8 years after the near perfect ‘The Year is One’, one of the longest running Finnish doom acts Spiritus Mortis has returned with a new lineup and a fifth album ‘The Great Seal’, easing down a bit on the heavy doom riffery and replacing it with simply epic sounding heavy metal. Out on Svart Records since last Friday.

Dutch death/doom quartet Graceless’ third album ‘Chants from Purgatory’ stands as the band’s most memorable album to date. To be released on September 30 via Raw Skull Recordz.

7 epic singles again selected by us of last week with Psychonaut, Before The Dawn, Black Mirrors, Wednesday 13, Sowulo, Ciemra and Skyforger! Highly recommended to check them out if you haven’t yet!

Canadian heavy doom hitters Cauchemar make your fantasy dreams come true on their third offering ‘Rosa Mystica’. Out on Temple of Mystery Records.

Denmark’s trio Dead Void debuts its first studio album ‘Volatile Forms’ which offers a primitive and sluggish death doom take on this sub-genre, if you are into classic albums of 90’s doom metal then this is for you. Out via Me Saco Un Ojo and Dark Descent Records on September 15.

The legendary Finnish band Before The Dawn premiered another brand new single/video with ‘Downhearted’ and announced to be officially back, working on a full new album!

Dutch atmospheric sludge/doom project Sfeerverzieker unleash a brutal new single with ‘Sentenced’, a track from the upcoming debut album ‘Death is the Desired Ending’!

Minnesota death doom quartet Void Rot returns from the gaping void to deliver a crushing parade of an EP. ‘Telluric Dismemberment’ includes a brand new song, a cover song of Amorphis and three live songs taken from their first studio album ‘Descending Pillars’. Out on Everlasting Spew Records.

With singles from Wolfheart, Electric Callboy, Luna Kills, Aeveris and Bastarður we introduce our new article series in which we recommend and highlight some of the singles that really impressed us and stuck by us recently! More coming soon!