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Blackened Doom

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Lord Mantis ‘Death Mask’ CD/DD 2014

1st May 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Blackened Doom, CD, Death Mask, Digital, Heavy, Lord Mantis, Profound Lore Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge

Lord Mantis’ new record, ‘Death Mask’, is a dark, violent and often unsettling ride through the human psyche. It is

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Rorcal ‘Világvége’ CD/LP/DD 2014

27th March 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Blackened Doom, Bleak Recordings, Cal Of Ror Records, CD, Digital, Heavy, Hellthrasher Productions, Kevin Kentie, Lost Pilgrim Records, LP, Review, Rorcal, Világvége, Wooaaargh Records

‘Világvége’ is a word that signifies the end of the world and on this album Rorcal make a successful effort

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Blackwitch Pudding ‘Taste The Pudding’ CD/LP/DD 2013

26th December 20133rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Blackened Doom, Blackwitch Pudding, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Sludge, Taste The Pudding

Thank God for Blackwitch Pudding. Somebody once told me you can tell a lot from a name. Naming your spawn

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Lazarus Blackstar ‘Hymns For The Cursed’ CD 2012

10th September 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, Adam Stone, Blackened Doom, CD, Crust, Doom, Hymns For The Cursed, Lazarus Blackstar, Review, Sludge, Undergroove Records

Unwashed scum lords of post-anarcho Yorkshire Pennine misery (although one is from Brum and one is from Scouseville), the titanic

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Botanist ‘III – Doom In Bloom/Allies’ 2xCD 2012

24th July 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, Black Metal, Blackened Doom, Botanist, Experimental, III - Doom In Bloom/Allies, Paul Robertson, Post-Rock, Review, Totalrust Music

I’m always drawn to the rampant individualists in music, those brave souls who go out on a limb and plough

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coffinworm ‘Great Bringer Of Night’ LP 2012

16th May 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, Blackened Doom, Coffinworm, Doom, Flenser Records, Great Bringer Of Night, Heavy, LP, Review, Sludge

There are few bands that’ll take you to as vile a place as America’s sludge specialists Coffinworm. Formed back in

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Spire – Digital EP 2010 & ‘Metamorphosis’ Digital EP 2011

15th January 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 2010, 2011, Blackened Doom, Digital EP, Drone, Experimental, James Parker, Metamorphosis, Review, Self Released, Spire

Spire – Digital EP 2010 Australia – land of beer, Sheilas and blokes in dodgy beachwear. Not the sort of

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Abysmal Darkening ‘No Light Behind…’ CD 2011

21st July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Abysmal Darkening, Atmospheric, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, No Light Behind, Paul Robertson, Review, Totalrust Music

Loathe as I am to use the description, I really cannot think of a better example of ‘Blackened Doom’ than

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Highgate ‘Black Frost Fallout’ CD 2011

18th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Black Frost Fallout, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Highgate, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, Totalrust Music

Kentucky blackened sludge behemoths Highgate give us this ‘tying up the loose ends’ compilation of demo, live and unreleased tracks

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Winter ‘Into Darkness’ Reissue CD/LP 2011

1st April 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles Blackened Doom, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Into Darkness, LP, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Reissue, Review, Southern Lord, Winter

Out of the darkness emerges the most polished re-release of Winter’s ‘Into Darkness’. Pioneers of the slowest kinds of music,

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Unearthly Trance ‘V’ CD/LP 2010

6th October 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Heavy, LP, Paul Robertson, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Unearthly Trance, V

The three horsemen of the great unveiling known as the apocalypse emerge from the depths of the abyss for the

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