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Mizmor 'Wit's End'
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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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Deber ‘Aspire To Affliction’
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Review: Deber ‘Aspire To Affliction’

3rd November 202115th December 2021 Will J Deber, Funeral Doom, Personal Records

There are times where you want to hear something new and fresh within a tried and tested genre, but at

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Skepticism ‘Companion’
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Review: Skepticism ‘Companion’

24th September 202128th October 2021 Josuph Price Funeral Doom, Skepticism, Svart Records

After 30 years together, Finnish funeral doom legends Skepticism return with their sixth album, Companion, released on Svart Records. A

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Blind Monarch 'What Is Imposed Must Be Endured'
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Review: Blind Monarch ‘What Is Imposed Must Be Endured’

24th March 202128th April 2021 Harry Holmes Blind Monarch, Dry Cough Records, Funeral Doom, Heavenly Vault, Sludge, What Is Imposed Must Be Endured

The funereal gloom of a downtuned bass and desolate drum beats welcome us to What Is Imposed Must Be Endured.

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Omination 'NGR'
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Review: Omination ‘NGR’

5th February 20215th March 2021 Will J Funeral Doom, Hypnotic Dirge Records, NGR, Omination

There does seem to be a persevering idea in general extreme metal fandom that funeral doom hasn’t really moved on

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Mourners 'Act I: Tragedies'
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Review: Mourners ‘Act I: Tragedies’

25th January 202126th February 2021 Sandy Williamson Act I: Tragedies, Funeral Doom, Mourners, Personal Records

Considered to be a continuation of UK doom legends Eye of Solitude, funeral doom duo Mourners released their debut record

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Begräbnis 'Izanaena'
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Review: Begräbnis ‘Izanaena’

28th October 202027th November 2020 Jamie Grimes Begräbnis, Funeral Doom, Izanaena, Weird Truth Productions

Japanese funerary doomsters Begräbnis have existed almost a decade at this point and have a handful of releases under their

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Bell Witch And Aerial Ruin 'Stygian Bough Volume 1'
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Review: Bell Witch And Aerial Ruin ‘Stygian Bough Volume I’

30th June 202031st July 2020 Ian M Aerial Ruin, Bell Witch, Funeral Doom, Profound Lore Records

A hugely anticipated album, Stygian Bough is the first time that the duo who make up Bell Witch have formally

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Skepticism 'Alloy'
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Review: Skepticism ‘Alloy’ Reissue

25th May 202023rd June 2020 Francisco Javier Alloy, Funeral Doom, Reissue, Skepticism, Svart Records

Some bands are the absolute purveyors of their respective genre – some to the point where they inevitably become part

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Walk Through Fire 'Vår Avgrund'
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Review: Walk Through Fire ‘Vår Avgrund’

5th May 20205th June 2020 Josuph Price Funeral Doom, Vår Avgrund, Walk Through Fire, Wolves And Vibrancy Records

From Gothenburg, Sweden, step Walk Through Fire with Vår Avgrund, released through Wolves And Vibrancy Records. The title translates in

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Adversvm ‘Dysangelion’
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Review: Adversvm ‘Dysangelion’

10th December 201920th January 2020 Francisco Javier Adversvm, Dysangelion, Funeral Doom, Moribund Records

The doom genre is currently as dense as the riffage and guitars that often prescribes the scene but there are

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