Stone Dagger - The Siege of Jerusalem. 7" out on Electric Assault Records in February Mid-March 2014. I will be spilling the blood of your first born child for this piec...
Stonehelm. You know how every single band that does the Electric Wizard thing, does the slow big riff bit of Electric Wizard? Well one band actually...
Funerary / Ooze: Split (2015) The split album from Funerary and Ooze showcases two bands that are extremely raw, and whose names suit their respective genres, but otherwi...
Ahab: The Boats of the Glen Carrig (2015) As I’ve mentioned before, Ahab are proven masters of funeral doom. They began with two albums of crushing funereal death/doom. On The Giant ...
Warhorse: As Heaven Turns To Ash (2001) The last two releases of the defunct Warhorse were reissued earlier this year by Southern Lord. This review will be confined to the band’s s...
Doomed: Wrath Monolith (2015) We’re All DoomedNormally by this point in the year I’ve given out two or three perfect scores. This is the first for 2015. WRATH MONOLITH by...
DOWNLOAD-Stonehelm. -GALFDOM You know how every single band that does the Electric Wizard thing, does the slow big riff bit of Electric Wizard? Well one band actually t...
Skepticism: Ordeal (2015) Updated 7/27 with music clip Skepticism was one of the first funeral doom bands, and they’re still going strong. If you don’t have the patie...
Goatsnake: Black Age Blues (2015) Hey, Yeah For the uninitiated, Goatsnake are minor legends of doom metal. If you need to know their philosophy, the liner notes to one of th...
Demon Lung: A Dracula (2015) When I read the title A Dracula I couldn't help but chuckle. Any time someone refers to vampires as draculas, yeah, that's an old jo...
My Silent Wake: Damnatio Memoriae (2015) I make a big deal about not caring what a band believes, professes, or puts into their lyrics. Nonetheless, I’m still pulling for Christian ...
Coffins: Perpetual Penance (Compilation 2015) Regurgitated Guts, Japanese StyleReview by joanismylover, the third metal attorney. My father is retired U.S. Air Force. From 1982 to 1985 o...
Hands of Orlac: Figli Del Crepuscolo (2014) "You're All the Same, The Lot of You"Review by joanismylover, the third metal attorney. I had the distinct pleasure on Monday ...
Domovoyd: Domovoyd (2015) The last time I mentioned Finland’s Domovoyd (based on their 2011 EP), I said they were basically Electric Wizard knockoffs. Today, there’s ...
Acid King: Middle of Nowhere, Center of Everywhere (2015) Time for the quarterly female-fronted doom album! I’ve reviewed so many of these by now, I have nothing left to say about the combination of...
Atriarch: An Unending Pathway (2014) SuccessionThe last time I talked about Atriarch, I focused on how they combine doom with punk’s equivalent of doom, deathrock. I said they w...
YOB: Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) AscensionI’ve always kind of felt that YOB is a bit overrated. No, let me rephrase that: I used to think YOB was overrated. Despite Mike Sch...
DOWNLOAD-Goya.-GALFDOM Yeah. You could listen to the new Electric Wizard... or you could listen to this. <a href="http://marijuana.bandcamp.com/album/777-...
Goya. Yeah. You could listen to the new Electric Wizard... or you could listen to this. <a href="http://marijuana.bandcamp.com/album/777-...
Occultation: Silence in the Ancestral House (2014) Stay OccultedI very much enjoyed the previous Occultation album. My take on that was that it was female-fronted occult rock which actually s...