Indigenous death/doom metal act Tzompantli to release their second LP ‘Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force’ via 20 Buck Spin in May and unleashed a first track with ‘Tlayohualli’!
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News Posts
Heavy Temple dropped a respectfully tasty nod towards doom giants Candlemass with their catchy new single ‘House of Warship’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Garden of Heathens’, set for release in April via Magnetic Eye Records!
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Insect Ark announced their new album ‘Raw Blood Singing’ to be released in June via Debemur Morti Productions and shared a first song with ‘Youth Body Swayed’!
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Wolfheart signed with Reigning Phoenix Music, joining an excellent roster of amazing artists and bands, embarking on a new chapter in their career!
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British death/doom legends My Dying Bride shared the new single & video ‘The 2nd Of Three Bells’, another track from their upcoming 15th studio album ‘A Mortal Binding’, set for release in April via Nuclear Blast!
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Italian psychedelic doom trio Ufomammut announced their new album ‘Hidden’ to be released in May via Neurot Recordings and Supernatural Cat Records and share the animated video for the single ‘Leeched’!
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Finland’s gothic/doom shapeshifters Hanging Garden shared the first single from their upcoming EP ‘Citylight Seassons’, set for release in April via Agonia Records. Watch the video that comes along with the new rendition of ‘The Fireside’ now!
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Finnish sludge doom metal band Earthblood is set to release their 2nd EP ‘Witchburner’ via Inverse Records in April and shared first single ‘Sons of Heavy Rain’!
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NYC death/doom outfit Funeral Leech announced to be releasing their new album ‘The Illusion Of Time’ via Carbonized Records in April and unveiled a new track with ‘Ceaseless Wheel Of Becoming’!
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High On Fire shared an official video for their earlier released single ‘Burning Down’, a track from their upcoming new album ‘Cometh the Storm’, set for release in April via MNRK Heavy!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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”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.
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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!
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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.
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Canadian heavy doom hitters Cauchemar make your fantasy dreams come true on their third offering ‘Rosa Mystica’. Out on Temple of Mystery Records.
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Author & Punisher is back with yet another crushing album filled with inhuman soundscapes that are enhanced by newly found human touches!
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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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Noble Demon is a new label that started in 2020 and is quickly on the rise to be one of the more prominent and big players in the scene!
If Gothic is your thing, you might want to check these releases out if you haven’t yet. If you’re not a fan of the style, still check them cause these are good ones!
2021 promises to be quite the year again for new music releases! With our team we decided on some of the releases we’re looking forward to the most!
2021 promises to be quite the year again for new music releases! With our team we decided on some of the releases we’re looking forward to the most!
As every year, we put the heads together of our editorial team to decide on our collective “Albums of the Year”, check it out!
Miele Krieg delivers time after time a fine selection of black and death metal releases that are way off the beaten path…
An album of the year 2020 list heavily populated with Finnish bands and a mix of several genres, coming from our senior publisher.
Psychedelic, experimental sounds are not an unfamiliar sight in Davinci’s top list of 2020. Go on a discovery into weird realms…
A mix of doom & gloom, Americana, AOR and death metal… you can’t say that Samoth sticks to one genre only!
Don’t you just hate when that happens? 10 top albums I missed last year that I think you should still check out…
Photo Reports
Pictures of the show Tribulation played opening for Ghost at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki!
The pictures of the first day of Steelchaos 2019, a gathering of wolves!
Day 2 of Blowup Vol. 5 had an even more impressive line-up to get mesmerized by. Here are the pics of the day!
Pictures of a rainy heavy metal night in the park with headliner Children of Bodom!
A great night of Scandinavian metal with Shade Empire, Ereb Altor and Soulfallen!
Katatonia is celebrating 10 years of “Night Is The New Day” and stopped by Belgium on their extensive tour! Support from Cellar Darling & Wheel.
Outside freezing and icy, inside we managed to heat up quite well at the sold out show… Lucifer is back baby! Check out the pictures!
check out our pictures from the doomy 10th edition of Darken The Moon Festival!
2 nights of darkness, occult and extreme metal… SteelChaos 2019 was yet again a highly stimulating festival! Check out the awesome pictures here…
The wolves took over the legendary Nosturi venue in Helsinki! Check out the pics of the Wolfheart show here!
