Greek doomgaze trio Church of the Sea unveiled ‘The Siren’s Choice’, another glimpse into the upcoming album ‘Eva’, set for release in April via These Hands Melt.
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Finnish black-doom deviants Moonfall shared the new track ‘Ode to the Ritual Hills’, the second one to be revealed and title track of their upcoming long-awaited debut album set for release in April via Iron Bonehead Productions!
Finland’s melancholic goth doomsters Hanging Garden shared a lyric video for their song ‘To Seize The Night’, the focus track from their new EP ‘The Unending’, released yesterday with Agonia Records!
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Gothic doom act Tribunal are releasing their new album ‘In Penitence and Ruin’ in April with 20 Buck Spin and shared a first single with ‘Armoured in Shadow’!
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Italian doom metal conjurors Messa unveiled their new video single ‘The Dress’, another track from upcoming album ‘The Spin’, set for release in April with Metal Blade Records! Catch them live with their new album at Europen festivals this summer like Alcatraz in Belgium!
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After 13 years of silence, Rwake has re-emerged to release new album ‘The Return of Magik’, set for release next month via Relapse Records, and has recently shared new song ‘You Swore We’d Always Be Together’!
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UK gothic doom outfit Opia unveiled the second new track ‘The Fade’, another glimpse at their upcoming debut album ‘I Welcome Thee, Eternal Sleep’, set for release via Hammerheart Records in April. Fans of Swallow the Sun, My Dying Bride, Sentenced and Amorphis might want to check this out!
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Finland’s melancholic goth doomsters Hanging Garden recently shared another preview from their upcoming EP ‘The Unending’, set for release in a couple of weeks on Agonia Records, with the single and video ‘The Passage’!
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The Finnish underground scene welcomes a formidable new entity under the form of Entheomorphosis and their debut album ‘PYHÄ KUILU’ out in May via Svart Records! Featuring members from Dark Buddha Rising and the genre-defying Mr Peter Hayden/PH/Enphin, this will be yet another exciting entity coming from Finland!
Release show at this year’s edition of Sonic Rites Festival in Helsinki in the last weekend of May!
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Finland’s melancholic goth doomsters Hanging Garden shared the new single ‘The First Sunrise’, a track from their upcoming EP ‘The Unending’, set for release in March with Agonia Records!
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Album Reviews
The Hungarian duo Rothadàs deliver a crushing monstrosity of cavernous death-doom metal on the sophomore “Töviskert… a kísértés örök érzete… lidércharang”. Out via Pulverised Records and Me Saco un Ojo Records since yesterday, March 21st!
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Third studio album “Fentanyl” from German blackened doom/death metal quartet Morast is equally dark and misanthropic, out via Ván Records.
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The new album “Revelations from the Void” of the Catalonian death doom sextet Onirophagus is rooted in the style of classic death doom metal. Recommended for fans of Officium Triste, Saturnus, and early My Dying Bride, out via Personal Records.
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The masters of melancholic doom Dawn of Solace are back, get ready for the melancholic trip of your life on their latest release ‘Affliction Vortex’, out via Noble Demon tomorrow February 14!
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Norwegian gothic/doom sextet Funeral conveys a sonic requiem on their seventh studio album “Gospel of Bones” out via Season of Mist since October 18th.
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Tenth studio album “Sunraven” from these Swedish heavy doomsters conveys the majesty of Grand Magus and evokes a relentless quality, in sounding all-powerful, and majestic. Out since yesterday, October 18th, via Nuclear Blast!
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Swallow The Sun’s ninth studio album “Shining” mixes all the elements and ingredients of their recent works together, displaying the shifting tides of heaviness and a melodramatic style of gothic doom into again a milestone of excellence for the Finns, out tomorrow via Century Media Records.
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The long-awaited second album “Ancient Doom Metal” by the Russian epic doom metal act Scald captures the pondering power of bands like Manowar and Candlemass, the mystical and a true Viking tradition in honor of Bathory. Out now via High Roller Records since last Friday, July 26th.
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Know, oh prince, that in the years following their self-titled debut, there was an age undreamed of for Stygian Crown. Hither came ‘Funeral for a King’, their sophomore record, heavy riffed, soaringly vocaled. Fists in the air, with gigantic melodies and gigantic doom, to tread the beer-drenched stages of your summer festivals under their sandaled feet. Taken from the Cruz del Sur Chronicles.
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Japanese death/doom four-piece Coffins return with their most anticipated album “Sinister Oath”, released on March 29th via Relapse Records, and deliver a dark and oppressive piece, highly recommended for fans of Autopsy, Asphyx, and Hooded Menace!
