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Heads up: TalismanStone - Lovecraftopolis ...
TalismanStone is one of the recent female-fronted doom-oriented heavy bands in the Italian underground scene. Like Shinin’ Shade, TalismanStone is related to the Italian underground label Moonlight...
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SHININ’ SHADE – Sat-Urn ...
In Italy we might not actually need to cross oceans and climb mountain chains for enjoying some great female-fronted occult psych doomy or, in general, hauntingly dark heavy tunes. Why? Because we were...
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NEWS: UFOMAMMUT Unveils The Magikal Mastery Tour ...
Like a snake biting its own tail, time is circular, and with their upcoming tour, UFOMAMMUT further corroborate their own ouroboric tendencies...This autumn, UFOMAMMUT will excavate items from their...
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CORRECTIONS HOUSE – Grin With a Purpose / Hoax The System 7” and more …
Definitely Corrections House know how to grab people’s attention …Recently they had released a single that was just a mouthful of a wider work, an opus about to come. The opus “Last City Zero” will be...
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NEW WRITERS WANTED, UPDATES AND OTHER RAMBLINGS ...
New Writers Wanted It is time again to get some fresh blood to the site. We are mainly looking for reviewers and someone to keep up with the latest in doom metal news. Please send a email via...
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Live Review: Slomatics / Headless Kross Live in Edinburgh ...
Slomatics from Belfast, Ireland are across for a couple of dates in Scotland. Maybe best known for last year's Split 12" with Conan, the threepiece doom machine consists of twin guitar attack from...
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Doommantia Webstore to reopen but first we must do some house-keeping ...
The Doommantia Webstore is getting ready to re-open its doors but we need to clear some unwanted stock so here is the deal. The next 10 people to donate $30 or more or $40 for non-US readers will get...
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Black Oath - "Ov Qliphoth and Darkness" ...
The famous saying "Don't judge a book by its cover" should not be applied to our case here. Black Oath's sophomore album is represented astonishingly well by their cover artwork. It might be more...
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Jex Thoth - "Blue Moon Rise" ...
Some time ago, a bit after Jex Thoth's self-titled album was released, I was complaining to a friend that doom metal bands with female vocalists suck - well, you guessed right - that was before I...
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NEWS: SAINT VITUS October 2013 U.S. headlining tour dates with PALLBEARER,...
Oct. 4 San Antonio TX @ Korova Oct. 5 Norman OK @ The Opolis Oct. 6 St Louis MO @ Firebird Oct. 7 Minneapolis MN @ 7th St Entry Oct. 8 Chicago IL @ Reggies Oct. 9 Grand Rapids @ Pyramid Scheme Oct. 10...
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NEWS: Eyehategod Drummer Joey LaCaze Reportedly Passes Away ...
Joey LaCaze, drummer for legendary New Orleans sludge metal outfit Eyehategod, has reportedly passed away at the age of 42. We don't have anymore details than that but Doommantia would like to extend...
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NEWS: Yidhra About To Unleashed "Hexed." ...
“Not since TROUBLE have I worked with a band in this genre so talented. YIDHRA! I have no clue what the name means, but to me it means DOOM!” - Bill Metoyer"Hexed", the first full length studio album...
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NEWS: NOCTUM: 'Final Sacrifice' Album Details Revealed ...
Swedish rockers NOCTUM will release their new album, "Final Sacrifice", on October 29 via Metal Blade Records. The cover art was painted by Timo Ketola (SUNN O))), ARKTAU EOS) and fits perfectly with...
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Wheel - "Icarus" ...
One could make the argument that “traditional” doom metal is a uniquely European phenomena. The North American purveyors of doom tend to combine slow tempos with blues-based punk rock (i.e., sludge)...
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Paul Chain - "Alkahest" ...
When someone asks you to describe a doom metal band these days it is not as easy as it would have been ten years ago. There is stoner doom, death doom, funeral doom, traditional doom and so on and the...
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Lost Moon – "Tales From The Sun" ...
Adrenaline’s Flowing is not only the title of the opening track of album Tales From The Sun but is also hinting to the palpable tension flowing through this new crushing album by the long-lived...
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Eibon - "II" ...
It’s doubtable that the Hyperborean world had such great music, but Paris’s fearsome quintet Eibon sure do make the case for a more primitive brand of metal. Combining black metal with the plodding,...
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News - Call for help on a new project, the Myelin Constellation, a Multiple...
You might have seen the announcement already on The Sleeping Shaman. Matt Schmitz, that you all know as “da man” behind Sleestak, is busy with the making of a Multiple Sclerosis Benefit Compilation....
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News: Ghost Tower’s album “Head of Night” reissued on cassette tape ...
Here at Doommantia we dig heavy metal and monster riffs, and so we were digging the US heavy doom metal band Ghost Tower a lot.Ghost Tower released two haunting full-length albums "influenced by...
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Cult of the headless witch - "Cult of the headless witch" ...
While “Cult of the headless witch” may sound like the title to a Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode, this unsigned trio from western Sweden are anything but child’s play. With a deadly seriousness and...
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