terrors Records \ sludge metal
Reekmind – Glints from the Crematorium (Effluvial Death Sludge)
Ah how nice it feels to finally review these guys. Australia’s Reekmind sent a promo my way for their last one, Mired in the Reek of Grief, but I passed for reasons I still regret. Generally I judge on art first, and though the cover was completely dismal (in the best way), it had […]
death metal \ deathdoom \ doom metal \ Germany \ Night Terror Records \ Skeletom Warrior \ Tomáš Mitura
Putridarium – Natvm Ad Mortem (Pig Vomit Dirty Deathdoom)
Yeah I haven’t gotten any good 7″ cuts in awhile, and for our next scuzz blast for the new year, we have Germany’s Putridarium dealing out a two-track wonder called Natvm Ad Mortem. Adding to the pantheon of deathdoom I’ve experienced over the past few years, this particular effort builds upon the putrid foundation […]
doom metal \ MA \ Sentient Ruin Laboratories \ sludge doom \ sludge metal \ South Korea
Gawthrop – Kuboa (Wretched Sludge Doom)
Honestly I was not a fan of this at first. South Korea’s Gawthrop dilutes industrial death and noise into a stark, super-pressurized form of sludge doom that’s so absolutely wretched it will likely remind you of the drudgery that is your life. The compressed sound held me back, at first, until I really listened […]
Aural Music \ doom metal \ gloom metal \ Madison \ Marco Rea \ psychedelic doom metal \ shoegaze metal \ Wisconsin
Vanishing Kids – Miracle of Death (Psychedelic Gloom Metal)
I always wanted to be a melty-faced teen and now that dream is realized even though I’m in my 40s. Vanishing Kids are like one of those “sleeper hits,” but a band, and the major difference being that their latest, Miracle of Death, is absolutely not unpromising upon release. I mean, like, shit, okay […]
blackened death metal \ blackened doom metal \ Colorado \ Denver \ doom metal \ old school death metal
Headshrinker – Callous Indifference (Real Mental Health Blackened Death Doom)
Now here’s an approach we could use more of: an empathetic, but not pathetic, consideration of mental illness. Not as an “oh so very scary crazy person” aesthetic, but one trapped in loneliness, depression, and all that good stuff that makes people creative in their desire for an escape from their own physical prison. […]
Antonio Painkiller \ doom metal \ Italy \ like hard rock or something \ Seeing Red Records
SUUM – Cryptomass (Not Total Ass Italian Doom)
Okay Italy, okay, there is hope, after all. In case you missed it, which I know you did, I’ve been ripping on Italian doom metal over the past couple years because pretty much any submission I’ve gotten from the country in said genre has been total ass. The primary reason is this strange tendency […]
Aqualamb Recordings \ Cleveland \ doom metal \ doomgaze \ Lay Bare Recordings \ Ohio \ post-metal \ United States \ wow so vast
Frayle – 1692 (Bitter Doom for the Broken Soul)
Most doom is satisfied thematically with smoking or taking drugs, tossing tabletop RPG dice, witch stuff, or plain sloth. They don’t hide it, either, and with a simple name or cover you know exactly what to expect and you’re both disappointed and not. But as of late female-fronted doom has been a particular favorite […]
-ess \ Adele Mildred \ Deadlight Records \ doom metal \ Fiend \ Paris \ psychedelic rock \ sludge
Fiend – Seeress (Doompth Metal)
Yo I just came up with a new term: “doompth metal.” At first read that sounds horrible, like a new taunt. You doompthus! That, another new word, is definitely a taunt, but doompth is not, sometimes. Okay let me be honest here it kind of is. Truth be told it’s all I could come […]
Amor Fati Productions \ Berlin \ doom metal \ Essenz
Essenz – Manes Impetus (Pandering Black Metal)
Manes Impetus, the latest from Berlin, Germany’s Essenz, is nearly an hour long which is fine if the goal is to produce a musical journey encapsulating the musical anguish of the forebears, artistic sadism, and creative passions. Aesthetic value 10/10, but we don’t score like that here whoops. This one progresses through some fairly […]
Canada \ doom metal \ electronic fart \ funeral doom \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Malsanctum \ the other way \ two-minutes to the funeral
Malsanctum – S/T (Two Minutes to Funeral Doom’s Funeral)
Well, here it is, likely the first time something from Iron Bonehead Productions actually depresses me in the other way. I prefer the “why does the human race exist?” type of depression, but this is more of a “why was this album released?” sadness. Now, please pause, for I have already started this on an […]
