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Blind Monarch @ The Peer Hat, Manchester, 21st August 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards

If you take a quick look at how Blind Monarch are described on their Spotify account, it says they ‘weave

Blind Monarch 'The Dead Replenish The Earth' Artwork

Review: Blind Monarch ‘The Dead Replenish The Earth’

23rd September 202423rd September 2024 Harry Holmes Blind Monarch, Dry Cough Records, Funeral Doom, Heavenly Vault, minoRobscuR

After the great legend of recording hardship that lay behind Blind Monarch’s debut record, What Is Imposed Must Be Endured,

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Review: Blazar ‘Fatal Cosmic Wound’

3rd April 20243rd April 2024 Sandy Williamson Blazar, Carbonized Records, Funeral Doom, Sludge

Fatal Cosmic Wound is the debut full-length from Barcelona’s Blazar, a sludgy funeral doom outfit who take their name from

Bell Witch @ The Bread Shed, Manchester, 17th August 2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards

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Through The Lens: Bell Witch / Fuoco Fatuo @ The Bread Shed, Manchester, 17th August 2023

8th September 202318th December 2023 Lee Edwards Bell Witch, Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom, Funeral Doom, Fuoco Fatuo, Manchester, Tapestry Promotions, The Bread Shed, Through The Lens

few weeks back, yes, I admit, I’m not the quickest at sorting these posts out, I headed down to The

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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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Estrangement: Dave Bowes Interviews JS & Ligamincer From The Funeral Doomers

2nd December 20226th January 2023 Dave Bowes Aesthetic Death, Estrangement, Funeral Doom

It’s guaranteed that every year there will be plenty of releases that catch the ear, hit that riff-centric sweet spot

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Review: Estrangement ‘Disfigurementality’

22nd November 202226th December 2022 Dave Bowes Aesthetic Death, Estrangement, Funeral Doom

‘Funereal-Flamenca-Nuclear-Jazz-Fusion-End-of-World Music’ doesn’t really feel like a genre and more a Mr. Bungle madlibs sessions gone horribly wrong (or right,

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Review: Angmodnes ‘The Weight Of Eternity’

27th September 20229th December 2022 James Bullock Angmodnes, Black Lion Records, Funeral Doom

Funeral doom often runs the risk of becoming a choice between shades of very dark grey. However, Angmodnes, comprised of

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Review: Mournful Congregation ‘The Exuviae Of Gods – Part I’

9th June 202215th July 2022 Martin Williams 20 Buck Spin, Funeral Doom, Mournful Congregation

I am in no way what one would consider a funeral doom aficionado. Whilst I’m familiar with most of the

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Review: Telluric Effluvium ‘Voyage Of Sentient Decay’

12th April 202226th May 2022 James Bullock Funeral Doom, Telluric Effluvium, Transylvanian Recordings

Let’s just understand what Telluric Effluvium means roughly. ‘Telluric’, broadly means related to Earth/the Earth’s crust. And ‘effluvium’ are the

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Review: Mizmor ‘Wit’s End’

31st January 202228th March 2022 Richard Murray Blackened Doom, Funeral Doom, Gilead Media, Mizmor

What makes you turn to heavy, cavernous music? I do it as sometimes my life seems trapped inside a chasm

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