News Posts

Gothic doom icons Paradise Lost prepare for ‘Ascension’ (out in September with Nuclear Blast) with new single ‘Silence Like The Grave’. Catch them live this summer in Europe at festivals like Graspop, Ilovaari Festival and Brutal Assault, or in Fall on their “Ascension of Europe Tour” with Messa, High Parasite and Lacrimas Profundere!

Swiss doom/sludge outfit Zatokrev announce their return with their new album ‘Bring Mirrors To The Surface’, set for release in August via Pelagic Records and unveiled a first new single with ‘Blood’, featuring vocals of the the band Inezona!

Norwegian funeral doom pioneers Funeral return with ‘Gamalt ljós’, the 3-part centerpiece from their latest EP ‘The Funereal’, out via Season of Mist.

Doom trio VÖLUR unveil first single and title track from their forthcoming collaborative album ‘Breathless Spirit’ with producer and sound artist CARES, set for release in August via Batke Records.

Finnish melodic doom death duo The Bleak Picture are preparing to release their new album ‘Shades Of Life’ with Ardua Music at the end of this month and unveiled the video single ‘Without The I’ recently!

Depressive doom/sludge metal band Mosara announces a collaboration with Remorseless Records to release their new album ‘Rumour of a Funeral’ in July!

The Medea Project unveil their album of doomed gothic darkness ‘Kharon’ to be released on June 20th!

Finnish melodic death/doom metal outfit Shadecrown are poised to release their new album ‘0’ via Inverse Records in July and recently unveiled a second single with ‘Tear-blind’!

Album Reviews

Darkthrone on its 20th album tackles the old era of traditional metal in a very conventional method. Although some of the tracks may lack the raw organic sound, nevertheless “Astral Fortress” is an epic blackened and doom-laden heavy metal record that is gritty and bold to its core! Out via Peaceville Records.

”Viscera” is a sonic nightmare sustained by the abrasive elements of blackened death doom, Strigoi depicts utter bleakness and redefines its style where the band takes a logical step forward from the debut album. Released via Season of Mist.

Candlmass’ 13th record “Sweet Evil Sun” delivers plenty of emotive melodies and crushing riffs that will appease the demons inside your head, The songs in the album evokes the inner spirit of the Swedish doom metal masters this is a heavy bombardment of powerful riffs. Out on November 18 via Napalm Records!

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.

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

Author & Punisher is back with yet another crushing album filled with inhuman soundscapes that are enhanced by newly found human touches!

Shape of Despair has transcended far and beyond “Return to the Void” returns to the old ways as it set a new paradigm of outstanding craftsmanship that will surpass many fans of funeral doom metal.

“Trisagion” offers a grand spectacle of how modern atmospheric black metal and funeral doom can be effectively engaging and powerful when merged.

Verbum’s first full length album “Exhortation to the Impure” takes a profound approach to death/doom metal, this is definitely an album that you shouldn’t miss.

From the deepest dungeons of Bruges Gateway has crawled out with his first EP in two years, the aptly named ‘Flesh Reborn’