German doom metal outfit Obsidian Scapes has set June 6th as the release date for their highly anticipated debut album ‘Death Chants Echo From Aphotic Void’, to be released with Darkness Shall Rise Productions!
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Mares Of Thrace releases the single ‘The Fourth Stage: Bargaining’ ahead of the release of ‘The Loss’ album in May via Artoffact Records!
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Belgium’s harbingers of doom and despair, Growing Horns, return with their crushing debut full-length album, The Essence of Suffering, set to be released on May 3rd — and today they unveil the first devastating single: “Blood in the Water.” Drenched in sludge, steeped in doom, and driven by exorcising stoner grooves, “Blood in the Water” delivers a harrowing […]
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Polish stoner doom legends Dopelord announced to be part of Season of Mist for their upcoming new releases and will be hitting the road in May for their 15th anniversary and as special guests for Orange Goblin’s last show in Helsinki in November!
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Doomy prog metal unit Moths announce their upcoming studio album ‘Septem’, a seven deadly sins inspired piece of art set for release in August! As a first preview, they shared the single ‘Gluttony’ with a video!
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Finnish atmospheric metallers The Man-Earting Tree are releasing their new album ‘Night Verses’ this Friday via Noble Demon, but earlier unleashed another taste with the single ‘Ruins Of Insanity’!
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UK gothic doom outfit Opia released the third new offering ‘Man Proposed, God Disposes’, another track from their upcoming debut album ‘I Welcome Thee, Eternal Sleep’, out at the end of the month with Hammerheart Records.
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Orchestral doom quintet Tribunal shared the new video single ‘Incarnadine’, another taste from their upcoming album ‘In Penitence And Ruin’, set for release on April 18 with 20 Buck Spin!
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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!
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In between full lengths, Finnish-Hellenic ensemble Aeonian Sorrow has birthed a new four track EP of resplendent funereal gothic doom. ‘From the Shadows’ is available right now.
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Finnish black metal duo Moonfall delves into the archaic and atmospheric style of early black and dungeon synth. Their full-length album “Odes to the Ritual Hills” was released via Iron Bonehead Productions last week Friday!
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The second full-length album “In Penitence and Ruin” by the Canadian quintet Tribunal offers a unique trademark that harkens back to the forgotten era of gothic doom and is a beautiful and thrilling piece of art. The album is highly recommended for fans of My Dying Bride, The Sins of Thy Beloved and Candlemass, out via 20 Bucks Spin this Friday!
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Materializing out of nowhere after 8 years, Danish necromancer Nortt has once more called forth a tome of the bleakest blackened funeral doom on ‘Dodssang’, out on Avantgarde Music.
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Prep yourself for one of the most interesting acts in the left field of the Alcatraz 2025 lineup with the fourth full length from Italian purveyors of scarlet doom, Messa. ‘The Spin’, a collection of exquisite songs is out now on Metal Blade Records and might mean a big break for these talented people!
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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.
