Tuesday, May 26, 2015

…weathering the storm: BILL WARD BAND – ‘Accountable Beasts’

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Seemingly out of nowhere and as if in response to critics Bill Ward drops ‘Acountable Beasts’ merely two weeks following a handful of prom...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

…the temple is empty and ruined: OBSIDIAN SEA – 'Dreams, Illusions, Obsessions'

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It has been three years since the Bulgarian doom duo Obsidian Sea has unleashed their excellent debut, Between Two Deserts , (review HERE )...
Monday, May 18, 2015

Live Report May 15, 2015: NOMADIC RITUALS, TOME, and VENUS SLEEPS at TenterHooks Gigspace, Dublin, Ireland

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When it looked like my tentatively planned trip to Ireland would actually become a reality the last thing I was thinking about outside of ca...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Fangs of the Molossus – ‘S/T’

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Despite the wide-ranging and varied palette of doom that has been emerging from Italy since the early eighties the Italian doom scene, if a...
Monday, April 13, 2015

...enduring the pains of flesh: PENDULOUS - 'A Palpable Sense of Love & Loss'

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Misery and woe—two of the most commonplace themes found in doom metal—are, conventionally speaking, so foundational that they are synonymo...
Monday, March 2, 2015

HOLLY HUNT - 'Year One'

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Miami, Florida two-piece tone worshippers/manipulators Holly Hunt are hell-bent on eroding the listener to a nub with a systematic onslaugh...
Monday, February 23, 2015

...exposing the heart: YOB - 'Clearing the Path to Ascend'

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I have to admit, my initial impressions of Yob’s seventh full-length, Clearing the Path to Ascend , were wrought with both disappointment a...
Friday, February 20, 2015

…come with me into the night: BEDEMON – ‘Child of Darkness: From the Original Master Tapes’

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The history of doom metal legends Pentagram has been well documented in recent years, particularly the struggles and unlikely successes o...