LEGIONS OF DOOM – New Doom Metal supergroup to begin recording (The Skull, COC, Saint Vitus)

Banded together out of mutual respect, admiration, history, and a strong desire to move ever forward, LEGIONS OF DOOM brings together split-duty lead singers Scott Reagers (Saint Vitus) and Karl Agell (Lie Heavy, Karl Agell’s Blind, Leadfoot), bassist Ron Holzner (The Skull, Trouble, Earthen Grave), guitarists Lothar Keller (The Skull, Sacred Dawn), and Scott Little (Leadfoot), and […]

DIABOLISCHES WERK release single/video “Banner Of Doom”

From the depths of the underground, DIABOLISCHES WERK arises to unleash “Banner Of Doom”, the first video from this newly formed trio. This pandemic band (as in, formed during that period), consisting of Endstille, Tauthr and Dysangelium (GER) members, among other bands, play an unholy and destructive form of death/thrash metal. Freshly signed to UPRISING!, […]

Review: Candlemass – Death Magic Doom [2009]

Swedish doom metal pioneers Candlemass return with a refined sense of confidence with their latest offering, the eight-track DEATH MAGIC DOOM. Comfortably settling into yet another round of changes (most notably on the vocals), Leif Edling and company showcase that they are still able to conjure feelings of dread and despair straight from the Black […]

Review: Esoteric – The Maniacal Vale [2008]

Sinewy streams of unrelenting funeral doom come courtesy of veteran UK unit Esoteric via their latest offering, a two-disc, over 100 minute affair entitled THE MANIACAL VALE. Adorned with a twisted sense of ambience and an eerie aura that creeps into your head and takes control, this ambitious endeavor’s hypnotic waves of dissonance resonate with […]

Review: Maegashira – The Stark Attic [2009]

New Jersey doom merchants Maegashira clobber your cranium with a sludgy six-track sixty minute deluge into the depths of this quartet’s off-centered musical soul, drudging up shards of boogie-laden stoner metal and heinous hardcore metal heft from their collective musical wreckage along the way to comprise THE STARK ARCTIC. Not afraid to allow their inner […]

Review: Samothrace – Life's Trade [2008]

Unbridled doom metal with a slew of icy blues tendencies is what Lawrence, KS quartet Samothrace serves up on their four-track, 48-minute offering LIFE’S TRADE. Echoing their Western states sentiments by adding American Indian tribal rhythms into the intricate musical maze to create a swirling effect that morphs Pink Floyd and Isis (“Awkward Hearts”), this […]

Review: Birushanah – Akai Yami [2008]

Pushing doom metal’s expansive boundaries to the outer limits, Birushanah present a three-track, forty-minute excursion of crushing sonic excess. This Japanese unit embraces its roots wholeheartedly, intertwining native instrumentation (fretless bass and crashing cymbals) with drone metal rhythms, a frenetic multi-percussive assault (whose output includes everything from pounding drums to what sounds like sheets of […]