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Review: Novembers Doom ‘Major Arcana’

3rd November 20253rd November 2025 Sandy Williamson Death Doom, Novembers Doom, Prophecy Productions

Chicago’s Novembers Doom have been giving us albums of melodic death/doom for nigh on thirty years at this point, and

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Review: Reekmind ‘Mired In The Reek Of Grief’

14th March 202514th March 2025 Matt Alexander Death Doom, Night Terrors Records, Reekmind

After my last review of some intergalactic tech-death that wooed with its complexity and pristine production, I needed to be

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Review: Besotten/Funerelic ‘Abyssal Synodality’ Split EP

7th July 20249th January 2026 xdharmarajax Besotten, Death Doom, Death Metal, Funerelic, Satanik Royalty Records

Split EPs have always seemed like a great idea to me since I picked up a Cough/Windhand CD at Desertfest

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Review: Golgotha ‘Spreading The Wings Of Hope’

2nd July 20242nd July 2024 Matthew Williams Ardua Music, Death Doom, Golgotha

The haunting melody greets you from the start of the six-minute opening track For Every Tear, but you already know

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Review: Apparition ‘Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State’

7th June 20249th January 2026 xdharmarajax Apparition, Death Doom, Profound Lore Records

California doom/ death crew, Apparition, return with their second album, Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State. It’s the follow-up to

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Review: Tzompantli ‘Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force’

31st May 202431st May 2024 Ben Brackin 20 Buck Spin, Death Doom, Tzompantli

I am sure most of us have seen the meme with Charlie from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia explaining metal

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Review: My Dying Bride ‘A Mortal Binding’

15th May 202415th May 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Doom, My Dying Bride, Nuclear Blast Records

Unless you’ve lived under a rock or been a metal fan that is somehow well-adjusted and happy, you know who

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Review: Autopsy ‘Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts’

7th November 20237th November 2023 Sandy Williamson Autopsy, Death Doom, Death Metal, Peaceville Records

Seriously guys, another record? Give us a break… Actually, scratch that; give me all the Autopsy I can handle! The

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Review: Cult Of Sobek ‘Petsuchos’ EP

28th July 202328th July 2023 Harry Holmes Cult Of Sobek, Death Doom, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

Edinburgh seems a city ill-suited to large semiaquatic reptiles, although with current climate trends we may live to see West

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Review: Static Abyss ‘Aborted From Reality’

18th July 202318th July 2023 Sandy Williamson Death Doom, Peaceville Records, Static Abyss

When you get two members of one of death metal’s most iconic bands taking on a new venture, you’re going

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Review: Voidhaven ‘Lithic’

22nd June 202322nd June 2023 James Bullock Ardua Music, Death Doom, Funeral Doom, Voidhaven

While the cliché advises against judging a book by its cover, Voidhaven‘s album Lithic makes it hard not to do

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

3rd April 20263rd April 2026 Lee Edwards

Following Wednesday’s premiere of an excerpt built around INTERVAL 1, TESA return with a second glimpse into TESA MAN, this

Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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