Doom Archives - Page 23 of 129 - The Sleeping Shaman

Three mammoth tracks in forty-three minutes is what you’ll be tormented with on the debut album of despondent blackened sludge

Album & EP Reviews B

Review: Boris ‘Fade’

5th January 20238th March 2023 Sandy Williamson Boris, Doom, Drone, Independent

THREE new Boris records in 2022? Man, I am a blessed human to have this much of my favourite band

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Review: Private Prisons ‘Extrication’

28th December 20226th February 2023 Reza Mills Death Metal, Doom, Private Prisons, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

Private Prisons are an Anaheim, California quartet who consist of Ryan Beitler – guitars, vocals, loops and synth, Federico Pennacchini

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Review: Onhou ‘Monument’

13th December 20226th February 2023 Lee Beamish Doom, Lay Bare Recordings, Onhou, Sludge, Tartarus Records

Heading out of Groningen, Dutch bruisers Onhou are coming for you, and it would appear the aim is aural destruction,

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Review: Grava ‘Weight Of A God’

1st December 20221st February 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Aesthetic Death, Doom, Grava, Sludge

Personally, I have always found some connection with unpleasant, slow, grinding heavy music. There is something extremely cathartic when you

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Review: Amon Acid ‘Cosmogony’

23rd November 202226th December 2022 Martin Williams Amon Acid, Doom, Helter Skelter Productions, Regain Records

As a music aficionado, I’ve always found the idea of a regional ‘scene’ or sound endlessly fascinating. The early hardcore

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Review: Buzzherd/Pale Horseman – Split

21st November 202226th December 2022 Goro Riffs Buzzherd, Death Metal, Doom, Pale Horseman, Sludge, Thrash Metal

The art of the split release is a beast all its own. Putting together two, or more, bands on a

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Review: Witchfinder ‘Forgotten Mansion’

17th November 202226th December 2022 Nessie Spencer Doom, Mrs Red Sound, Witchfinder

2022 is destined to be the year for the French stoner, sludge and doom scene. These past ten months alone,

Streams

Premiere: Stones Of Babylon ‘The Gate Of Ishtar’ – New Album ‘Ishtar Gate’ Drops On Monday

16th November 20228th January 2023 Lee Edwards Doom, Instrumental, Raging Planet Records, Stones Of Babylon

Stones Of Babylon, an instrumental three-piece who call Lisbon in Portugal their home, drive forward with their formidable stoner induced

Album & EP Reviews C

Review: Candlemass ‘Sweet Evil Sun’

16th November 202221st December 2022 Tom Hanno Candlemass, Doom, Metal, Napalm Records

As the godfathers of epic doom metal, Candlemass defined the genre with releases such as Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) and

Elder @ Chalk, Brighton, 2nd November 2022 - Photo by Nessie Spencer

Live Reviews

Elder / Pallbearer / Irist @ Chalk, Brighton, 2nd November 2022

15th November 202226th December 2022 Nessie Spencer Brighton, Chalk, Doom, Elder, Heavy Rock, Irist, Pallbearer, Post-Metal

The bitterly windy cold weather did not dissuade me to go to Chalk because Elder playing in my town is