News Posts

Finnish doom metal outfit Grain Of Pain announced their new album ‘Behind Us All’ to be out in March via Noble Demon and share a first track with ‘To Burn Inside’!

Finnish melancholic death/doom metallers Hanging Garden unveiled the details of their upcoming new album ‘Isle of Bliss’, set for release in March via Agonia Records and shared a music video for its opening track ‘To Outlive the Nine Ravens’!

Belgian atmospheric black doom outfit Splendidula releases new single and video ‘Kilte’ from upcoming album ‘Absentia’, set for release in April via Argonauta Records!

Doom titans Pantheist join Argonauta Records, set to release a brand-new album later this year, adding another new chapter to an already lengthy existence!

Norwegian gothic doom force Evig Natt unveils haunting lyric video for ‘Death’, out now with Wormholedeath and a track from the upcoming album ‘Vaketimen’!

Belgian doom metal monoliths Akem Manah have announced their upcoming album ‘Threnodies’ to be out in April via Black Lion Records and shared the first single ‘The End of Earnest Hollow’!

Doom/sludge metal outfit Radian shared the single ‘Spiraling Ash’, a track from the upcoming album ‘Subterfuge’, set for release in March!

Belgian sludge/doom collective Predatory Void shared the single ‘New Moon’, another track from the upcoming EP ‘Atoned in Metamorphosis’, set for release next month via Pelagic Records!

Finnish doom-laden death metal force Marianas Rest have released their new album ‘The Bereaved’ last Friday via Noble Demon and shared a video for the track ‘Again Into The Night’ to celebrate!

Death metal force Temple Of Void return with their new album ‘The Crawl’ in March, out with Relapse Records and just shared t he title track as a single with a video!

Album Reviews

The third studio album “Elevation”, by the internation band Enshine is reminiscent of 90’s melodic death/doom metal and is out since January 3rd.

On seventh opus “Tempelschlaf”, The Ruins of Beverast blends multiple musical inspirations from ambiance to haunting dark atmospheres of blackened doom. Alexander von Meilenwald demonstrates versatility as a songwriter, the result is a more focused album. Out via Ván Records since January 9th.

The fourth studio album “Viribus Unitis” of the Ukrainian war brigade 1914 continues with the conceptual theme of World War I. 1914 integrate powerful elements of blackened death, doom, and atmospheric textures. Out since November 14th, via Napalm Records.

Costa Rican death doom outfit Perishing delivers a prime example of guttural death doom on their debut ‘Malicious Acropolis Unveiled’. Out via Transcending Obscurity.

“Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration” is dark and crushingly heavy, and stands as a milestone in the band’s discography. Hooded Menace delivers a top performance and songwriting prowess in its most majestic and grandiose form. Out via Season of Mist on October 3rd.

Put your raincoats on as Krigsgrav’s eighth studio album ’Stormcaller’ is predicting some very heavy blackened thunderstorms. Pouring down on you via Willowtip Records since last Friday!

“Ascension” somehow fulfills what “Obsidian” might have lacked; it’s another worthy entry in the band’s growing discography and redefines the modern gothic doom metal that is on par with other veterans like My Dying Bride. Out via Nuclear Blast Records since yesterday, September 19th.

Third studio album “Pain Effulgence” of Boston, Massachusetts death doom quartet Innumerable Forms is a crushing iteration of the classic sound of British and Finnish melancholic bands. Out now via Profound Lore Records since August 22nd.

‘Saturnian Appendices’ is the newest release by the Philadelphian epic doom metal band Crypt Sermon. The EP includes three brooding, doom-laden songs and one cover song by Mayhem. Out via Dark Descent Records.