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Austrian doom masters Endonomos celebrate the first anniversary of their latest album ‘Endonomos II – Enlightenment’ with a new video for the track ‘Inversion’, released with Argonauta Records!

This Friday, doom unit Frayle are releasing their new album ‘Heretics & Lullabies’ with Napalm Records and in anticipation they just shared the new doom anthem ‘Boo’ with a matching music video!

Primitive Law is set to release their most crushing album to date with ‘Observance’ later this month, out via Relapse Records, but today shared another monstrous and trance-like single with ‘Natural Law’!

Paradise Lost announced the 2nd leg of their “Ascension of Europe” tour for February & March 2026, covering some more of mainland Europe and an extensive visit to the Nordic region!

Newly confirmed for the Steelfest 2026 line-up: Demonical, Mavorim, Shape of Despair and underground legends Beherit. Last week also brought the exclusive and unique shows of Holocausto and Erzebet to the bill. Deströyer 666 is no longer part of the lineup.

Last week, UK sludgers Mastiff unleashed the new single ‘Decimated Graves’ upon the world, another relentless taste of what is to come with their upcoming EP ‘For All the Dead Dreams’, out next month via Church Road Records!

Photo Reports

The wolves took over the legendary Nosturi venue in Helsinki! Check out the pics of the Wolfheart show here!

When the line-up of the 2018 edition of Blow-Up festival got released bit by bit, we decided that we couldn’t let this event pass us by. With some of the biggest names in the sludge and doom scene and a few really special and rather rare sights on a stage over here, it’s something we’ve […]

Check out the pictures of a very atmospheric evening here!

Stoned Jesus brought one hell of a show to Magasin 4 and so did support Mothership and Elephant Tree. Check out the pics!

The smoky pictures of a night of doom, sludge and stoner at the Blowup vol. 4 Pre Festival Club!

Primordial

Photo coverage of DWEF, Moonsorrow and Primorial from the Heathen Crusade show in Bruges (BE) on 15 April 2018

Almost none of us are familiar with the venue called Amuz, a renovated church that now serves as one of Antwerp’s most prestigious concert halls. Most of the time this venue houses classical concerts and other events, however on the 3rd of february, a very special occasion took place here. Some of the world’s finest […]

Pentagram on Roadkill 2017

For years and years I go to the Roadkill Festival in Waarschoot, BE. After all these years this festival became a gathering of friends in the wide area of Waarschoot. Not only the numerous friends there make it noteworthy, also the organizers manage to get hell of a line-up!

This edition is no exception to this habit: They managed to get Pentagram, Thunder Mother, Acid King and Raketkanon. Also bands like Eyes on the Machine, Huracán, Hedonist and Fire Down Below entered the stage!

The MTV Headbanger’s Ball is always a very good show, and this year was no different. If you want to see our photo impression, this is it!

The pictures of the mesmerizing journey two bands took us on with their all enveloping soundscape filled with beauty and raw harshness.

Album Reviews

“The Choral Tomb” is a bombardment of oceanic maelstrom the music is vastly spacious and filled with emotion-packed clean vocals, therefore, allowing much diversity by applying elements from sludge doom, droning atmosphere, and arpeggio guitars. Ahab conveys its own trademarks which they proclaim as a Nautical funeral doom institution. Out today via Napalm Records!

The follow-up to ‘Mysterium I’ that was released earlier this year, ‘Mysterium II’ sees Dutch death doom legends Celestial Season take on a more funereal side. Out now via Burning World Records.

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.

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