doom metal
Album Review: The Body & Dis Fig – ‘Orchards of a Futile Heaven’: One extraordinary partnership delivers an experimental doom statement piece.
For seminal Portland doom metal duo The Body, co-working with other musicians has long been part of their modus, ensuring their music never stands still. Alongside the influential releases carrying ‘The Body’ nameplate, Chip King (guitars etc) and Lee Buford (drums etc) have unleashed around fifteen collaborative albums since 2011. Recently these efforts have diverged …
Track/Video : Heavy doom protagonists The Body & Dis Fig preview new collaborative album with the explosive ‘Dissent, Shame’.
‘Collabs’ – are they anything more than product placement these days? Well in some worlds driven less by the algorithm, collaboration still has a meaning and a purpose. Step forward the indispensable Thrill Jockey Records and news of an incoming album ‘Orchards of a Futile Heaven’ due 23rd Feb, from the artistic coupling of The …
Gallery & Set Lists: Sepultura / Sacred Reich / Crowbar – The Academy, Dublin 03.11.2022
Sepultura / Sacred Reich / Crowbar at last got to bring the Quadra tour to Dublin’s The Academy Crowbar, Gallery & Set List. High Rate ExtinctionConqueringI Feel the Burning SunBleeding From Every HoleTo Build a MountainThe Cemetery AngelsChemical GodzAll I Had (I Gave)Planets CollideBroken Glass Sacred Reich, Gallery & Set List. Divide & ConquerThe American …
Meet: Supersonic festival director Lisa Meyer ahead of July’s must-catch happening.
Festivals are back and that’s important. Every festival, from gargantuan to the esoteric, has a community around it, they have become part of our folklore, part of our cultural clock, a marker in the year, a celebration of a certain thing that happens over and over. Relationships build between a festival and its people, the …
News: HOUR OF 13 reveal first track from long-awaited new album on SHADOW KINGDOM
Today, doom legends Hour of 13 reveal the brand-new track ‘His Majesty of the Wood’. The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s long-awaited fourth album, Black Magick Rites, set for international release on August 27th via Shadow Kingdom Records. Hear Hour of 13‘s “His Majesty of the Wood” HERE at Shadow Kingdom‘s Bandcamp. By now, Hour of 13 should require little introduction. For the …
Track: Grief Collector – New Single!
Doom laden Metal for fans of Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus and Crypt Sermon. Featuring legendary vocalist Robert Lowe! Grief Collector was formed by (ex-)members of Signs Of Rain, Among The Serpents and Candlemass/Solitude Aeturnus. Their aim was to combine Doom, some Sludge and feelings of sorrow and tragedy into a musical mix that could stand the test of …
Album Review: Plague Weaver- Ascendant Blasphemy
Black metal and doom metal– as ruggedly different as these subgenres are, when combined correctly they can make for an articulate creation. Reigning among the metal community in Mississauga, Ontario for the past few years, Plague Weaver have ruminated throughout the scene with a collection of tracks supplemented in two EPs– Through the Sulfur Eyes …
NEWS: Gatecreeper Sign To Nuclear Blast Records
Photo Credit: Hayley Rippy Slamming, destructive death metal champions Gatecreeper, from Tucson, Arizona, have been appropriately accepted to the roster of one of the biggest heavy metal record labels, Nuclear Blast! Their spot in the label is well-deserved being that they’ve trudged their way up the mountain from underground stardom to becoming the heavyweights of the …
Track: Indica Blues Share Title Track From New Album – We Are Doomed
Indica Blues are a four-piece psychedelic doom band from Oxford, U.K. Recently signed to APF records they are set to release their debut album ‘We Are Doomed’ due 12th February. Along with the album news the band have shared the video for the title track. On the new video for ‘We Are Doomed,’ Tom Pilsworth (guitars/vocals) comments, “This song …
Meet: Brett Campbell from Doom band Pallbearer
With the release of their fantastic album ‘Forgotten Days’ (Read our review here), we put some questions to Pallbearer’s Brett Cambpell. Find out his take on the new album, being in a band and what bands he thinks are worth checking out. First off, I hope all of you are doing ok? How has the …