NEWS: HIGH ON FIRE Begins Work On New Album ...
California heavy rockers HIGH ON FIRE have begun work on their new, as-yet-untitled studio album. The trio — guitarist/vocalist Matt Pike, drummer Des Kensel and bassist Jeff Matz — has convened for...
View ArticleNEWS: LYCUS: Oakland Funeral Doom Legion Announces Tempest US Tour Part II,...
Oakland funeral doom legion, LYCUS, is in the final stages of locking down the second US tour in support of their mammoth 2013-released debut LP, Tempest.Following a maelstrom of critical acclaim for...
View ArticlePast Lives: Acid Mothers Temple w/ Perhaps 5/27/14 @ Boot & Saddle, Philly,...
My ears are ringing this morning. Usually that's only happened after a Sabbath or High On Fire gig, but yet here we are. What? Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you said something. Nevermind. Last night was my...
View ArticleNEWS: WO FAT: Dallas Swampadelic Fuzz Faction Premieres New Track At...
Dallas swampadelic fuzz faction, WO-FAT, today drops a brand new resin-coated canticle for your bong-ripping enjoyment. Titled "The Conjuring," the smoke-fueled number comes by way of the band's...
View ArticleNEWS: HIGH ON FIRE Begins Work on New Album, Hard Rock's Heaviest Band...
California rock giants HIGH ON FIRE have begin work on their new, as-yet-untitled studio album. The globally-celebrated group -- guitarist/vocalist Matt Pike, drummer Des Kensel and bassist Jeff Matz...
View ArticleNEWS: GODHUNTER and SECRETS OF THE SKY Tour Begins At Doom In June This...
Oakland's progressive doom powerhouse, SECRETS OF THE SKY, and Tucson's bastard sons of sludge metal, GODHUNTER, will converge for their co-headlining tour in Las Vegas this weekend at the Doom In...
View ArticleNEWS: PRIMITIVE MAN: Denver Blackened Sludge Trio Spreads Their Negativity...
Denver blackened sludge trio, PRIMITIVE MAN, are delighted to spread their negativity with their band new video for "Antietam," now scarring eyes, tainting souls and frightening the weak at Bloody...
View ArticleNEWS: DEVILLE: Swedish Stoner Rock Hellions Announce US Tour ...
Swedish stoner rock hellions, DEVILLE, will bring their hazy hymns to US shores this week. The seventeen-date journey will commence on June 5th in Madison, Wisconsin and wind its way through the East...
View ArticleNEWS: GRAVES AT SEA & SOURVEIN: Corrosive Split Release Out Now; Win A Copy...
Seventh Rule Recordings, in cooperation with the underground marauders of Cvlt Nation, is offering up a chance to win a copy of the corrosive split EP between GRAVES AT SEA and SOURVEIN. Easily among...
View ArticleNEWS: BASTARD OF THE SKIES + GRIMPEN MIRE Unite In Unholy Matrimony To...
The ground will shake as Future Noise bring two rising titans of the UK underground together for what will be one of the heaviest releases of the year. Blackburn's noisiest sludge merchants, BASTARD OF...
View ArticleNEWS: MY DYING BRIDE Parts Ways With Guitarist HAMISH GLENCROSS, Welcomes...
U.K. doom metal veterans MY DYING BRIDE have parted ways with guitarist Hamish Glencross due to "irreconcilable differences" and have been rejoined by Calvin Robertshaw.MY DYING BRIDE's three...
View ArticleAnkhagram - Under Ruins ...
If Shape of Despair had followed up 'Shades of...' with the brilliant formula they created, it probably would've sounded strikingly similar Ankhagram's 'Under Ruins'. This album brings to mind the...
View ArticleVallenfrye - Splinters ...
Far too often when a so-called "super group" and/or a group of veterans get together to make something, be it a one off album or a full time band, it falls well short of expectation. It does this by...
View ArticleOphis - Stream of Misery ...
Ophis is an interesting band for a few reasons but the biggest is that they're German and they don't sound like Helloween. Another reason is while their a doom/death band they have an obscene amount...
View ArticleFalling Leaves - Mournful Cry of a Dying Sun ...
Endless Winter has an impressive roster of doom flavored bands and Falling Leaves certainly shines through as one of the better ones. Hailing from Jordan, of all places, their debut is a excellent...
View ArticleNEWS: Electric Wizard Changes......Mark Greening Out ...
Yes, they just got done signing a deal with Spinefarm Records, but Dorset UK-based Doom legend ELECTRIC WIZARD are once again without a drummer. As reported on Italian Webzine Doommabbestia and Mark...
View ArticleAshes You Leave - Fire ...
The fourth installment from this Croatian sextet sees them furthering their development as a prime example of Gothic metal. This release has the most attitude, but there are some blaring flaws. The...
View ArticleMourning Beloveth - A Disease for the Ages ...
After three long and torturous years of waiting for a new album Irish doomsters Mourning Beloveth finally saw it fit to bestow upon their fans a new and questionable album This is by far the bands best...
View ArticleNEWS: YOB: Clearing The Path To Ascend Artwork + Track Listing Revealed;...
This September, two years after leveling the expectations of critics and listeners alike with Atma, doom trio powerhouse, YOB, will unveil Clearing The Path To Ascend, an aptly titled album for what...
View ArticleOceanwake - Kingdom ...
Finland has a history of housing both world class and sub par bands, thankfully Oceanwake nicely ranks near the top of the prior. This debut is obscenely powerful and without question rivals the bands...
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