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Troglodyte Dawn - S/T ...
We're all in it for the inspiration. Writers, painters, musicians, songwriters, anyone working in an artistic medium lives for those moments when everything falls together in their work. The heart...
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Ides of Gemini - "Old World New Wave" ...
Ides of Gemini's second album from the Neurot label, Old World New Wave, is an important release in recent metal history. No genre or sub-genre can evolve or keep even a tenuous grip on relevance if it...
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Iron Void - "Iron Void" ...
Having influences, these days, is a decidedly mixed bag. Writing unique new music within the well-established confines of the metal genre is difficult and becoming harder by the year. Popularization...
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Sangria - Agnosis ...
Sangria: in many of you/us such a word may evoke some happy alcoholic fiestas during a sun-baked holiday roaming around in Spain ...All wrong! Our Sangria speaks the language of the continental masses...
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Doomdogs News – New Band Members, New Split 7” and more ...
Thanks to guitarist Christer Cuñat Candela from Swedish doom/stoner band Doomdogs, who have previously been reviewed here on Doommantia, we get some news and their latest tunes! According to Christer,...
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NEWS: Acid Witch Are To Take Their Metal Movie Marijuana Massacre Meltdown To...
Yes it is true. Detroit’s psychedelic doomsters Acid Witch will bring their metal movie marijuana massacre meltdown to the 20th edition of Roadburn Festival on Saturday, April 11 at Het Patronaat in...
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HEADS UP: DEMONAUTA – Chilean Sabbath! ...
Well I’ve put this one off for a little bit but I will do what I can to do this band justice. When I received the press release for Chilean band Demonauta as with any press release you never know if...
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News: Italian doomsters Bretus about to release their new, second full-length...
Doomsters! Watch out because Bretus, the Italian sabbathian doom quartet from the deep south of Italy (Catanzaro), are about to release their new second, full-length album, "The Shadow Over...
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A Sad Bada - White Rivers and Coldest Chains ...
If the funereal raw sounds heard in Sangria (here) exceed your limits, but you are one of those doom lovers who enjoy heaviness coupled with some atmospheres and you are also driven by curiosity about...
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HEADS UP: Mother Corona - Downtuned Sludgey Stoner Rock From London ...
Straight of London comes Mother Corona to make you bob your head in time with some sludge filled stoner jams. I came across this band out of the blue and knew within the first few seconds I was going...
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Doomology: Writing On The Wall ...
Please welcome Brian and a new feature for Doommantia called Doomology where we dig for those long-lost proto-doom gems. Hope you enjoy.... The story of this band begins in a town called Edinburgh, in...
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Godchilla – Cosmatos ...
Why is it when I hear some new good doom it never fails to come from a band that lives in some icy tundra isolated from the world where it’s damn freezing cold? I find it odd that when I hear doom I...
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Sludgebucket – Cockroach Season ...
I’ve had the opportunity to listen to Oakland, CA trio Sludgebucket’s latest release Cockroach Season a few times now as I’ve been working and writing away the last several afternoons and finally I...
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Past Lives: Pentagram w/ Radio Moscow, Bang!, Kings Destroy Johnny Brenda's...
You know it's a beautiful Halloween day when you wake up with a slight buzzing in between your ears from a Pentagram gig the night before. A stellar lineup saw all four bands at an engaging point in...
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UNSILENCE – A Fire On The Sea ...
A Fire On The Sea. The evocative title and the glowing colour in the mysterious, ancient-looking cover art emanate an irresistible appeal and set the proper mood for enjoying the new album by the...
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NEWS: Funeral doom masters SKEPTICISM present a new SVART album, to be...
The legendary Skepticism are preparing to record their new album, Ordeal. Instead of usual working methods, the band has chosen a different approach. The recording will happen in front of a live...
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NEWS: GALE - Debut From Arizona Sludge/Doom Metal Faction Out Now ...
Another new name surges forth from Arizona's flourishing sludge/doom scene in the form of GALE, as the outfit self-releases their debut recordings, Vol. 1.The moniker references the massive desert...
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HEADS UP: Occultation Will Haunt You With Silence In The Ancestral House ...
Every now and again I search for new music just for the chance of hearing something I haven’t heard before. Sometimes this experiment is awful ending with a hurried press of the stop button (icon...
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Doomology Vol. 2 - Pax ...
Pax (which is the Latin word for peace and was apparently chosen because it was easy to remember and phonetically simple) was formed in 1970 by guitarist Enrique “Pico” Ego Aguirre. Enrique’s previous...
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NEWS: BILLY ANDERSON to Mix and Master DOOMRAISER's New Album! ...
DOOMRAISER are proud to announce that, over with the recordings and finishing on the new album, mixing & mastering will be handled by his Majesty of the Low Frequencies BILLY ANDERSON (Neurosis,...
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