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Death Doom

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Unearthly Trance ‘Ouroboros’ CD 2014

1st February 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, CD, Compilation, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Ouroboros, Review, Throne Records, Unearthly Trance

Ouroboros is a fitting title for the latest and final release by Brooklyn, NY’s Unearthly Trance – the term centers

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Volition ‘Wreck Among Ruin’ CD 2015

18th December 20143rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2015, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Review, Ross McKendrick, Totalrust Music, Volition, Wreck Among Ruin

Have you ever heard of Barrow-In-Furness? Nope, me neither, but apparently it’s some sort of portal to hell, given the

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Dysphorian Breed ‘The Longing For The Tides Of Metamorphosis’ DD 2014

12th September 20143rd September 2019 Brian Burroughs 2014, Brian Burroughs, David Fredriksson, Death Doom, Dysphorian Breed, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Review, Self Released, The Longing For The Tides Of Metamorphosis

Has someone sinned? Is there a judgment from on high coming down? The sounds of choruses and orchestral bells seem

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Album & EP Reviews G 

God Macabre ‘The Winterlong’ CD/LP/DD Reissue 2014

23rd June 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, CD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Digital, God Macabre, Jeremy Moore, LP, Reissue, Relapse Records, Review, The Winterlong

The year was 1993; a time when Sunlight Studios, Tomas Skogsberg, and Boss HM-2 pedals were household names and not

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Autopsy ‘Tourniquets, Hacksaws And Graves’ CD/LP/DD 2014

27th May 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Autopsy, CD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Digital, LP, Paul Robertson, Peaceville Records, Review, Tourniquets Hacksaws And Graves

Coffin lids creak open, the sounds of moaning and scrabbling nails against rotten wood intensify and the stench of the

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Serpentine Path ‘Emanations’ CD/LP/DD 2014

9th May 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, CD, Death Doom, Digital, Doom, Emanations, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Relapse Records, Review, Serpentine Path

With a CV boasting current and former members of Electric Wizard, Unearthly Trance and Ramesses, New York based Doom Supergroup

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Cauldron Black Ram ‘Stalagmire’ CD/LP/DD 2014

16th March 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 20 Buck Spin, 2014, Cauldron Black Ram, CD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Digital, Jeremy Moore, LP, Review, Stalagmire, Thrash Metal

For those who have spent any extended time at sea (myself included), the prospect of a nautical burial, while intriguing,

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Kuolemanlaakso ‘Tulijoutsen’ CD/LP/DD 2014

28th January 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Death Doom, Digital, Doom, Gothic, Kuolemanlaakso, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Svart Records, Tulijoutsen

‘Kuolemanlaakso’ is Finnish for ‘Death Valley’. That’s pretty metal to start us off. Kuolemanlaakso are also only onto their second

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Crypt Lurker ‘Baneful Magic, Death Worship And Necromancy Rites Archaic’ LP/DD 2013

13th December 20133rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2013, Baneful Magic Death Worship And Necromancy Rites Archaic, Caspian Yurisich, Crypt Lurker, Death Doom, Digital EP, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Self Released, Ulthar Records

This is pretty cool. Lately I seem to be stumbling upon nothing but generic stoner band after generic stoner band,

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Ward – S/T – LP 2013

6th December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Johannes van der Meer, Johnny Park Avenue Records, LP, Pupu's Bistro, Rämekuukkeli Records, Review, Self Titled, Tuska & Ahdistus Records, Ward

Finland’s Ward have been at it since 2005 and this their self-titled album is sure to put them on the

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Noothgrush / Coffins – Split 12″ 2013

28th November 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 12", 2013, Coffins, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Noothgrush, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Southern Lord

I’ll just go right on ahead and state the goddamn obvious up front: That’s right, legendary San Jose DIY sludge

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