News: epic doom metal band King Heavy recording their debut full-length...
Some cool news are coming from King Heavy, the epic doom metal band gathering fine doomsters from Chile and Belgium. Just a few months have passed since King Heavy concluded their first successful...
View ArticleNews: The Grand Astoria is invading Europe again for their Winter Mini-Tour …
The Grand Astoria, old acquaintance of the readers at Doommantia (here) and outstanding Russian band fronted by eclectic Kamille Sharapodinov, is about to come back to Europe for enlighting the winter...
View ArticleNEWS - Doomraiser: Album cover art revealed ...
Doomraiser reveal the cover art for their fourth album "Reverse (Passaggio Inverso)". The artist is Roberto Toderico (Todericoart.Com), who worked upon the band's concept.The album will be released...
View ArticleTemple Of Void - "Of Terror and the Supernatural" ...
Detroit is rock and roll. From the days of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Iggy and the Stooges, the Mc5, Alice Cooper, and many others, the Motor City has served as a cultural incubator for...
View ArticleWeed Is Weed - "Blunt Force Trauma" ...
Don't look at that pot leaf on the cover, see the band name, and giggle. Weed Is Weed wants you to have fun, light up, bang your head, but behind the smirks and cannabis-clouded lyrics, there is a...
View ArticlePast Lives: The Feast Of Krampus 12.27.14 Underground Arts, Philly, PA ...
For my lady friend's birthday the 18th, and mine the 24th, we decided to hit this show up as a present for both of us. Great way to close out another year with some hard hitting locals, a...
View ArticleBARABBAS – MESSE POUR UN CHIEN ...
Some musicians just need a simple but intriguing refrain for instantly capturing your mind and dragging you into something awkward and obscure, such as a story about a blasphemous ritual run by four...
View ArticleNEWS: SOURVEIN - Cape Fear Sludge Saviors Begin Tracking New Full-Length;...
Long-running Cape Fear sludge saviors, SOURVEIN, are currently holed-up at SSP Studio in Raleigh, North Carolina with Corrosion Of Conformity bassist/vocalist Mike Dean at the recording helm tracking...
View ArticleDoomology Vol. 5: Euclid - "Heavy Equipment" ...
Unfortunately I was not able to turn up a whole lot of info for the heavy hitting (or bashing) New England quartet, Euclid. But they absolutely rock like hell and I felt it would be just plain...
View ArticleNEWS: YOB - Portland Doom Monarchs Announce North American Headlining Dates ...
In addition to their previously announced North American live takeover this March supporting progressive black metal technicians, Enslaved, long-running Portland doom monarchs, YOB, today reveal...
View ArticleInterview With Wedge ...
1) When did WEDGE form Kiryk?The very first scarce jams were as early as Summer 2013 I guess, only fooling around in the rehearsal room with 3 or 4 songs and a lot of free form stuff. We even had 2...
View ArticleNEWS: WARHORSE - Massachusetts Doom Legends To Reissue Debut LP And Final EP...
In a time where doom is flourishing in all directions and manners, Southern Lord is exhuming the sole full-length from Massachusetts' WARHORSE. Long out of print, rabidly sought after, and...
View ArticleNEWS: PENTAGRAM - Trailer For 'All Your Sins' DVD ...
U.S. doom metal legends PENTAGRAM will release an extensive double-disc DVD collection, titled "All Your Sins", on February 23 via Peaceville. The set features over six hours of numerous electrifying...
View ArticleThe Fateful Hour - An Everlasting Silence ...
Meshing genres, in some circles, brings you instant credibility. It suggests your band isn't content pouring new wine into old bottles. Instead, your music blurs lines, introduces surprising...
View ArticleSaturnine – Mors Vocat ...
SaturninE are back. It took a while since I last (enthusiastically) wrote about my country mates SaturninE, outstanding all-female blackened sludge-doom metal band from Italy. It was 2012, not long...
View ArticleAldri - Demo 2014 ...
Aldri is a doom outfit from Norway, the name means never, and they are now split-up. It's too bad because this demo showed a lot of promise.The demo has three tracks with a decent amount of variety...
View ArticleAlucarda - D.F.F.L Demo 2013 ..
Alucarda are from Denmark and I was lucky enough to get one of the last tapes of this demo. I actually traded for it but I'd have happily paid the price of a 12" for this nasty piece of music.Alucarda...
View ArticleNEWS: Bongzilla Are Back ...
Gure Hitzak proudly presents the comeback of the Stoner-Sludge legends BONGZILLA after a hiatus of several years. BONGZILLA became a classic band in the Sludge/Doom/Stoner scene in the begining of the...
View ArticleDemon Head - Demo 2014 ...
Demon Head are from Denmark and are currently working on their debut album and if this four track demo is anything to go by the album should be pretty awesome.Demon Head play a kind of proto-doom in a...
View ArticleCruthu - Creation, demo 2014 ...
This is another band that goes for that retro sound and it does sound retro I guess but I find it lacking. It's not that it is horribly bad, or bad even, but it fails to engage me and I come away...
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